Infectious Diseases category: 1139 books

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Antibody Fc

Linking Adaptive and Innate Immunity

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Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013

Antibody Fc is the first single text to synthesize the literature on the mechanisms underlying the dramatic variability of antibodies to influence the immune response. The book demonstrates the importance of the Fc domain, including protective mechanisms, effector cell types, genetic data, and variability...
Cover of Global Infections and Child Health, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America, E-Book
by James P. Nataro, MD, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017

Children in developing countries continue to be susceptible to infectious and non-infectious disorders that lead to growth retardation, cognitive impairment and high infant and childhood mortality. Clinical, epidemiologic and pathogenetic studies are providing opportunities to intervene against these...
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by Marc E. Grossman, Lindy P. Fox, Carrie Kovarik
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012

The updated second edition  of Cutaneous Manifestations of Infection in the Immunocompromised Host is an invaluable reference for physicians and ancillary medical professionals involved in the care of patients with impaired immune systems due to cancer, chemotherapy, systemic steroids and other immunosuppressive...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Paediatrics is distinguished from general medicine by the different spectrum of disease encountered, and the interplay of disease and development within the growing child. Thus, clinical management taxes acumen, experience, and factual knowledge in a particularly challenging way. Infectious disease...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012

In the last ten years, major strides have been made in defining the presence and role of inflammation in atherosclerosis as well as in injury to the tissues that occurs after episodes of ischemia and reperfusion. In sixteen chapters, written by world-renowned individuals from different countries,...
Cover of Legionnaire's Disease, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016

Legionnaire disease is an infection of the lungs and airways caused by Legionella bacteria.Legionnaire's Disease is an acute, infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused by the bacillus Legionella pneumophilia, a Gram negative, non-sporulating aerobic micro-organism.The bacteria that cause...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018

This text serves as a practical but comprehensive guide to diagnosing and treating ear, nose, throat, and sinus infections.  The 30 chapters have been contributed by otolaryngologists and infectious disease specialists who are experts in the field.  Topics include common infections such as otitis...
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by Margaret A. Johnson, Robert Miller, Alimuddin Zumla
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013

In the 15 years of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic much has been learnt about its natural history and complications. It is clear that the lung is a major target organ both for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and a wide array of infectious and non-infectious pulmonary...
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Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs

Keys to Understanding and Treating the Common Diseases

by Jules J. Berman
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014

Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs shows that much of what we now know about common diseases has been achieved by studying rare diseases. It proposes that future advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of common diseases will come as a consequence of our accelerating progress in the field...
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The End of Epidemics

The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It

by Bronwyn Fryer, Dr. Jonathan D. Quick
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018

"Dr. Quick’s urgent message makes one hope that this book will reach a huge audience and that its exhortations will be acted on everywhere." - Meredith Wadman, The Wall Street Journal A leading doctor offers answers on the one of the most urgent questions of our time: How do we...
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The End of Plagues

The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease

by John Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013

At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed the lives of two million people per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated and victory was declared across the globe. Yet the story of smallpox remains the exception, as today a host of deadly contagions, from polio to AIDS, continue to...
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The Lancet: Zoonoses

Global Health Series

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Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012

Endemic and enzootic zoonoses cause about a billion cases of illness in people and millions of deaths every year, and emerging zoonoses are a rising threat to global health. Zoonoses – pathogenic organisms such as bacteria or viruses which we share with animals – cause more than 60% of human infectious...
Cover of The Immunoglobulin Receptors and their Physiological and Pathological Roles in Immunity
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Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012

Antibodies are crucial to the fine specificity of the immune system. An effective functioning of these molecules requires interaction with immune cells. Receptors for antibodies, Fc receptors, provide this critical link between the humoral and cellular branches of the immune system. This book presents...
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The Lyme Solution

A 5-Part Plan to Fight the Inflammatory Auto-Immune Response and Beat Lyme Disease

by Darin Ingels
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018

A comprehensive, natural approach to treating acute and chronic Lyme disease, from a leading naturopathic physician who has managed his symptoms for more than fifteen years. Lyme disease is one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States, and millions of people worldwide...
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