The Chickens Fight Back: Pandemic Panics and Deadly Diseases That Jump from Animals to Humans

Emerging diseases like mad cow, SARS, and avian flu are ? for the moment, at least ? far more prevalent in animals than in humans. Still, the knowledge that measles, TB, and smallpox were at one time ?emerging” diseases that eventually made a permanent, and quite deadly, jump to humans gives epidemiologists pause. This book examines the various groups of animal diseases, explains what attracts them to the human population ? from food to sex to living conditions ? and offers suggestions for keeping them at bay. It also points out that diseases must be looked at from an ecological, cultural, and economic point of view as well as from a biological standpoint. Cooking meat till its well done and slathering on insect repellent for a hike

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Vector- and Rodent-Borne Diseases in Europe and North America: Distribution, Public Health Burden, and Control

A significant number of diseases are carried by insects, ticks, mites and rodents, and these diseases are far more common than is often realised. New diseases are regularly discovered and are becoming increasingly widespread, in part due to increased global travel and possibly even climate change. In this exciting new volume Norman Gratz, former Director, Division of Vector Biology and Control, World Health Organisation, reviews the distribution of all currently identified vector and rodent-borne diseases in Europe, the USA and Canada. Each type of infection is presented by group, covering incidence and prevalence, costs and public health burdens. Basic vector biology and control is described in detail and an extensive bibliography is provi

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