North American Parasitic Zoonoses (World Class Parasites)
Contributors: Dennis J. Richardson (Editor); Peter J. Krause (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781402072123
Subjects: Zoology & animal sciences; Parasitology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Zoonoses; Infectious Diseases; Medical / Parasitology; Medical : Infectious Diseases; Science / Zoology; North America; Parasitic Diseases
First sentence: It has been estimated that 80 percent of all described human infections are caused by agents which are shared by or naturally transmitted between other vertebrate animals and humans (Schwabe, 1984).