Infectious and contagious diseases

The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike anything the world has ever seen before.

Handbook of Animal Models of Infection is a complete revision of a three-volume text that was published in 1986.

The Earth's biodiversity-the rich variety of life on our planet-is disappearing at an alarming rate.

Diagnostic and Treatment Algorithms in every chapter Box of Signs/Symptoms and Differential Diagnosis Boxed element for when to refer Medical Treatment includes drugs and dosages in tabular formatIcons to lead the reader to the content they need quickly Clinical COLOR photos and clear, didactic diagrams on every page

Clearly linked to consumption of foods, beverages, and drinking water that contain pathogenic microbes, toxins, or other toxic agents, foodborne diseases have undergone a remarkable change of fortune in recent decades, from once rare and insignificant malaises to headline-grabbing and deadly outbreaks.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted diseases worldwide, both in men and women.

This comprehensive review examines the biological, medical, social, historical, and political aspects of HIV/AIDS.

Since the 1980s legislators and courts have responded in a variety of ways to the onset of the AIDS pandemic.

This text gathers information concerning the diagnosis and management of adult patients with infections in the outpatient setting.

A synthesis of current understandings of evolutionary processes, and of the biology and epidemiology of disease.

Presenting key examples and case studies of how design has responded to the pandemic, Design and Covid-19 offers lessons and approaches to design for future resilience.

Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa examines how the interplay between national state dynamics in Africa and the global political arena has shaped the global AIDS response, and in this context develops a framework for analysing public policy action more broadly in contemporary Africa.

Proteomics Approaches to Unravel Virus - Vertebrate Host Interactions, Volume 109 in the Advances in Virus Research series, highlights state-of-the art mass spectrometry techniques to elucidate the tight interplay of vertebrate viruses and their host cells.

Advances in high-throughput biological methods have led to the publication of a large number of genome-wide studies in human and animal models.

Viruses and Society is geared towards professionals and students in college-level introductory biology courses devoted to understanding viruses, vaccines, and their global impact.

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The Forum on Emerging Infections was created in 1996 in response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.

Biosecurity in the Age of Synthetic Biology is a comprehensive review of the biosecurity issues faced by the innovative and rapidly evolving field of synthetic biology.

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.

As the COVID-19 crisis began to take shape, all eyes were on Italy, the first Western country to attempt a response to the deadly pandemic.

Now expanded with the latest information of relevance to current dental practice, Oral Microbiology retains its unique ecological approach to the subject which helps the reader determine whether an organism will have a pathogenic or commensal relationship at a given site.

Mims' Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease is the landmark book in the field of infectious disease.

Expanding on the 1989 National Research Council volume AIDS, Sexual Behavior, and Intravenous Drug Use, this book reports on changing patterns in the distribution of cases and the results of intervention efforts under way.

The Guide to AIDS is succinct review of HIV/AIDS from a human-interest perspective.

In recent years, the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases has been studied extensively and new approaches to the study of host-pathogen interactions continue to emerge.

This new volume of Advances in Pharmacology explores the current state of antiviral agents.

Thirty years after AIDS was first recognized, the American South constitutes the epicenter of the United States' epidemic.

This definitive volume presents the clinical and pathological features of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a disease that accounts for the majority of long-term hospitalizations, slow growth, and recurrent early childhood respiratory ailments that are common in low-birth-weight newborns.

The last decade has seen a huge amount of change in the area of sexually transmitted infection control and prevention, including the development of high-profile vaccines for preventing the spread of cervical cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV), novel control methods for HIV and AIDS, and even the discussion of more widespread use of controversial abstinence-only sex education programs.

Advances in Virus Research, Volume 115, the latest release in this comprehensive serial that highlights new advances in the field, includes updates on a variety of timely topics, including Plant viral nanotools, Mycoviruses, Rift Valley Fever virus entry and infection, and more.

In 2013, 200 million people were infected with malaria, resulting in over 584,000 deaths, with the potential to affect over half the world's population.

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Rapid Infectious Diseases is the fourth book to appear in the Rapid series.

This text reinvigorates the emphasis on the therapeutic relationship that is the core of nursing practice.

An estimated 17 million people are infected with HIV today, and it is estimated that in Africa alone there will be at least 70 million people infected in the next 25 years.

Originally published in 1997, Aids and Adolescents provided an insight into a wide range of adolescent issues which were rarely compiled in one volume at the time.

Ebola: Clinical Patterns, Public Health Concerns is a concise description and discussion of the Ebola virus and disease.

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles(R) 2024 in Microbiology**Cann's Principles of Molecular Virology, Seventh Edition provides an easily accessible introduction to modern virology, presenting principles in a clear and concise manner.

There are alarming reports of new and emerging microbial diseases.

Early Warning for Infectious Disease Outbreak: Theory and Practice is divided into three parts, with the first section introducing basic theory and key technologies of early warning and the basic principles of infectious disease surveillance.

With its stunning array of photographs, figures, and histopathological images, this unique volume is the most comprehensive guide available to the subtleties and complexities of infections in gynecology.

To truly understand AIDS and sexual behaviour we must Possess the necessary knowledge and factual information acquired through formal education and teaching, self-learning and reading, and the personal experience of ourselves and others.

Computer-Based Medical Consultations: MYCIN focuses on MYCIN, a novel computer-based expert system designed to assist physicians with clinical decisions concerning the selection of appropriate therapy for patients with infections.

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We Are Having This Conversation Now offers a history, present, and future of AIDS through thirteen short conversations between Alexandra Juhasz and Theodore Kerr, scholars deeply embedded in HIV responses.

Planning for an influenza pandemic, whether it occurs in the near or distant future, will need to take into account many constantly evolving factors.

Over five centuries, a global archipelago of quarantine stations came to connect the world's oceans from the Mediterranean to the South Pacific, from Atlantic coasts to the Red Sea.

Model Programs for Adolescent Sexual Health is a directory of the most promising and proven effective sexual education and prevention programs in the United States.

Mastering Public Health: A Postgraduate Guide to Examinations and Revalidation, Second Edition is an essential study aid for all those preparing for postgraduate, masters, and higher examinations in public health.