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Zoonotic diseases in the Canadian and Alaskan North

Zoonotic diseases in the Canadian and Alaskan North
Pages: 83 - 108
Type: Perspectives sur la santé
Auteur(s) / Author(s): Margaret Lantis
Résumé:

Cet article examine d'abord l'information disponible sur quelques zoonoses helminthiques, bactériennes et virales: on y passe en revue leur distribution géographique, leurs symptômes, leurs fréquences ainsi que les moyens prophylactiques. L'auteur signale les domaines sur lesquels la recherche devrait se pencher et montre comment les anthropologues pourraient collaborer aux études épidémiologiques et à la diffusion d'information dans les communautés sur les facteurs de risque et la prévention.

 

Abstract:

1) A survey of available information on some helminthic, bacterial, and viral zoonoses: geographic distribution, disease rates, symptoms, means of transmission from animal species to human subjects, and means of protection. 2) Recommendations of needed work on zoonotic diseases in the American Arctic and Subarctic. 3) Suggestions of ways that anthropologists can assist-in epidemiologic studies and in preparing information on health threats and protection for local use.