Medical microbiology and virology

Staphylococcus aureus is now acknowledged as being the most important bacterial pathogen of humans.

Pneumonia (along with influenza) is the sixth leading cause of death in adults.

In recent years increased scientific attention has been given to immediate defense mechanisms based on non-clonal recognition of microbial components.

The discovery of the human T cell leukemia virus type I in the late 1970s heralded a new era in retrovirology.

Familiarity with nitric oxide is essential to a modern understanding of pathophysiologic mechanisms of infectious disease.

This book provides up-to-date information on the molecular diagnosis of viral diseases, including COVID-19, zika virus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), viral hepatitis, meningitis, and human papilloma virus (HPV).

This book offers a comprehensive and multi-faceted examination of gastrointestinal inflammations, discussing factors that impact gut health.

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history' Bill Gates'Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject' New York Times Book ReviewIn 1918, the world faced the deadliest pandemic in human history.

Is cancer a contagious disease?

This reference examines laboratory techniques and FDA and industry perspectives on medical, food service, and consumer product applications of antimicrobials.

The human microbiome is the bacteria, viruses, and fungi that cover our skin, line our intestines, and flourish in our body cavities.

Lupus, a disease of the immune system, can be quite deadly, claiming the lives of thousands of patients yearly.

This is an insiders account of 50 years of genetic studies of the soil-inhabiting microbes that produce most of the antibiotics used to treat infections, as well as anti-cancer, anti-parasitic and immunosuppressant drugs.

Infectious diseases are commonly regarded as a distinct category, with different causes and patterns than chronic or genetic disease.

Of the innumerable ways that science and humanity interact, few are as central or as significant as our interaction with microorganisms.

Of the innumerable ways that science and humanity interact, few are as central or as significant as our interaction with microorganisms.

Venom research and technology has advanced greatly, rapidly transforming our knowledge of reptile venoms.

Despite vaccines and medicines, we have not succeeded in eradicating the most poisonous viruses in the world, like jaundice, measles, diarrhea, polio, and AIDS, not to mention newcomers like West Nile and SARS.

The ecological relationships found to exist between tick vectors and pathogens in their zootic cycle can profoundly influence patterns of transmission and disease for humans and domestic animals.

New epidemics such as AIDS and "e;mad cow"e; disease have dramatized the need to explore the factors underlying rapid viral evolution and emerging viruses.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Viruses are everywhere, and as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, cannot be ignored.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Viruses are everywhere, and as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, cannot be ignored.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe term 'microbiomes' encapsulates an important scientific breakthrough of recent years.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe term 'microbiomes' encapsulates an important scientific breakthrough of recent years.

Oxford Case Histories in Infection and Microbiology contains over 45 well structured cases, providing comprehensive coverage of the diagnostic and management dilemmas in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

Oxford Case Histories in Infection and Microbiology contains over 45 well structured cases, providing comprehensive coverage of the diagnostic and management dilemmas in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

The hunt for the origin of the AIDS virus began over twenty years ago.

The hunt for the origin of the AIDS virus began over twenty years ago.

Challenging Concepts in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology details over 30 challenging cases from a wide area of infectious diseases, medical microbiology and virology and includes topics ranging from typhoid fever to secondary syphilis.

Challenging Concepts in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology details over 30 challenging cases from a wide area of infectious diseases, medical microbiology and virology and includes topics ranging from typhoid fever to secondary syphilis.

What do the following have in common: the promise of Botox as the key to everlasting youthful looks; E.

What do the following have in common: the promise of Botox as the key to everlasting youthful looks; E.

This book explores the broad and diverse biological and physiological impacts of established and newly discovered cyclic di-nucleotide second messenger signaling systems, while also providing descriptions of the intriguing biochemical characteristics of multiple turnover enzymes and receptors.

This first volume in a two-volume work enhances readers' understanding of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in selected bacterial species that cause diseases in major food producing animals.

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered in 1964.

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered in 1964.

Fully reviewed and revised for its second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology maintains its position as the must-have guide to all aspects of infectious diseases and microbiology.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) challenges the treatment of clinical infections.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) challenges the treatment of clinical infections.

The Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology is a comprehensive reference text which brings together the science and medicine of human fungal disease.

The Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology is a comprehensive reference text which brings together the science and medicine of human fungal disease.

Fully reviewed and revised for its second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology maintains its position as the must-have guide to all aspects of infectious diseases and microbiology.

An understanding of microbiology is essential for both medical students and newly qualified doctors, and is key knowledge for a working doctor.

Many healthcare practitioners understand the role microbiology has within the management of their patients, particularly when this involves wound care and the healing process.

Many healthcare practitioners understand the role microbiology has within the management of their patients, particularly when this involves wound care and the healing process.

Biopolitics and posthumanism have been passA(c) theories in the academy for a while now, standing on the unfashionable side of the fault line between biology and liberal thought.

Biopolitics and posthumanism have been passA(c) theories in the academy for a while now, standing on the unfashionable side of the fault line between biology and liberal thought.

This book unravels in an easily understandable way the exciting molecular connections between our gut microbiome, i.

This book unravels in an easily understandable way the exciting molecular connections between our gut microbiome, i.