For health care professionals and general readers, Schlossberg (Temple U. and Tuberculosis Control Program, Philadelphia Department of Public Health) compiles 19 chapters that discuss the risk of leisure-associated infections, measures to avoid them, types, symptoms, and treatment. Each chapter considers infections related to a specific leisure activity such as camping, gardening, house pets, sports, eating exotic cuisine, and body piercing and tattoos, as well as sexually transmitted diseases. This edition has been updated to include recent infectious threats, treatments, and preventive measures, with practical tips at the end of each chapter. New chapters on managing the risk of infection associated with air travel, petting zoos, and cruise ships have been added. Contributors work in infectious disease research and related medical fields, mostly in the US. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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