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Document ID (ISN)57749
CIS number 92-667
ISSN - Serial title 0885-114X - Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews
Year 1991
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Kligman E.W., Peate W.F., Cordes D.H.
Title Occupational infections in farm workers
Bibliographic information July-Sep. 1991, Vol.6, No.3, p.429-446. 18 ref.
Abstract This paper deals with occupational infections which can cause disease and disability in agricultural workers. Prevention and control methods discussed include: personal protective equipment; educational efforts; workplace revisions and engineering controls; animal control measures, such as vaccines and antibiotics. To the physician treating a farmer with various symptoms the paper offers checklists of questions concerning work activities, exposures, and medical history. The symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatment, and prevention and control of the 11 most common agricultural infections are presented: anthrax; ascariasis; brucellosis; viral encephalitis; leptospirosis; Q fever; rabies; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; staphylococcal infections; tetanus; tularaemia.
Descriptors (primary) occupation disease relation; symptoms; infectious diseases; medical treatment; agriculture; medical prevention; diagnosis
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; exposure tests; tularaemia; rocky mountain spotted fever; Q fever; staphylococcal infections; anthrax; brucellosis; leptospirosis; ascariasis; epidemic encephalitis; rabies; hazard evaluation; personal protective equipment; tetanus
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Zoonoses
Agriculture
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)