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This chapter reviews 2 of the great plagues (namely, plague (also known as the black death pandemic) and smallpox) in human history, examining the magnitude of its spread and mortality, disease vectors, transmission routes, clinical and epidemic characteristics, and its contribution in changing the ...
This chapter describes the epidemiology, clinical aspects, spread, treatment and prevention of waterborne diseases, namely cholera and typhoid.
This chapter describes the clinical features, diagnosis, transmission, incubation and transmission periods, occurrence, distribution, control, prevention, treatment (e.g., drug therapy) and surveillance of diseases transmitted through soil contact, including trichuriasis, ascariasis, hookworm...
This chapter describes the clinical features, diagnosis, transmission, incubation and transmission periods, occurrence, distribution, control and prevention of schistosomiasis transmitted through contact with contaminated water. A brief description of dracunculiasis is also provided.
This chapter describes the clinical features, diagnosis, transmission, incubation and transmission periods, occurrence, distribution, control, prevention (e.g., vaccination), treatment (e.g., drug therapy) and surveillance of skin infections, including varicella, measles, rubella, mumps,...
This chapter describes the clinical features, diagnosis, transmission, incubation and transmission periods, occurrence, distribution, control, prevention, treatment (e.g., drug therapy) and surveillance of airborne transmitted infections that present as diseases of the respiratory system and other...
This chapter lists the different viral, bacterial, fungal, prion, helminth and protozoal infections and their clinical features, modes of transmission, control methods and incubation period.
This chapter describes the clinical features, diagnosis, transmission, incubation and transmission periods, occurrence, distribution, control, prevention, treatment (e.g., drug therapy) and surveillance of water-washed diseases (i.e., diseases of poor hygiene that can be controlled by increasing...
This chapter describes the clinical features, diagnosis, transmission, incubation and transmission periods, occurrence, distribution, control, prevention, treatment (e.g., oral rehydration therapy, drug therapy) and surveillance of diseases transmitted through the oral-faecal route, including...
This chapter describes the clinical features, diagnosis, transmission, incubation and transmission periods, occurrence, distribution, control, prevention, treatment (e.g., fluid therapy, oral rehydration therapy, drug therapy) and surveillance of foodborne diseases, including food poisoning caused...