Control of communicable diseases in man / edited by Abram S. Benenson

Includes index.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Amebiasis -- Angiostrongyliasis Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis -- Anikakiasis -- Anthrax. Arenaviral Hemorrhagic Fever -- Arthropod-borne viral diseases -- Arthropod-borne viral arthritis and rash -- Arthropod-borne viral encephalitides -- Arthropod-borne viral fevers -- Arthropod-borne viral hamorrhagic fevers -- Ascariasis. Aspergillosis -- Babesiosis -- Balantidiasis -- Bartonellosis -- Blastomycosis -- Botulism, infant -- Brucellosis -- Candidiasis. Capillariasis. Carditis, Coxsackie. Cat-scratch disease. Chancroid. Chickenpox - Herpes Zoster. Chlanydial infections. Cholera. Chromomycosis. Clonorchiasis -- Coccidioidomycosis -- Clonorchiasis -- Coccidiodomycosis -- Conjunctivitis -- Coxsackie virus disease: entoroviral -- Cryptococcosis -- Crytosporidiosis -- Cytomegalovirus infections -- Dengue fever -- Dermatophytosis -- Diarrhea, acute -- Diphtheria -- Diphyllobothriasis -- Dracunculiasis -- Ebola-Marburg virus disease -- Echinococcosis -- Encephalopathy, Subacute Spongiform -- Enterobiasis -- Fascioliasis -- Fasciolopsiasis -- Filariasis -- Foodbourne intoxication -- Gastroenteritis, acute viral -- Giadiasis -- Gonococcal infections -- Granuloma inguinale -- Hemorhagic fever with renal symdrome -- Hepatitis, viral -- Herpes simplex -- Histoplasmosis -- Hookworn disease -- Hymenolepiasis -- Influenza -- Kawasaki syndrome -- Keratoconjunctivitis, adenoviral -- Lassa fever -- Legionellosis -- Leishmaniasis -- Leishmaniasis -- Leprosy -- Leptospirosis -- Listeriosis -- Loiasis -- Lyme disease -- Lympocyctic choriomeniningitis -- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis -- Lymphogranuloma venereum -- Malaria -- Measles -- Melioidosis -- Menigitis -- Meningoencepalitis due to Naegleria and Acanthamoeba -- Molluscum contagiosum -- Mononucleosis, infectious -- Mumps -- Myalgia, epidemic -- Mycetoma -- Neoplaia, malignant -- Nocardiosis -- Onchocerciasis -- Orf virus disease -- Paracoccidioidomycosis -- Paragonimiasis -- Paratyphoid fever -- Pediculosis -- Pertussis -- Pinta -- Plague -- Pneumonia -- Poliomyelitus, acute -- Psittacosis -- Q fever -- Rabies -- Rat-bite fever -- Relapsing fever -- Respiratory disease, acute viral -- Rickettsiosis, tick-bourne -- Rubella and congenital rubella -- Salmonellosis -- Scabies -- Schistosomiasis -- Shigellosis -- Smallpox -- Sporotrichosis -- Staphyloccocal disease -- Streptococcal diseases caused by group A -- Strongyloiddiasis -- Syphilis -- Taeniasis -- Tetanus -- Toxocariasis -- Toxoplasmosis and congenital toxoplasmosis -- Trachoma -- Trench fever -- Trichinosis -- Trichomononiasis -- Trypanosomiasis -- Tuberculosis -- Tularemia -- Thyoid fever -- Typhus fever -- Viral warts -- Yaws -- Yellow fever -- Yersiniosis -- Zygomycosis.

A reference manual covering more than 200 communicable diseases. Each listing includes: identification; infectious agent; where the disease occurs; how it is communicated; incubation period; susceptibility and resistance; and methods of control.