Zoonoses And Communicable Diseases Common To Man And Animals, 3rd Edition. Vol. I Bacterioses And Mycoses (scientific And Technical Publication)

ZOONOSES AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMON TO MAN AND ANIMALS Third Edition Volume I Bacterioses and Mycoses Scientific and Technical Publication No. 580 PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 525 Twenty-third Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 U.S.A. 2001 Also published in Spanish (2001) with the title: Zoonosis y enfermedades transmisibles comunes al hombre a los animales ISBN 92 75 31580 9 PAHO Cataloguing-in-Publication Pan American Health Organization Zoonoses and communicable diseases common to man and animals 3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: PAHO, © 2001. 3 vol.—(Scientific and Technical Publication No. 580) ISBN 92 75 11580 X I. Title II. Series 1. ZOONOSES 2. BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND MYCOSES 3. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL 4. FOOD CONTAMINATION 5. PUBLIC HEALTH VETERINARY 6. DISEASE RESERVOIRS NLM WC950.P187 2001 En The Pan American Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full. Applications and inquiries should be addressed to the Publications Program, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., which will be glad to provide the latest information on any changes made to the text, plans for new editions, and reprints and translations already available. © Pan American Health Organization, 2001 Publications of the Pan American Health Organization enjoy copyright protection in accordance with the provisions of Protocol 2 of the Universal Copyright Convention. All rights are reserved. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the Pan American Health Organization concerning the status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the Pan American Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters. CONTENTS Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preface to the First Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preface to the Second Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii ix xi xv PART I: BACTERIOSES Actinomycosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Aeromoniasis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Animal Erysipelas and Human Erysipeloid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Anthrax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Botulism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Brucellosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Campylobacteriosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Cat-scratch Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Clostridial Food Poisoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Clostridial Wound Infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Colibacillos