Overview
- Provides new insights into the control of infectious diseases
- Combines relevant aspects of public health and ecology along with microbiology
- Richly illustrated throughout
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Environmental Microbiology (AEM, volume 4)
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This volume focuses on blocking disease transmission and the ecological perspective of pathogens and pathogenic processes. The chapters on blocking transmission cover the environmental safety of space flight, biocides and biocide resistance, as well as infection control in healthcare facilities. The book also offers insights into the ecological aspects of infectious disease, introducing the reader to the role of indigenous gut microbiota in maintaining human health and current discussions on environmentally encountered bacterial and fungal pathogens including species that variously cause the necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer and coccidioidomycosis. Further, it explores the influenza A virus as an example for understanding zoonosis. It is a valuable resource for microbiologists and biomedical scientists alike.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Preventing the Environmental Transmission of Infections
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Front Matter
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Understanding the Ecology of Infectious Disease
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Christon J. Hurst
Cincinnati, Ohio
USA
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Universidad del Valle
Santiago de Cali, Valle
Colombia
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modeling the Transmission and Prevention of Infectious Disease
Editors: Christon J. Hurst
Series Title: Advances in Environmental Microbiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60616-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60614-9Published: 08 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86900-1Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60616-3Published: 31 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2366-3324
Series E-ISSN: 2366-3332
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 286
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Environmental Health