Chapter 52 Contagious and Zoonotic Diseases

Biosecurity and Infection Control

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Infectious and Contagious Diseases

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Zoonotic Diseases

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  2. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Case definitions 2012: Nationally notifiable conditions infectious and non-infectious case, Atlanta, GA, 2012, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [cited Feb 7, 2012]. Available from wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/2012_Case Definitions.pdf.
  3. Heymann DL, editor: Control of communicable diseases manual, ed 19, Washington, DC, 2008, American Public Health Association.
  4. Hugh-Jones ME, Hubbert WT, Hagstad HV: Zoonoses recognition, control, and prevention, ed 1, Ames, IA, 1995, Iowa State University Press.
  5. National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians: Compendium of measures to prevent disease associated with animals in public settings, Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 60(RR-4):1-28, 2011 [cited Feb 7, 2012]. Available from www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr6004.pdf.
  6. National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians. Compendium of animal rabies prevention and control, 2011, Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 60(RR-06):1-14, 2011 [cited Feb 7, 2012]. Available from www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr6006.pdf.
  7. National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Veterinary Infection Control Committee: Compendium of veterinary standard precautions for zoonotic disease prevention in veterinary personnel 2010, J Am Vet Med Assoc 237:1405-1422, 2010 [cited Feb 7, 2012]. Available from http://nasphv.org/Documents/VeterinaryPrecautions.pdf.
  8. National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Veterinary Infection Control Committee: Model infection control plan for veterinary practices 2010 [cited Feb 7, 2012]. Available from http://nasphv.org/Documents/VeterinaryPrecautions.pdf.
  9. Sturchler DA: Exposure: a guide to sources of infections, ed 1, Washington DC, 2006, ASM Press.