1/01/2008 Diseases Transmitted from Animals to Humans Zoonoses are infectious diseases – including parasitic infections – that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Zoonoses pose a significant threat to human health, especially when humans and animals live close together and when humans are in contact...
1/01/2019 *Available as Download Only Current efforts to limit the ravages of schistosomiasis are pushing the world closer to eliminating a chronic infection that has been associated with human life in the tropics since time immemorial. This notwithstanding, the disease remains a scourge for large...
This book deals with infection and pathogenicity. All microorganisms are considered together as each part of the subject is dealt with. Thre are no systematic accounts of individual diseases, their diagnosis or their treatment, but the principal microorganisms and diseases are included in a...