Microbial Zoonoses and Sapronoses
This book presents the state of art in the field of microbial zoonoses and sapronoses. It could be used as a textbook or manual in microbiology and medical zoology for students of human and veterinary medicine, including Ph.D. students, and for biomedicin
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Zdenek Hubálek · Ivo Rudolf
Microbial Zoonoses and Sapronoses
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Dr. Zdenek Hubálek Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i. 60365 Brno Czech Republic and
Dr. Ivo Rudolf Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i. 60365 Brno Czech Republic [email protected]
Masaryk University Faculty of Science Institute of Experimental Biology 61137 Brno Czech Republic [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-9656-2 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9657-9 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9657-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. The authors of photographs on the cover are: Pavel Rodl (4), Zdenek Hubalek (4), Jan Erhart (2), Paul Reiter (1) and Milan Pejcoch (1). Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Dr Silvie Šikutová for preparing several figures, and to many photographers (quoted under the figures) for supplying their photos for this book. Preparation of this book was partially funded by EU grant GOCE-2003-010284 EDEN. The paper is catalogued by the EDEN Steering Committee as EDEN 0191 (http://www.eden-fp6project.net/). The content of this publication is the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission.
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 Types of Human Disease by Source of the Infectious Agent . . . . .
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3 A History of Zoonoses and Sapronoses and Research into Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4 The Infection Process in Zoonoses and Sapronoses 4.1 Infectious Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Infection Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Infection Course and Host Defence . . . . . . .
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5 The Epidemic Process in Zoonoses and Sapronoses . . . . . 5.1 Characteristics of the Epidemic Process . . . . . . . . . 5.1.1 The Source of Infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.2 The Transmission Mode of the Infectious Disease 5.1.3 Susceptible Population of the Host . . . . . . . . 5.2 External Factors in the Epidemic Process . . . . . . . . . 5.2.1 Socio-Economic Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2.2 Environmental (Natural) Factors . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Natural Focality of Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 Epidemiological Examination in the Focus of an Infectious Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4.1 Descriptive Epidemiological
