Third edition, 3 volume set Pedro N. Acha and Boris Szyfres Pan American Health Organization, 2003 FROM THE BACK COVER This new edition-the third-of Zoonoses and Communicable Diseases Common to Man and Animals is presented in three volumes: I. Bacterioses and Mycoses; II. Chlamydioses, Rickettsioses, and Viroses; and III. Parasitoses. We believe that this book will be useful to professors and students of schools of public health, medicine, and veterinary medicine; public health and veterinary health institutions; veterinarians; researchers; and all those interested in this subject. We are confident that this book will contribute to the application of the knowledge and resources of the veterinary sciences to the protection and improvement of human health. FROM ANNOUNCEMENT This series provides a detailed overview of the most important historic and emerging zoonotic diseases, such as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, foot-and-mouth disease, influenza, giardiasis, Japanese encephalitis, shigellosis, and spongiform encephalopathies, with information ranging from their first appearance and most significant outbreaks to the latest scientific knowledge regarding the diseases and their causative agents. The chapters provide the following key information on each disease: - etiology - geographic distribution - symptoms and occurrence in man and animals - source of infection and mode of transmission - role of animals in its epidemiology - diagnostic techniques, and - prevention and control measure Numerous tables and figures diagramming modes of transmisson complement the text. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I. BACTERIOSES AND MYCOSES Part I. Bacterioses Part II. Mycoses List of Tables and Illustrations VOLUME II. CHLAMYDIOSES, RICKETTSIOSES, AND VIROSES Part I. Chlamydioses and Rickettsioses Part II. Viroses List of Tables and Illustrations VOLUME III. PARASITOSES Section A. Protozooses Section B. Helminthiases 1. Trematodiases 2. Cestodiases 3. Acanthocephaliases and Nematodiases Section C. Arthropods List of Tables ************************************************ 3 VOLUME SET ISBN: 9275119970 (paperback) 80.00 USD *60.00 in Latin America and Caribbean ORDER CODE: ST 054 VOLUME I ISBN: 927511580X (paperback) 36.00 USD *30.00 in Latin America and Caribbean ORDER CODE: SP 580 A VOLUME II ISBN: 9275119929 (paperback) 36.00 USD *30.00 in Latin America and Caribbean ORDER CODE: SP 580 B VOLUME III ISBN: 9275119937 (paperback) 36.00 USD *30.00 in Latin America and Caribbean ORDER CODE: SP 580 C WHERE TO ORDER: PAHO Sales and Distribution Center P.O. Box 27 Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0027 Phone: (301)617-7806 Fax: (301)206-49789 Email: paho@pmds.com Direct link to catalog entry: http://publications.paho.org/english/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=712&CFID=5695650&CFTOKEN=44333872 Posted Date: 12/19/03
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