Exposure

This book describes infectious diseases by major exposure gropus, detailing sources of infections, transmission risks, and potential agents. The aim is to support clinicians, microbiologists, and epidemiologists in their search for causative agents. presents infections in a systematic review of a broad range of types of exposure provides infection risk estimates for individuals and outbreak situations features an alphabetical agent reference that includes various modes of the spread, risks, and impact of infections offers sample questions for a clinical exposure interview categorizes prions, viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites by main modes of the spread of infection.

ISBN	1555813763	Pages	900
ISBN13	9781555813765 (What's this?)	Volumes	001
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology	Weight (grammes)	2046
Imprint	American Society for Microbiology	Published in	Washington DC
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	275
Publication date	31 Oct 2006	Width (mm)	207
Library of Congress	RB153	Spine width (mm)	43
DEWEY	614.5	Academic level	Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC22

1	Animal bites	7
2	Domestic mammals	13
3	Wild vertebrates	37
4	Invertebrates	65
5	Natural environments	89
6	Human-made environments	125
7	Animal-derived foods	149
8	Plant-derived foods	175
9	Finished foods	187
10	Drinking water and other beverages	193
11	Human domiciles	207
12	Human work	247
13	Human leisure and lifestyle	303
14	Human community	335
15	Human travel	395
16	Transported animals and goods	427
17	Noninvasive procedures	441
18	Invasive procedures	467
19	Taxonomic overview	497
20	Genera A to Z	499

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