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Publisher
Published on behalf of the World Health Organization by Iwa Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Domestic animals contaminate recreational waters and drinking-water sources with excreta and pathogens; but this threat to public health is inadequately understood and is insufficiently addressed in regulations. More than 85% of the world's faecal wastes is from domestic animals such as poultry, cattle, sheep and pigs. These animals harbor zoonotic pathogens that are transported in the environment by water, especially runoff. However little information...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This work examines the emergence and causes of new diseases all over the world, describing a process called "spillover" where illness originates in wild animals before being passed to humans and discusses the potential for the next huge pandemic. The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS,...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Authored by a leading epidemiologist, this engrossing book answers our questions about animal diseases that jump to humans--called zoonoses--including what attracts them to humans, why they have become more common in recent history, and how we can keep them at bay. Almost all pandemics and epidemics have been caused by diseases that come to us from animals, including SARS, Ebola, and--now--Covid-19. Epidemiologist, veterinarian, and ecosystem health...
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Say a patient dies from a terrible disease that no one can identify. That's a job for experts in infectious diseases, who study the patient's blood and body fluids and try to identify the disease and stop it from claiming more lives!
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Hopefully, the worst thing your pet ever comes home with is bad breath. But some furry friends can carry nasty germs, and that's where zoonotic disease researchers come in and investigate and stop animal diseases before they get you!