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Chapter 1The Immune SystemWhat is immunity?Immunity can be defined as protection from infection such as bacteria, virus, fungus, foreign body.There are different kinds of immunity.This topic is about how different parts of the bodies work together to keep us from...

This authoritative and comprehensive book makes the reader familiar with the processes of bringing orphan drugs to the global market. There are between 5,000 and 7,000 rare diseases and the number of patients suffering from them is estimated to be more than 50 million in the US and Europe. Before...

The second edition of this concise and practical guide describes infections in geographical areas and provides information on disease risk, concomitant infections (such as co-prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis) and emerging bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in a given geographical area of...

Be Healed In Your Heart: Be Healed From A Heart condition is an anointed, powerful and fundamental book for sacred healing, cleansing and protection from terminal illness, rare and all “incurable” diseases of The heart; heart diseases, heart attacks, heart failure, Strokes, paralysis, blood disorders,...

"[Desowitz's] stories...rank among the best current examples of medical detective prose."—Booklist Twenty years ago the world slept, confident that biomedical science would protect it from devastating plagues. Our wake-up call sounded at the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. Then came...

This is an exceptionally anointed brilliantly powerful and matchless, far-reaching, holy and heart-warming healing book. It is cleansing and protecting. It touches terminal illness, chronic illnesses and rare diseases with sound healing. It is a book for survival of a broken mind. It is strongly meant...

The literature of medicine continues to expand at a remarkable pace. The number of papers and monographs published has increased dramatically in the past five years. Nowhere has this increase been as dramatic as in the field of acute and chronic hepatitis. Why then should there be still another book?...

First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes. The series...

Current Topics in Occupational Epidemiology is an in-depth study of contemporary issues and emerging themes in the field. Divided into seven parts the book discusses 'new' occupational diseases such as pneumonia in welders as well as 'older' diseases including morbidity and mortality among miners....

Brought to you by the expert editor team from Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, this brand-new handbook provides a digestible summary of the 241 disease-oriented chapters contained within the parent text. Boasting an exceptionally templated design with relevant tables and illustrations,...

Cellulitis is a frequent medical skin infection caused by bacteria that can spread through the skin and connective tissues.The disease is an acute, painful and potentially severe infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues.The borders of cellulitis are poorly demarcated.ErysipelasThis...

This anthology of articles on causal inference and scientific paradigms in epidemiology covers several important topics including the search for causal explanations, the strengths and limitations of causal criteria, quantitative approaches for assessing causal relationships that are relevant to epidemiology...

This ambitious reference surveys worldwide efforts at controlling the spread of tuberculosis, with special emphasis on the developing world. Case studies from China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Indonesia, and other frontline countries demonstrate a wealth of information on clinical, cultural, socioeconomic,...

Mathematic Modelling: Improving the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Interventions, Part B, the latest volume in the Advances in Parasitology series contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in the field of mathematic modeling and its implementation within parasitology. The...