Bacterial and viral zoonoses

Book : Bacterial and viral zoonoses

Language : English

Library : Health-Safety-Environment

Publish Place : Geneva

ISBN : 92 4 120682 9

Publish Date : 00 1982

Publisher : World Health Organization WHO

Book Type : Report

Book Number : 3644

INDEX


Contents
1. Introduction ..................................................
2. Impact of zoonoses and general preventive measures ...............
2.1 Public health .............................................
2.2 Animal health.............................................
3. Factors affecting the spread of zoonoses ..........................
3.1 Changes in the size and density of human and animal populations
3.2 Increasing movements of human and animal populations........
3.3 Trade in animal products ...................................
3.4 Environmental changes created by human activities ............
3.5 Drug-resistant bacteria in foods of animal origin ...............
3.6 Handling animal by-products and wastes......................
3.7 Cultural-anthropological patterns and changes.................
4. Diagnosis and surveillance ......................................
4.1 Problems of diagnosis ...........
4.2 Surveillance of important zoonoses
5. Prevention and control of zoonoses
5.1 Field measures ...........................................
5.2 Priorities and orientation of national programmes.............
5.3 Comprehensive national programmes .......................
5.4 Management tools for programme planning and implementation
5.5 International technical cooperation .........................
6. Contributions of zoonoses control to other national and international pro­grammes ............................................................
6.1 Primary health care and rural development...........................
6.2 Comparative medicine, microbiology, and epidemiology; biosafety and laboratory safety; laboratory animal welfare and health; welfare and pro­tection of pet animals and livestock .................................
6.3 Environmental health; use of environmental predictors of epidemic poten­tial for zoonoses and other diseases .................................
7. Main conclusions and recommendations .................................
7.1 Comprehensive programming for zoonosis control
7.2 Primary health care ...........................
7.3 Training.....................................
7.4 International technical cooperation .............
7.5 Research ....................................
7.6 Other recommendations .......................
Acknowledgements
Annex 1. Table of zoonosesAnnex 2. Tree diagram for control of zoonoses and food-borne diseases (ZFD): principal components ................................
Annex 3. Organizations and centres responsible for international surveillance programmes and information ................................
Annex 4. Addresses of zoonoses centres, collaborating centres, etc.........
Annex 5. Reviews, books and articles on zoonoses surveillance and control
Annex 6. Examples of statements with health information concerning zoo-noses control ..............................................
Annex 7.
Functions of zoonoses control centres