Diseases and Illnesses Transmitted to Humans by Animals, Insects and Contaminated Food and Water, 1st Edition (Hardcover)

Angela Williams

ISBN 10: 0780817923 / ISBN 13: 9780780817920

Published by Omnigraphic, Inc., 2020

About this Item

Hardcover. According to statistics provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every year in the U.S. around 3,000 people die from and 128,000 people are hospitalized with food-borne diseases. The CDC's estimates for the number of people affected by vector-borne diseases is around 640,000 cases between 2004 and 2016. Globally, malaria causes 400,000 deaths every year. Estimates show that more than 6 out of every 10 known infectious diseases in people are spread by animals, and 3 out of every 4 emerging infectious diseases in people are spread by animals. Meanwhile, every year, the U.S. registers an estimated 4 to 32 million cases of people affected with acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) due to public drinking-water systems.Animal-, Insect-, Food-, and Water-Borne Illnesses and Diseases and How They Relate to You provides information about the various illnesses and diseases that are spread by animals and insects and through food and water contamination, along with information about how these outbreaks are identified. The book also offers tips and safety measures to protectyourself and your family, along with information on the epidemiology of these emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. The book concludes with a glossary of related terms, along with a directory of resources that provide additional help and information. This special edition deals with the various diseases that are spread by animals, insects, and through food and water contamination, and the identification and outbreak of animal-, insect-, food-, and water-borne diseases. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Diseases and Illnesses Transmitted to Humans by Animals, Insects and Contaminated Food and Water, 1st Edition (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Omnigraphic, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0780817923
• ISBN 13: 9780780817920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Williams has assembled information for general readers about the various diseases that are spread by animals, insects, and through the contamination of food and water, along with the processes used to identify and track these disease outbreaks. Articles also provide tips and safety measures for readers to protect themselves and their families, and discuss and the epidemiology of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, illnesses, and outbreaks. Most the information is from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but some from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other sources. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)