Legal Aspects of Infectious Diseases
Description:... This new reference is a easy to follow discusses infectious diseases and their legal implications. You will find background information on the most common waterborne, foodborne, airborne, body fluid transmitted, insect transmitted, and hospital acquired infectious diseases. The book discusses disease transmission, types of outbreaks, treatment, prevention, economic impact, and legal implications. Also included is a section on biological weapons, an emerging terrorist threat. This section includes information on types of weapons, diseases of concern and potential legal and economic impact from use of this type of weapon. You will also discover information on the biology of microorganism, virulence and drug resistance, and investigation of infectious disease outbreaks of all types. Topics Include: Microbes and Infection Viruses Bacteria Parasites Fungi Disease transmission Virulence Drug Resistance Waterborne diseases Foodborne diseases Airborne diseases Body-fluid transmitted diseases Insect transmitted diseases Hospital acquired diseases Biological weapons Risk assessment
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