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Water-Associated Infectious Diseases / edited by Shailendra K. Saxena.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Medicine (Springer-11650)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Infectious diseases.
- Parasitology.
- Environmental health.
- Epidemiology.
- Climatic changes.
- Infectious Diseases.
- Water and Health.
- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.
- Local Subjects:
- Infectious Diseases.
- Parasitology.
- Water and Health.
- Epidemiology.
- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XVII, 136 pages) : 42 illustrations, 41 illustrations in color
- Edition:
- First edition 2020.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This book provides a comprehensive overview of the different water-associated infectious diseases and their linked pathogens with plausible strategies for their mitigation. Although, we are in the era of 21st century having most of the advanced technologies at hand, yet water-associated infectious diseases are the major contributors towards the worldwide morbidity and mortality. The book also focuses on the various implementation strategies of sustainable hygienic conditions, discusses the robust, and reliable policies and strategies on a global aspect to provide unprivileged people access to the basic sanitation, hygiene and water. In addition, the book discusses the possible indirect effect of global warming on the spread of infectious diseases through the distribution of associated vectors.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1- Introduction
- Chapter 2- Etiological agents of Water Associated Infectious Diseases (WAID)
- Chapter 3- Evaluation and interplay of human water associated pathogens
- Chapter 4- Epidemiology of water associated disease
- Chapter 5- Emerging and re-emerging water associated Infectious Diseases
- Chapter 6_Impact of the climate change/global warming on the water associated infectious
- Chapter 7- Hazards associated with contaminated water
- Chapter 8- Global strategies and schemes for prevention of water associated infectious diseases
- Chapter 9- Novel approaches to detect water associated infectious diseases.-Chapter 10- Treatment of water to prevent WAID
- Chapter 11- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in alliance with Conventional Medicine (CM) for water associated infectious diseases
- Chapter 12- Treatment for water associated infectious diseases
- Chapter 13- Economic assessment of water associated infectious diseases
- Chapter 14- Conclusions
- Chapter 15- Future Perspectives.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-981-13-9197-2
- 9789811391972
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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