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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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