Rabies is an acute, progressive, incurable viral encephalitis and one of the oldest described infectious diseases. All mammals are susceptible to infection, but rabid dogs are responsible for the greatest global burden. Bats and carnivores are the…
Public health can be thought of as a series of complex systems. Many things that individual living in high income countries take for granted like the control of infectious disease, clean, potable water, low infant mortality rates require a high…
South Texas, defi ned as the 38-county area encompassing the Texas–Mexico border
counties from Cameron County to Val Verde County, as well as Bexar County
(includes San Antonio), Webb County (includes Laredo), and the Lower Rio Grande
Valley…
“She was given her own plate, her own cup, everything of her own, even when she just touched a cloth then nobody wanted to touch it again.” (Halima, HIV-seropositive) The book sheds light on the profound influence of an HIV-seropositive diagnosis on…
During the 26 years since EQ-5D was first developed, a substantial amount of
research has been carried out worldwide using the instrument. Among these studies
were surveys conducted in various countries that measured the health-related
quality of…
Medicine is undergoing a sector-wide transformation thanks to the advances in computing and networking technologies. Healthcare is changing from reactive and hospital-centered to preventive and personalized, from disease focused to well-being…
This book is a collection of chapters around the theme of parasitology and zoonosis in bot war and peace and the impact of these fields on public health. Individual experts have contributed reviews, novel research, and case series within the field to…
All living organisms are composed of major, minor, and trace elements, given by nature
and supplied by geology. Medical geology is a rapidly growing discipline dealing with the
influence of natural geological and environmental risk factors on the…
The sensation of flavor reflects the complex integration of aroma, taste, texture, and chemesthetic (oral and nasal irritation cues) from a food or food component. Flavor is a major determinant of food palatability—the extent to which a food is…
Dengue Fever in a One Health Perspective underlines important aspects of dengue virus, the most prevalent and life-threatening arbovirus in the world. Over three sections, chapters cover such topics as biological and environmental aspects,…