Textbook of Zoonoses

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Designed primarily for veterinary public health education, the book provides a structured overview of bacterial, viral, parasitic, fungal, rickettsial, and prion zoonoses. Each disease is presented in a consistent format, covering its causative agent, epidemiology, transmission cycle, clinical manifestations in animals and humans, laboratory diagnosis, treatment options, and prevention strategies. The text also incorporates the latest recommendations from organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The book covers topics including:

• Introduction to zoonoses
• One Health concept
• Epidemiology of zoonotic diseases
• Modes of transmission
• Bacterial zoonoses
• Anthrax
• Brucellosis
• Cat-scratch disease
• Glanders
• Leptospirosis
• Lyme disease
• Plague
• Q fever
• Tularemia
• Zoonotic chlamydiosis
• Zoonotic tuberculosis
• Foodborne bacterial zoonoses
• Viral zoonoses
• Rabies
• Influenza
• Nipah virus
• Hantavirus disease
• Japanese encephalitis
• West Nile fever
• Rift Valley fever
• Yellow fever
• Ebola virus disease
• Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
• Zoonotic coronaviruses
• Foodborne viral zoonoses
• Parasitic zoonoses
• Toxoplasmosis
• Echinococcosis
• Giardiasis
• Leishmaniasis
• Trichinellosis
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Taeniasis and cysticercosis
• Schistosomiasis
• Fungal zoonoses
• Dermatophytosis
• Histoplasmosis
• Cryptococcosis
• Aspergillosis
• Sporotrichosis
• Rickettsial zoonoses
• Prion diseases
• Diagnosis and laboratory methods
• Treatment options
• Prevention and control strategies
• CDC classification of zoonotic agents
• WHO list of neglected zoonotic diseases
• References and further reading

With its systematic organization and practical clinical focus, the book serves as both a teaching resource and a reference for professionals involved in veterinary medicine, public health, epidemiology, and infectious disease control. It emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in preventing and managing zoonotic diseases worldwide.

Who is this book for?

• Veterinary students
• Postgraduate veterinary students
• Veterinarians
• Physicians interested in zoonotic diseases
• Veterinary public health professionals
• Epidemiologists
• Microbiologists
• Researchers in infectious diseases
• One Health professionals