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Swine flu and pig borne diseases / Viroj Wiwanitkit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Viroj Wiwanitkit.
- Series:
- Public Health in the 21st Century
- Public health in the 21st century series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zoonoses.
- Swine--Diseases.
- Swine.
- Swine influenza.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (81 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Swine flu is a present emerging infectious disease. The purpose of this book is to summarize and present the topics specifically relating to a new problem in our world, swine flu, in the forms that are unique in the present day.
- Contents:
- Intro
- SWINE FLU AND PIG BORNE DISEASES
- Contents
- Preface
- Pig and Pig-Borne Disease:A Present Concern
- Pigs: What Are They?
- Pork: A Widely Ingested Meat
- Use of Pigs in Medicine
- Pig Related Diseases
- 1. Pig-Borne Disease
- 2. Pork-Borne Disease
- 3. Diseases with Pigs as the Amplifying Hosts
- 4. Japanese Encephalitis [1 - 6]
- 5. Salmonella Suis Infection [7 - 10]
- 6. Streptococcus Suis Infection [11 - 19]
- 7. Nipah Virus Infection [20 - 32]
- 8. Swine Flu [33 - 36]
- 9. Taeniasis [37 - 40]
- 10. Trichinellosis [41 - 43]
- References
- Swine Flu
- What is Swine Flu? [1 - 10]
- History of Swine Flu [1 - 10]
- How Can One Become Infected with Swine Flu? [1 - 10]
- Clinical Presentation of Swine Flu [1 - 10]
- Chest XRay: A Aasic Tool for Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Influenza
- 1. Assessment on the Quality of the Derived Chest X-Ray Film
- 2. Interpretation of Clinical Findings
- Immunity to Swine Flu [1 - 10]
- Preventing Swine Flu [1 - 10]
- Preparation for Coping with the Problem in Currently Non- Problematic Countriest [1 - 10]
- Travel Medicine and Swine Flu [1 - 10]
- Streptococcal Suis
- Introduction to Streptococcus
- Reports on Epidemiologyof Streptocccus Suis Infection
- Microbiology of Streptocccus Suis [5 - 9]
- Clinical Manifestation of Streptocccus Suis Infection [5 - 9]
- Pathogenesis of Streptocccus Suis Infection [5 - 9]
- Risk Factor of Streptocccus Suis Infection [5 - 9]
- Salmonella Suis
- Introduction to Salmonellosis [1 - 5]
- Salmonella Suis Infection: A Pork-Born Disease
- Nippa Virus
- Emerging Situation of the Nipah Virus Infection [1 - 13]
- What is Napah Virus? [1 - 13]
- Risk Factors Associated with Nipah Virus Infection
- Transmission of Nipah Virus
- Clinical Presentation of Nipah Virus Infection
- References.
- Japanese Encephalitis: Pig as the Amplifying Host
- Introduction [1 - 7]
- Surveillance of Encephalitisin the General Population [1 - 7]
- The Pig as an Amplifying Host for Japanese Encephalitis [1 - 7]
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination [1 - 7, 10 - 13]
- Taeniasis
- Introduction to Tapeworm [1 - 2]
- What is Taeniasis? [1 - 12]
- Pork Safety
- Concerns in Pork Safety [1 - 10]
- 1. Farming
- 2. Pig Transportation Process
- 3. Killing Process
- 4. Butchering
- 5. Pork Buying
- 6. Cooking
- 7. Eating
- A Brief Summary of Trichinellosis
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61209-859-2
- OCLC:
- 847466740
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