Oxford Textbook of Zoonoses Online (Oxford Textbooks) - Softcover

Palmer, Prof S.R.; Soulsby, Lord; Torgerson, Dr Paul; Brown, Dr David W. G.

9780198702115: Oxford Textbook of Zoonoses Online (Oxford Textbooks)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198702116 ISBN 13: 9780198702115

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2014

The Oxford Textbook of Zoonoses comprehensively provides a systematic, cross disciplinary approach to the science and control of all zoonoses - diseases naturally transmissible between vertebrate animals and man.

Written by international specialists in human and veterinary medicine, and divided into three sections along the lines of bacteriology, parasitology, and virology, the textbook chapters describe the epidemiology of diseases, alongside strategies for prevention and control. Each chapter from the first edition has been updated for the second edition, and the book also includes new chapters on important public health topics, such as interdisciplinary or policy issues, as well as new chapters on emerging zoonoses, including SARS and other important emerging diseases and trends.

The online version of the Oxford Textbook of Zoonoses contains the full text of the print edition (which can be browsed by the contents list or searched), links from references in the text to external sources (via PubMed, ISI, and CrossRef), and all figures and illustrations from the print edition, downloadable into PowerPoint.

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About the Author:

Professor Palmer is one of the UK's leading public health figures. He is the former Regional Epidemiologist for Wales and was appointed to the Mansel Talbot Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health at the former University of Wales College of Medicine in 1998. He has led field investigations of many zoonoses outbreaks and has published widely on communicable disease control.
In addition to being Head of Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health at Cardiff University, in April 2003, he joined the new UK Health Protection Agency initially as the founding director of the Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division and Director of the HPA's, Local and Regional Services. Then he was Head of Profession for Epidemiology until June 2010.
On 1st July 2010 Professor Palmer was appointed Cardiff University's first Archie Cochrane Chair in Epidemiology and Public Heath.
Lord Soulsby was previously Professor of Animal Pathology at the University of Cambridge, UK from 1978 to 1993, and Professor of Parasitology at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA from 1964 to 1978.
Prior to his current position at the Institute of Parasitology of the University of Zurich, Paul Torgerson was a lecturer in Parasitology at the University College Dublin and a research fellow at Cambridge University. He holds a degree in veterinary medicine and a PhD in parasitology, both awarded by the University of Cambridge. He is also a diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Public Health.

Review:

In the 12 years or so since the first edition of this book there have been significant improvements in our understanding of zoonotic diseases and their importance as causes of human morbidity and mortality, and recognition of the potential for new diseases. This new edition recognises this and is an important addition to the veterinary library. Veterinary Record

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