WHO guidelines on tularaemia : epidemic and pandemic alert and response.

Colaborador(es): World Health OrganizationTipo de material: Texto

TextoDetalles de publicación: Geneva : World Health Organization, c2007Edición: 1st edDescripción: vii, 115 p. : il. (some col.), map ; 30 cmISBN: 9789241547376; 9241547375Otro título: Guidelines on tularaemia | TularaemiaTema(s): Tularemia -- Epidemioligía -- Guías | Tuleramia -- Diagnóstico | Tuleramia -- Tratamiento | Tularemia -- epidemiology -- Guideline | Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control -- Guideline | Tularemia -- drug therapy -- Guideline | Tularemia -- transmission -- Guideline | Tularemia -- Diagnosis | Tularemia -- Diagnosis -- Laboratory manuals | Tularemia -- TreatmentClasificación LoC:RC186.T85 | W46 2007Recursos en línea: Connect to online resource Texto

Contenidos parciales:

Introduction -- The infectious agent -- Epidemiology -- Clinical expression in humans -- Treatment -- Laboratory diagnostics and discrimination of subspecies and strains -- Surveillance and outbreak management -- Considerations for handling F. tularensis.

Resumen: Tularaemia is a bacterial zoonotic disease of the northern hemisphere. The bacterium (Francisella tularensis) is highly virulent for humans and a range of animals such as rodents, hares and rabbits. Humans can infect themselves by direct contact with infected animals, by arthropod bites, by ingestion of contaminated water or food, or by inhalation of infective aerosols. There is no human-to-human transmission. In addition to its natural occurrence, F. tularensis evokes great concern as a potential bioterrorism agent. F. tularensis subspecies tularensis is one of the most infectious pathogens known in human medicine. In order to avoid laboratory-associated infection, safety measures are needed and consequently, clinical laboratories do not generally accept specimens for culture. However, since clinical management of cases depends on early recognition, there is an urgent need for diagnostic services. This publication provides background information on the disease, describes the current best practices for its diagnosis and treatments in humans, suggests measures to be taken in case of epidemics and provides guidance on how to handle F. tularensis in the laboratory.--Publisher's description.

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Tipo de ítem	Biblioteca actual	Colección	Signatura	Copia número	Estado	Fecha de vencimiento	Código de barras
Libro	Biblioteca Central Tijuana	Acervo General	RC186 .T85 W46 2007 (Browse shelf(Abre debajo))	1	Disponible		TIJ074288

"WHO/CDS/EPR/2007.7"--T.p. verso.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 47-58) e índice.

Tularaemia is a bacterial zoonotic disease of the northern hemisphere. The bacterium (Francisella tularensis) is highly virulent for humans and a range of animals such as rodents, hares and rabbits. Humans can infect themselves by direct contact with infected animals, by arthropod bites, by ingestion of contaminated water or food, or by inhalation of infective aerosols. There is no human-to-human transmission. In addition to its natural occurrence, F. tularensis evokes great concern as a potential bioterrorism agent. F. tularensis subspecies tularensis is one of the most infectious pathogens known in human medicine. In order to avoid laboratory-associated infection, safety measures are needed and consequently, clinical laboratories do not generally accept specimens for culture. However, since clinical management of cases depends on early recognition, there is an urgent need for diagnostic services. This publication provides background information on the disease, describes the current best practices for its diagnosis and treatments in humans, suggests measures to be taken in case of epidemics and provides guidance on how to handle F. tularensis in the laboratory.--Publisher's description.

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