Exposure - a guide to sources of infections

A single reference source for those working to identify infectious disease agents. * Offers comprehensive coverage of infections and infectious agents and provides a starting point for compiling a thorough patient exposure history and initiating the appropriate laboratory testing. * Organizes infectious diseases by major exposure groups and subgroups, and offers an international scope of coverage. * Provides current information on sources of infections, transmission risks, and potential infectious agents, and documents infection risks for individuals, at-risk groups, the community at large, and outbreak situations. * Reviews the taxonomy of most agents that infect humans and a select number of agents that infect animals. * Serves as a resource for clinicians, public health professionals, epidemiologists, and clinical microbiologists.