Tularemia (Deadly Diseases & Epidemics (Hardcover))

Siderovski, Susan

ISBN 10: 0791086798 ISBN 13: 9780791086797

Publisher: Chelsea House Publications, 2006

Synopsis

This continuing series explores different diseases to show the science behind how disease-causing organisms affect the body. Microorganisms have plagued humans since the beginning of time, causing debilitating diseases and even death. But how, exactly, do these microorganisms infect and cause disease? The books in this series examine various microbiological scourges that have affected humans as well as the steps that have been taken to identify, isolate, prevent, and eradicate them. Each title will outline the history and treatments of the diseases, highlighting how improvements in prevention and treatment techniques have affected the disease's impact on the world population. Rabbit fever, otherwise known as tularemia, is transmitted mostly throughblood-sucking insects, including fleas, ticks, and deer flies.

About this title

About the Author:

Alcamo is a professor of biology at the State University of New York. He has taught at the college level for over thirty years, specializing in biology for health science students.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0791086798
• ISBN 13: 9780791086797
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 120
• Editor: Alcamo Ph.D. Edward I