Infectious and contagious diseases

In highlighting how a WHO Public Health Approach (PHA) has been successfully used in developing countries to provide HIV/AIDS patients with antiretroviral therapy (ART), this important book provides a template for how the PHA can be implemented to treat other chronic but non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as well.

What You Need to Know About the Flu offers readers a concise yet in-depth look at the influenza virus and the illness it causes, with both a historical perspective and a contemporary discussion of treatment, prevention, and controversies.

STDs in the United States: A Reference Handbook provides information about sexually transmitted diseases and infections and their impact on both an individual and a societal level.

This valuable book provides a delicate introduction to the topic of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially as they relate to teens and young adults.

This authoritative work provides a thorough overview of the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the globe in 2020, devoting particular attention to its impact on all aspects of American society.

The Medicine on the Move series provides fully flexible access to subjects across the curriculum in a unique combination of print and mobile formats ideal for the busy medical student and junior doctor.

A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2023This resource provides clear, unbiased, and up-to-date information on vaccination, which protects the world's populations not only from pandemics like COVID-19 but other dangerous diseases as well.

Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: Concepts and Applications explores the novel antimicrobial therapeutic technique.

Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: Concepts and Applications explores the novel antimicrobial therapeutic technique.

The beginnings of globalisation are usually dated to the last third of the twentieth century, alongside the rise of supranational companies, the financial economy and the information technology revolution.

Explore newly discovered causes of and treatment options for CFIDS and fibromyalgia!

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa has defined the childhoods of an entire generation.

Disease screening and disease surveillance (DSDS) constitute two critical areas in public health, each presenting distinctive challenges primarily due to their sequential decision-making nature and complex data structures.

A Historical Introduction to Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases: Seminal Papers in Epidemiology offers step-by-step help on how to navigate the important historical papers on the subject, beginning in the 18th century.

Published since 1953, Advances in Virus Research covers a diverse range of in-depth reviews, providing a valuable overview of the current field of virology.

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Immunopathology, Volume 107 in the Advances in Virus Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters.

Autoimmune diseases are conditions where the immune system attacks the body organs instead of foreign invaders.

The increase of immigrant population in developed countries (mainly in Europe and North America) together with an important increase of international travel worldwide are the two most important causes that have contributed to the introduction and diagnosis of imported/tropical infectious diseases in these countries.

Completely revised and updated, Human Herpesviruses HHV-6A, HHV-6B & HHV-7, Third Edition, delivers a contemporary and thorough review of HHV-6, beginning with foundational explorations of classification, molecular biology, and chromosomal integration of the virus, through to clinical details, including pathologic features of infection, and clinical effects on various organ systems.

Principles of Molecular Virology, Sixth Edition, provides an easily accessible introduction to modern virology, presenting principles in a clear and concise manner.

Vascular Responses to Pathogens focuses on the growing research from leaders in the field for both the short and long-term impact of pathogens on the vasculature.

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in studying infectious diseases, especially given the alarming increase in the numbers of emerging diseases now confronting medical and veterinary science.

Completely revised and updated, the new edition of this groundbreaking text integrates basic virology with pathophysiological conditions to examine the connection between virology and human disease.

Let's take a look into the scientific world of diseases.

How do you empower children against diseases?

Sickness does not always lead to deaths.

Did you know that the simple practice of handwashing can save you from diseases?

Did you know that germs are things that you cannot see but can be passed on to different people?

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a communicable disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

Coronavirus sygdom (COVID-19) er en overførbar sygdom forårsaget af en nyopdaget coronavirus.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a communicable disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

La malaltia coronavirus (COVID-19) és una malaltia transmissible causada per un recent descobert coronavirus.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a communicable disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a communicable disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

Das E-Book bietet ausführlichen und kompetenten Kommentar und Erläuterungen zum Infektionsschutzgesetz, der Trinkwasserverordnung sowie der Internationalen Gesundheitsvorschriften von Herrn Helmut Erdle, Regierungsdirektor a.

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Every orthopedic surgeon faces complications in the management of fractures.

Will to Live tells how Brazil, against all odds, became the first developing country to universalize access to life-saving AIDS therapies--a breakthrough made possible by an unexpected alliance of activists, government reformers, development agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry.

The last three decades have witnessed a proliferation of nongovernmental organizations engaging in new campaigns to end the practice of female genital cutting across Africa.

Infectious diseases are caused by the pathogenic microbial organisms.

Examining how the livelihoods, health, and well-being of women in Central and West Asia were disproportionately affected by the pandemic, this report assesses responses and considers how the experience can guide gender mainstreaming.

Published since 1953, Advances in Virus Research covers a diverse range of in-depth reviews, providing a valuable overview of the current field of virology.

G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Immune Response and Regulation, Volume 136 presents emerging concepts related to the role of GPCRs in immune response and regulation.

As viruses spread, small errors - called mutations - arise in the genetic material during replication.

This book discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating racial inequalities in education, labor, and health and the steps needed to address these disparities.

Vaccines protect people from disease by preparing the body to respond to an infection.