CABI Book Chapter
Communicable diseases: a global perspective.
Description
This completely updated and revised 5th edition, which consists of 20 chapters, provides a comprehensive account of various types of infectious diseases and their modes of transmission, epidemiology, control strategies, notifications and regulations, as well as an overview of the major diseases established, new and emerging. An integrated eBook is available for online use or download to a desktop,...
Chapter 8 (Page no: 95)
Faecal-oral diseases.
This chapter focuses on the faecal-oral group of diseases that are transmitted by person-to-person contact, through water, food or directly to the mouth. These diseases include gastroenteritis, rotavirus infection,
Cryptosporidium parvum infection, cholera, shigellosis,
Giardia intestinalis infection,
Entamoeba histolytica amoebiasis, typhoid/paratyphoid, hepatitis A and E, poliomyelitis, and
Enterobius vermicularis infection. For each disease, the following information is provided: aetiology, clinical features, diagnosis, mode of transmission, incubation period, period of communicability, occurrence and distribution, control and prevention, treatment, and surveillance.
Other chapters from this book
| Chapter: 1 (Page no: 1)
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Elements of communicable diseases.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 2 (Page no: 23)
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Communicable disease theory.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 3 (Page no: 34)
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Control principles and methods.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 4 (Page no: 60)
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Control strategy and organization.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 5 (Page no: 77)
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Notification and health regulations.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 6 (Page no: 81)
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Classification of communicable diseases.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 7 (Page no: 84)
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Diseases of poor hygiene.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 9 (Page no: 116)
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Food-borne diseases.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 10 (Page no: 132)
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Diseases of soil contact.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 11 (Page no: 142)
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Diseases of water contact.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 12 (Page no: 151)
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Skin infections.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 13 (Page no: 162)
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Respiratory diseases and other airborne-transmitted infections.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 14 (Page no: 185)
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Diseases transmitted via body fluids.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 15 (Page no: 204)
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Insect-borne diseases.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 16 (Page no: 252)
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Ectoparasite zoonoses.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 17 (Page no: 273)
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Domestic and synanthropic zoonoses.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 18 (Page no: 289)
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Pregnancy and infection.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 19 (Page no: 302)
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New and emerging diseases.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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| Chapter: 20 (Page no: 313)
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List of communicable diseases.
Author(s):
Webber, R.
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