ABSTRACT

Human Diseases from Wildlife presents information on the most prevalent and serious zoonotic diseases in the US and Canada, some of which have been national headline news like anthrax, influenza, and West Nile virus. Diseases that are caused by pathogens with the ability to infect both humans and animals are known as zoonotic diseases, which litera

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|18 pages

Plague

chapter 3|16 pages

Brucellosis

chapter 4|16 pages

Tuberculosis

chapter 5|14 pages

Tularemia

chapter 6|8 pages

Leprosy

chapter 7|16 pages

Anthrax

chapter 8|10 pages

Rat-Bite Fever

chapter 9|18 pages

Salmonellosis

chapter 12|16 pages

Leptospirosis

chapter 13|22 pages

Lyme Disease

chapter 14|16 pages

Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

chapter 16|14 pages

Q Fever and Coxiellosis

chapter 17|16 pages

Epidemic Typhus and Murine Typhus

chapter 18|18 pages

Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis

chapter 19|22 pages

Rabies

chapter 23|14 pages

Hantaviruses

chapter 24|20 pages

Inuenza

chapter 25|8 pages

Cryptococcosis

chapter 26|12 pages

Histoplasmosis

chapter 28|16 pages

Baylisascariasis and Raccoon Roundworms

chapter 29|14 pages

Trichinellosis

chapter 30|14 pages

Swimmer’s Itch and Giardiasis