Infections of leisure / / edited by David Schlossberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910831095803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : ASM Press, [2009]
• ISBN: 1-68367-410-3; 1-55581-595-2
• Edizione: [Fourth edition.]
• Disciplina: 616.9/0471
• Soggetti: Communicable diseases - Health aspects; Leisure; Zoonoses; Animal Diseases; Parasitic Diseases; Human Activities; Bacterial Infections and Mycoses; Virus Diseases; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Public Health; Diseases; Environment and Public Health; Health Care; Disease Vectors; Infection; Leisure Activities; Medicine; Health & Biological Sciences; Infectious Diseases
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: At the shore / Mark A. Clemence and Richard L. Guerrant -- Freshwater : from lakes to hot tubs / Bertha S. Ayi and David Dworzack -- The camper's uninvited guests / Gordon E. Schutze and Richard F. Jacobs -- ; Infections in the garden / Burke A. Cunha and Diane H. Johnson -- With man's best friend / Julie M. Collins and Bennett Lorber -- Around cats / Ellie J. C. Goldstein and Craig E. Greene -- Feathered friends / Matthew E. Levison -- Less common house pets / Bruno B. Chomel -- With man's worst friend : the rat / James G. Fox -- Closed due to rabies / Jesse D. Blanton and John W. Krebs -- Sports : the infectious hazards / Arezou Minooee, Leland S. Rickman, and Geeta Gupta -- Traveling abroad / Martin S. Wolfe -- From boudoir to bordello : sexually transmitted diseases and travel / Jonathan M. Zenilman -- Infections from body piercing and tattoos / Mukesh Patel and C. Glenn Cobbs -- Infectious diseases at high altitude / Buddha Basnyat, Thomas A. Cumbo, and Robert Edelman -- Infectious risks of air travel / Alexandra Mangili and Mark Gendreau -- Perils of the petting zoo / John R. Dunn and Frederick J. Angulo -- Infections on cruise ships / Vivek Kak -- Exotic and trendy cuisine / Jeffrey K. Griffiths.