Infectious and contagious diseases

Emerging Infectious Diseases Emerging Infectious Diseases offers an introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious disease, focusing on significant illnesses found in various regions of the world.

Why is information about the coronavirus/COVID-19 so confusing?

A key resource for FRCPath and MRCP trainees, mapped to the current curriculum, using over 300 exam-style Q&A.

A key resource for FRCPath and MRCP trainees, mapped to the current curriculum, using over 300 exam-style Q&A.

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

“The ultimate gadlfly of the epidemic .

Le désinfectant commercial pour les mains devient cher, et avec la pénurie de désinfectant pour les mains due au COVID-19, vous devrez peut-être recourir à la fabrication du vôtre.

O antisséptico para mãos comprado em lojas está ficando caro e, com a escassez dos higienizadores para mãos devido ao COVID-19, você pode ter que recorrer à fazer o seu próprio antisséptico.

El desinfectante de manos commercial se está volviendo caro, y con la escasez de desinfectantes debido al COVID-19, es posible que debas recurrir a hacer el tuyo.

Global history of the 1918-20 Influenza Pandemic (Spanish Flu) that delivers insights into the socio-economic implications of the COVID-19.

Global history of the 1918-20 Influenza Pandemic (Spanish Flu) that delivers insights into the socio-economic implications of the COVID-19.

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.

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.

The COVID-19 outbreak and response has been characterized by institutional missteps, media misinformation, and economic and social upheavals.

The COVID-19 outbreak and response has been characterized by institutional missteps, media misinformation, and economic and social upheavals.

Chlamydiae are a group of obligate intracellular microorganisms with a homogeneous group-specific antigenic structure, and a unique mode of development.

Chlamydiae are a group of obligate intracellular microorganisms with a homogeneous group-specific antigenic structure, and a unique mode of development.

Antimicrobial resistance has existed in nature long before the discovery of antibiotics.

Antimicrobial resistance has existed in nature long before the discovery of antibiotics.

This respected graduate-level textbook provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the basic and clinical aspects of the mucosal immune system, addressing the major components of the mucosal barrier gastrointestinal, upper and lower respiratory, ocular, and genitourinary mucosal immune systems in a highly user-friendly style.

This respected graduate-level textbook provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the basic and clinical aspects of the mucosal immune system, addressing the major components of the mucosal barrier gastrointestinal, upper and lower respiratory, ocular, and genitourinary mucosal immune systems in a highly user-friendly style.

Mosquitoes are significant vectors that transmit various pathogens to humans and other mammals.

Mosquitoes are significant vectors that transmit various pathogens to humans and other mammals.

Pythium is one of the most important phytopathogens causing significant damage to agriculture, forest, and nurseries, etc.

Pythium is one of the most important phytopathogens causing significant damage to agriculture, forest, and nurseries, etc.

Building on the strengths of the first edition, the newly titled and expanded second edition remains a concise introduction to the fundamentals of immunology, with an expert synthesis of basic and clinical information.

Spotlighting the recent development of antimicrobial molecules with immunomodulatory properties, this unique reference presents a detailed description of natural antimicrobial host defenses and elucidates how anti-infectious agents modulate the various effectors involved in combating environmental pathogensReveals how Cefodizime (the only antibacterial drug to modulate the immune system in multiple ways) restores some impaired defense systems of the body, complementing its antibiotic activity.

This book covers pathophysiology of fever, the general approach to the febrile patient, and offers a systematic, in-depth discussion regarding the differential diagnosis of unexplained fever.

Building on the strengths of the first edition, the newly titled and expanded second edition remains a concise introduction to the fundamentals of immunology, with an expert synthesis of basic and clinical information.

Spotlighting the recent development of antimicrobial molecules with immunomodulatory properties, this unique reference presents a detailed description of natural antimicrobial host defenses and elucidates how anti-infectious agents modulate the various effectors involved in combating environmental pathogensReveals how Cefodizime (the only antibacterial drug to modulate the immune system in multiple ways) restores some impaired defense systems of the body, complementing its antibiotic activity.

This book covers pathophysiology of fever, the general approach to the febrile patient, and offers a systematic, in-depth discussion regarding the differential diagnosis of unexplained fever.

Nucleic Acid Testing for Human Disease describes various techniques including target and signal amplification-based NAT procedures, microarrays, bead-based multiplex assays, in situ hybridization, and SNP techniques.

Ice is melting around the world and glaciers are disappearing.

Ice is melting around the world and glaciers are disappearing.

First published in 1983: This handbook provides an overview of different biological agents and important toxins that may cause diseases on ingestion with food or water.

First published in 1983: This handbook provides an overview of different biological agents and important toxins that may cause diseases on ingestion with food or water.

Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: A Research Review has presented a unique and interesting scientific problem; Leishmania donovani-induced cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL).

Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: A Research Review has presented a unique and interesting scientific problem; Leishmania donovani-induced cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL).

Analyzing a key cause of infectious morbidity in immunosuppressed and immunocompromised patients, this source spans the most recent strategies to improve and expedite the diagnosis, identification, and treatment of fungal infections.

This publication provides a state-of-the-art overview of key issues related to antimicrobial resistance, including a focus on key pathogens causing common healthcare-associated and community-acquired infections.

Since the end of December 2019, the world has been battling with a global health emergency called COVID-19.

Since the end of December 2019, the world has been battling with a global health emergency called COVID-19.

This unique and topical book assesses the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a multitude of different aspects of human life.

This unique and topical book assesses the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a multitude of different aspects of human life.

This seventh edition of Medical Immunology, now in a full-color presentation, continues to provide a succinct clinical review of the human response to infection while being firmly grounded in science.

Produced amidst the still rippling effects of a pandemic and as the world experiences the increasing burden of global warming and a rapidly changing biosphere, the second edition of Parasitology: A Conceptual Approach offers a timely overview of the eukaryotic parasites affecting human health and the health of domestic and wild animals and plants.

Produced amidst the still rippling effects of a pandemic and as the world experiences the increasing burden of global warming and a rapidly changing biosphere, the second edition of Parasitology: A Conceptual Approach offers a timely overview of the eukaryotic parasites affecting human health and the health of domestic and wild animals and plants.

This seventh edition of Medical Immunology, now in a full-color presentation, continues to provide a succinct clinical review of the human response to infection while being firmly grounded in science.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world in an unprecedented way, and this book provides an overview of the historical facts as well as ongoing approaches to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.