Swine flu and pig borne diseases / / Viroj Wiwanitkit

• Autore: Viroj Wiwanitkit
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (81 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.5/18
• Soggetto topico: Zoonoses; Swine - Diseases; Swine influenza
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- SWINE FLU AND PIG BORNE DISEASES -- Contents -- Preface -- Pig and Pig-Borne Disease:A Present Concern -- Pigs: What Are They? -- Pork: A Widely Ingested Meat -- Use of Pigs in Medicine -- Pig Related Diseases -- 1. Pig-Borne Disease -- 2. Pork-Borne Disease -- 3. Diseases with Pigs as the Amplifying Hosts -- 4. Japanese Encephalitis [1 - 6] -- 5. Salmonella Suis Infection [7 - 10] -- 6. Streptococcus Suis Infection [11 - 19] -- 7. Nipah Virus Infection [20 - 32] -- 8. Swine Flu [33 - 36] -- 9. Taeniasis [37 - 40] -- 10. Trichinellosis [41 - 43] -- References -- Swine Flu -- What is Swine Flu? [1 - 10] -- History of Swine Flu [1 - 10] -- How Can One Become Infected with Swine Flu? [1 - 10] -- Clinical Presentation of Swine Flu [1 - 10] -- Chest XRay: A Aasic Tool for Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Influenza -- 1. Assessment on the Quality of the Derived Chest X-Ray Film -- 2. Interpretation of Clinical Findings -- Immunity to Swine Flu [1 - 10] -- Preventing Swine Flu [1 - 10] -- Preparation for Coping with the Problem in Currently Non- Problematic Countriest [1 - 10] -- Travel Medicine and Swine Flu [1 - 10] -- References -- Streptococcal Suis -- Introduction to Streptococcus -- Reports on Epidemiologyof Streptocccus Suis Infection -- Microbiology of Streptocccus Suis [5 - 9] -- Clinical Manifestation of Streptocccus Suis Infection [5 - 9] -- Pathogenesis of Streptocccus Suis Infection [5 - 9] -- Risk Factor of Streptocccus Suis Infection [5 - 9] -- References -- Salmonella Suis -- Introduction to Salmonellosis [1 - 5] -- Salmonella Suis Infection: A Pork-Born Disease -- References -- Nippa Virus -- Emerging Situation of the Nipah Virus Infection [1 - 13] -- What is Napah Virus? [1 - 13] -- Risk Factors Associated with Nipah Virus Infection -- Transmission of Nipah Virus -- Clinical Presentation of Nipah Virus Infection -- References. ; Japanese Encephalitis: Pig as the Amplifying Host -- Introduction [1 - 7] -- Surveillance of Encephalitisin the General Population [1 - 7] -- The Pig as an Amplifying Host for Japanese Encephalitis [1 - 7] -- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination [1 - 7, 10 - 13] -- References -- Taeniasis -- Introduction to Tapeworm [1 - 2] -- What is Taeniasis? [1 - 12] -- References -- Pork Safety -- Concerns in Pork Safety [1 - 10] -- 1. Farming -- 2. Pig Transportation Process -- 3. Killing Process -- 4. Butchering -- 5. Pork Buying -- 6. Cooking -- 7. Eating -- A Brief Summary of Trichinellosis -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Swine flu and pig borne diseases
• ISBN: 1-61209-859-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819266803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Public Health in the 21st Century