Infectious and contagious diseases

The Vaccine Book provides comprehensive information on the current and future world of vaccines.

There is a need in small group teaching for a readable module that provides a balanced treatment of the four main areas of medical microbiology-bacteriology, mycology, virology and parasistology.

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

Pathology and Pathogenesis of Human Viral Disease is a comprehensive reference that examines virus-induced clinical disease of humans in the context of the responsible virus and its epidemiology.

Are infectious diseases caused by novel entities, viruses that have rapidly evolved into more pathogenic forms, or viruses that have crossed species divides and become more virulent in their alternative host?

This book and its companion, Volume I, concentrate on new procedures--especially those based on the new molecular methodology--developed within the past decade.

This book and its companion, Volume II, concentrate on new procedures--especially those based on the new molecular methodology--developed within the past decade.

Infection and Autoimmunity encompasses the different mechanisms involved in the infection-autoimmunity association/induction.

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

Essentials of Mucosal Immunology presents basic concepts as well as new and exciting advances in mucosal immunology and inflammation, the development of mucosal vaccines, and the role of the immune system in mucosal disease.

Emerging Infections is the first volume of the new Biomedical Research Reports Series, which will provide annual updates on hot topics of interest to a broad spectrum of the biomedical research community.

The Complement FactsBook contains entries on all components of the Complement System, including C1q and Lectins, C3 Family, Serine Proteases, Serum Regulators of Complement Activation, Cell Surface Proteins, and Terminal Pathway Proteins.

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.

Quinolones constitute a large class of synthetic antimicrobial agents that are highly effective in the treatment of many types of infectious diseases, particularly those caused by bacteria.

Virology is the branch of microbiology that deals with viruses and viral infections.

Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research.

Advances in Virus Research

This is the first text to examine the connection between virology and human disease.

Renowned spine experts share recent advances on the management of spinal infectionsAOSpine Masters Series, Volume 10: Spinal Infections is a concise, state-of-the-art review covering all aspects of spinal infections from basic science and epidemiology to fundamental surgical and nonsurgical approaches.

AIDS has grown in just two decades from a rare disease to one that has already killed millions of men, women, and children worldwide.

In May 1993, a cluster of cases of a lethal disease among healthy young people brought the attention of the world to the southwestern deserts.

The Advances in Virus Research series covers a diverse range of in-depth reviews providing a valuable overview of the current field of virology.

Over 50% of known flaviviruses have been associated with human disease.

Rabies: Basis of the Disease and Its Management, Fourth Edition is an authoritative reference on the current status of rabies, including the virological, clinical, and public health aspects and management recommendations.

In 1998, approximately 30 million people worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS, about 5 million of whom became infected that year.

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.

This comprehensive text describes the diseases associated with water, their causative agents and the ways in which they gain access to water systems.

Los avances de la medicina intensiva en los últimos años se han reflejado en una mejoría significativa en la sobrevida de los pacientes graves.

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.

First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology.

Principles of Molecular Virology, Fourth Edition provides an essential introduction to modern virology in a clear and concise manner.

Extensively revised and updated, the new edition of AIDS and Other Manifestations of HIV Infection is an essential reference resource providing a comprehensive overview of the biological properties of this etiologic viral agent, its clinicopathological manifestations, the epidemiology of its infection, and present and future therapeutic options.

Infectious diseases are an ever present threat to humans.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was first identified half a century ago in 1956.

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.

This book is directed toward the molecular composition, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and control of congenital and other related diseases of the newborn that are caused by a variety of viruses.

The book covers antimicrobial resistance in ocular diseases, including the microbiology of the ocular surface, the history and origin of antimicrobials, methods to detect antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial resistance genes, and the impact of antimicrobial resistance on a variety of ocular diseases.

This new edition of Viral Pandemics illuminates how the increasing emergence of novel viruses has combined with intensifying global interconnectedness to create an escalating spiral of viral disease.

Control of parasitic infections of humans has progressed rapidly over the last three decades.

This book presents the 24 discoveries in infectious diseases that have merited Nobel Prize recognition since the inception of the awards in 1901.

Viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, helminths and various agents may infect the central nervous system.

The book covers antimicrobial resistance in ocular diseases, including the microbiology of the ocular surface, the history and origin of antimicrobials, methods to detect antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial resistance genes, and the impact of antimicrobial resistance on a variety of ocular diseases.

Although adopting global norms often improves domestic systems of governance, domestic obstacles to norm diffusion are frequent.

This reference book offers an in-depth analysis of the fundamental aspects, causative agents, and clinical manifestations of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases of viral origin (EID-REID).

Fünf Jahre später: Corona-Aufarbeitung aus schwedischer SichtFrühjahr 2020: Das Covid-19-Virus legt von einem Tag auf den anderen die ganze Welt lahm.

Over the years, radiation therapy has had both remarkable successes in saving lives and a number of silent struggles for the patient.

Over the years, radiation therapy has had both remarkable successes in saving lives and a number of silent struggles for the patient.

The African Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Second Edition, is a definitive reference work that brings together the most authoritative scientific and ethnobotanical knowledge on 30 of the most important medicinal plants in Africa.

The African Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Second Edition, is a definitive reference work that brings together the most authoritative scientific and ethnobotanical knowledge on 30 of the most important medicinal plants in Africa.

This moving book examines the HIV epidemic in the UK through the lives of a range of individuals who worked tirelessly, but often quietly, to make a difference to those living and dying with HIV.