Research Catalog

Title

Infections of leisure / edited by David Schlossberg.

Publication

Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Schlossberg, David

Description

xv, 431 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subjects

• Leisure Activities
• Disease Vectors
• Leisure > Health aspects > Popular works
• Communicable diseases > Popular works
• Zoonoses > Popular works
• Infection > etiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. At the Shore / Mark A. Clemence and Richard L. Guerrant -- 2. Freshwater: from Lakes to Hot Tubs / Bertha S. Ayi and David Dworzack -- 3. The Camper's Uninvited Guests / Gordon E. Schutze and Richard F. Jacobs -- 4. Infections in the Garden / Burke A. Cunha and Diane H. Johnson -- 5. With Man's Best Friend / Julie M. Collins and Bennett Lorber -- 6. Around Cats / Ellie J. C. Goldstein and Craig E. Greene -- 7. Feathered Friends / Matthew E. Levison -- 8. Less Common House Pets / Bruno B. Chomel -- 9. With Man's Worst Friend: the Rat / James G. Fox -- 10. Closed Due to Rabies / Jesse D. Blanton and John W. Krebs -- 11. Sports: the Infectious Hazards / Arezou Minooee, Leland S. Rickman and Geeta Gupta -- 12. Traveling Abroad / Martin S. Wolfe -- 13. From Boudoir to Bordello: Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Travel / Jonathan M. Zenilman -- 14. Infections from Body Piercing and Tattoos / Mukesh Patel and C. Glenn Cobbs -- 15. Infectious Diseases at High Altitude / Buddha Basnyat, Thomas A. Cumbo and Robert Edelman -- 16. Infectious Risks of Air Travel / Alexandra Mangili and Mark Gendreau -- 17. Perils of the Petting Zoo / John R. Dunn and Frederick J. Angulo -- 18. Infections on Cruise Ships / Vivek Kak -- 19. Exotic and Trendy Cuisine / Jeffrey K. Griffiths.

ISBN

• 9781555814847 (pbk.)
• 1555814840 (pbk.)

LCCN

2009007559

OCLC

• ocn310959861
• 310959861
• SCSB-5495332

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries