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Prakash S. Bisen - Emerging Epidemics - 9781118393239 - V9781118393239
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Emerging Epidemics

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Description for Emerging Epidemics Hardcover. Emerging Epidemics provides a global perspective on the management and prevention of emerging and re-emerging diseases. In addition to covering the diagnosis, therapy, prevention of a variety of individual diseases, the book also examines the social and behavioral issues which can contribute to epidemics. Num Pages: 760 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCJ; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1468.

A global perspective on the management and prevention of emerging and re-emerging diseases

Emerging infectious diseases are newly identified or otherwise previously unknown infections that cause public health challenges. Re-emerging infectious diseases are due to both the reappearance of and an increase in the number of infections from a disease that is known, but which had formerly caused so few infections that it was no longer considered a public health problem. The factors that cause the emergence or re-emergence of a disease are diverse.

This book takes a look at the world's emerging and re-emerging diseases. It covers the diagnosis, ... Read more

Emerging Epidemics: Management and Control offers five topics of coverage:

FUNDAMENTALS

  • Epidemics fundamentals
  • Disasters and epidemics
  • Biosafety

RE-EMERGING EPIDEMICS

  • Tuberculosis
  • Plague

NEWLY EMERGING EPIDEMICS

  • Leptospirosis
  • Dengue
  • Japanese Encephalitis
  • Chikungunya Fever
  • West Nile Virus
  • Chandipura Virus Encephalitis
  • Kyasanur Forest Disease
  • Hantavirus
  • Human, Avian, and Swine Influenza
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • Nipah Virus
  • Paragonimiasis
  • Melioidosis

POTENTIAL EPIDEMICS

  • Biowarfare and bioterrorism
  • Food contamination and food terrorism
  • Antimicrobial resistance

VECTOR CONTROL METHODS

  • Mosquito control
  • Other disease vectors and their control

Offering an integrated, worldwide overview of the complexity of the epidemiology of infections, Emerging Epidemics will be a valuable resource for students, physicians, and scientists working in veterinary, medical, and the pharmaceutical sciences.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
760
Condition
New
Number of Pages
760
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118393239
SKU
V9781118393239
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Prakash S. Bisen
Prakash Singh Bisen, PhD, D.Sc, is an eminent scientist in the field of Biotechnology with over 32 years of research and teaching experience. He has one US Patent and an Indian Patent on Tuberculosis to his credit. He is also an author of over 130 research publications. Presently, Professor Bisen is the Chairman of Bisen Biotech and Biopharma (P) Ltd. ... Read more

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