Avian Reservoirs
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Avian Reservoirs
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Author : Frédéric Keck
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-17
Avian Reservoirs written by Frédéric Keck and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-17 with Social Science categories.
After experiencing the SARS outbreak in 2003, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan all invested in various techniques to mitigate future pandemics involving myriad cross-species interactions between humans and birds. In some locations microbiologists allied with veterinarians and birdwatchers to follow the mutations of flu viruses in birds and humans and create preparedness strategies, while in others, public health officials worked toward preventing pandemics by killing thousands of birds. In Avian Reservoirs Frédéric Keck offers a comparative analysis of these responses, tracing how the anticipation of bird flu pandemics has changed relations between birds and humans in China. Drawing on anthropological theory and ethnographic fieldwork, Keck demonstrates that varied strategies dealing with the threat of pandemics—stockpiling vaccines and samples in Taiwan, simulating pandemics in Singapore, and monitoring viruses and disease vectors in Hong Kong—reflect local geopolitical relations to mainland China. In outlining how interactions among pathogens, birds, and humans shape the way people imagine future pandemics, Keck illuminates how interspecies relations are crucial for protecting against such threats.
Avian Influenza
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Author : David E. Swayne
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-03-03
Avian Influenza written by David E. Swayne and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-03 with Medical categories.
Avian Influenza provides the first comprehensive guide covering the full spectrum of this complex and increasingly high-profile disease, its history and its treatment and control. All aspects of avian influenza are dealt with in depth, systematically covering biology, virology, diagnostics, ecology, epidemiology, clinical medicine, and the control. The book fuses coverage of the latest discoveries in the basic sciences with a practical approach to dealing with the disease in a clinical setting, and providing instruction and guidance for veterinarians and government animal health officials encountering this disease in the field. Avian Influenza provides the reader with a global perspective, bringing together chapters written by leading animal health researchers and veterinarians with significant experience working with this disease. Providing a summary and synthesis of important data and research on this virus, its impact on both wild and domesticated birds, and approaches to controlling the spread of the disease, Avian Influenza will be an invaluable resource for all veterinarians, scientists, animal health professionals, and public health officials dealing with this virus. * Covers full range of topics within avian influenza in one comprehensive and authoritative text * Provides a summarization of peer-reviewed and empirical data on avian influenza viruses, the infection and diseases they cause * Discusses strategies used in control of the disease * Leading experts are drawn together to provide an international and multi-disciplinary perspective * Fuses latest developments in basic scientific research with practical guidance on management of the disease
Avian Influenza Research Progress
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Author : Ernesto P. Allegra
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 2008
Avian Influenza Research Progress written by Ernesto P. Allegra and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Medical categories.
Avian influenza, or 'bird flu', is a contagious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs. Avian influenza viruses are highly species-specific, but have, on rare occasions, crossed the species barrier to infect humans. In domestic poultry, infection with avian influenza viruses causes two main forms of disease, distinguished by low and high extremes of virulence. The so-called 'low pathogenic' form commonly causes only mild symptoms (ruffled feathers, a drop in egg production) and may easily go undetected. The highly pathogenic form is far more dramatic. It spreads very rapidly through poultry flocks, causes disease affecting multiple internal organs, and has a mortality that can approach 100%, often within 48 hours.
Avian Influenza
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Author : H. -D. Klenk
language : en
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Release Date : 2008-08-11
Avian Influenza written by H. -D. Klenk and has been published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-11 with Medical categories.
Because of its high impact on both animal and human health, avian influenza has become a matter of increasing public concern and growing scientific interest within the last decade. This volume gives an overview of the most important results of these research efforts and provides information about the ecology and epidemiology of avian influenza with particular emphasis on recent H5N1 outbreaks in China, Siberia and Europe. Several articles deal with new vaccination strategies, the use of antivirals and other control measures to combat outbreaks of avian influenza. Further chapters illustrate that molecular biology, culminating in the generation of influenza viruses by recombinant DNA technology, was instrumental in unravelling the roles of the viral hemagglutinin and polymerase as well as cellular signalling pathways and innate immunity in pathogenesis and interspecies transmission. Finally, the threat of a pandemic originating from avian influenza viruses is illustrated by the example of the Spanish influenza of 1918. This comprehensive publication on avian influenza viruses and their relevance for human influenza will be of great value to all influenza virologists, molecular biologists, public health scientists, veterinary virologists, ecologists, and scientists engaged in drug design and vaccine development.
The Long Year
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Author : Thomas J. Sugrue
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2022-01-25
The Long Year written by Thomas J. Sugrue and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-25 with Political Science categories.
Some years—1789, 1929, 1989—change the world suddenly. Or do they? In 2020, a pandemic converged with an economic collapse, inequalities exploded, and institutions weakened. Yet these crises sprang not from new risks but from known dangers. The world—like many patients—met 2020 with a host of preexisting conditions, which together tilted the odds toward disaster. Perhaps 2020 wasn’t the year the world changed; perhaps it was simply the moment the world finally understood its deadly diagnosis. In The Long Year, some of the world’s most incisive thinkers excavate 2020’s buried crises, revealing how they must be confronted in order to achieve a more equal future. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor calls for the defunding of police and the refunding of communities; Keisha Blain demonstrates why the battle against racism must be global; and Adam Tooze reveals that COVID-19 hit hardest where inequality was already greatest and welfare states weakest. Yarimar Bonilla, Xiaowei Wang, Simon Balto, Marcia Chatelain, Gautam Bhan, Ananya Roy, and others offer insights from the factory farms of China to the elite resorts of France, the meatpacking plants of the Midwest to the overcrowded hospitals of India. The definitive guide to these ongoing catastrophes, The Long Year shows that only by exposing the roots and ramifications of 2020 can another such breakdown be prevented. It is made possible through institutional partnerships with Public Books and the Social Science Research Council.
Ecology Of Avian Zoonotic Diseases New Challenges
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Author : Grzegorz Kopij
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2025-02-19
Ecology Of Avian Zoonotic Diseases New Challenges written by Grzegorz Kopij and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-19 with Science categories.
The book presents five chapters related to the ecology of avian diseases, the recently emerged branch of avian ecology, veterinary medicine, human medicine virology and parasitology. It is, therefore, a multidisciplinary book. It advances studies on the ecology of avian epizootic diseases. Two case studies are presented: one from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the other from Tibet in China. Both studies focus on relationships between birds, humans, microbiota and environment. The avian influenza is the main object of this study. It is a viral disease mainly affecting waterbirds, but it has been transmitted to humans in recent years and has caused serious health problems. The book shows how the disease emerged from its original site in the lake in Tibet and how it spread worldwide. The study from Kinshasa focuses on the Malachite Kingfisher and a few other bird species. This is a good example of a holistic approach to the problems linked to avian diseases, the ecology of birds (site fidelity, timing of breeding, breeding success, diet), microbiota, parasites and human health. The study also turns attention to birds as good indicators of environmental quality. A separate chapter deals with these aspects of hematology, which are relevant to avian diseases. Special attention is paid to factors influencing fluctuations in hematocrit levels of birds in relation to their age, sex, season of the year, physiological indices (metabolism, energetics), breeding status, parasites, season of the year, and altitude of inhabited area. Blood elements such as erythrocytes, granulocytes (heterophils, granulocytes, eosinophils and basophils), and agranulocytes (monocytes, lymphocytes, thrombocytes) are compared between 14 selected bird species from different parts of the world. These parameters are essential for health monitoring (critical early warning markers of stress, disease, and malnourishment in bird populations). This book targets a broad audience of ecologists, ornithologists, students of zoonotic diseases, and researchers in veterinary and human medicine.
Infectious Diseases Of Wild Birds
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Author : Nancy J. Thomas
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-01-09
Infectious Diseases Of Wild Birds written by Nancy J. Thomas and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-09 with Medical categories.
Free-living birds encounter multiple health hazards brought on by viruses, bacteria, and fungi, some which in turn can significantly impact other animal populations and human health. Newly emerging diseases and new zoonotic forms of older diseases have brought increased global attention to the health of wild bird populations. Recognition and management of these diseases is a high priority for all those involved with wildlife. Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds provides biologists, wildlife managers, wildlife and veterinary health professionals and students with the most comprehensive reference on infectious viral, bacterial and fungal diseases affecting wild birds. Bringing together contributions from an international team of experts, the book offers the most complete information on these diseases, their history, causative agents, significance and population impact. Focusing on more than just treatment, special emphasis is given to disease processes, recognition and epidemiology.
Summary Of Investigations
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Summary Of Investigations written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Communicable diseases categories.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Emerging Infectious Diseases written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Communicable diseases categories.
Catalog Of Federal Domestic Assistance
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Catalog Of Federal Domestic Assistance written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Economic assistance, Domestic categories.
Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.