Infectious Diseases category: 1139 books

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Health Without Borders

Epidemics in the Era of Globalization

by Paolo Vineis
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017

This book discusses globalization and its impact on human health. The population of the world grew from 1 billion in 1800 to 7 billion in 2012, and over the past 50 years the mean temperature has risen faster than ever before. Both factors continue to rise, as well as health inequalities. Our environment...
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by HOWARD
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2004

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in studying infectious diseases, especially given the alarming increase in the numbers of emerging diseases now confronting medical and veterinary science. Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers describes the progress in research and our understanding...
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Viral Infections of Humans

Epidemiology and Control

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Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2014

Striking changes have occurred in the world since the publication of the last edition of Viral Infections of Humans. The global population is rapidly approaching 8 billion; climate change is leading to the introduction of new hosts, vectors and virus diseases heretofore never seen in many parts of...
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by Zdenek Hubálek, Ivo Rudolf
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2010

This book presents the state of art in the field of microbial zoonoses and sapronoses. It could be used as a textbook or manual in microbiology and medical zoology for students of human and veterinary medicine, including Ph.D. students, and for biomedicine scientists and medical practitioners and...
Cover of No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses
by Peter Piot
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012

The story of a microbiologist’s remarkable career, from identifying ?the Ebola virus to pioneering AIDS research and policy. When Peter Piot was in medical school, a professor warned, “There’s no future in infectious diseases. They’ve all been solved.” Fortunately, Piot ignored him,...
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Travel Health Guide

Everything You Need to Know Before You Leave, While You're Away, After You're Back

by Mark Wise
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011

A clear, concise and comprehensive guide to staying healthy while abroad. Regardless of why a person is traveling abroad, having up-to-date health information before departing and readily available along the way is critical. Travel Health Guide is an easy-to-use, no-nonsense book written in...
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by Jacques Pepin
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

It is now thirty years since the discovery of AIDS but its origins continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. Inspired by his own experiences working as an infectious diseases physician in Africa, Jacques Pepin looks back to the early twentieth-century events in Africa that triggered the emergence...
Cover of A Simple Guide to Pharyngitis and Throat Diseases
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013

What is Pharyngitis? Pharyngitis is an inflammation of the throat. Sore throat is literally pain in the throat. With the pain there is also difficulty in swallowing. What are the Causes of Pharyngitis? Pharyngitis is caused by inflammation of the pharynx, which is in the...
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The Th2 Type Immune Response in Health and Disease

From Host Defense and Allergy to Metabolic Homeostasis and Beyond

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Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015

The type 2 immune response that develops during infectious disease has undergone major paradigm shifts in the last several years as new cell types and pathways have been identified. It is now clear that the type 2 immune response, characterized by elevations in specific cytokines, including IL-4,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015

Vascular Responses to Pathogens focuses on the growing research from leaders in the field for both the short and long-term impact of pathogens on the vasculature. It discusses various organisms, including bacteria, parasites, and viruses, and their role in key events leading to vascular disease. Formatted...
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by S.I. Hay, David Rollinson
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2011

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...
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Virology E-Book

An Illustrated Colour Text

by Stephen N J Korsman, MMed FCPath, Gert Van Zyl
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012

This is a concise, highly accessible introduction to medical virology, incorporating essential basic principles as well as a systematic review of viruses and viral diseases. It pays particular attention to developments in anti-viral therapy that are becoming increasingly effective in modern medicine....
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by S.I. Hay, David Rollinson
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2009

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...
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Handbook of Global Tuberculosis Control

Practices and Challenges

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Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017

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,...
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