Role of newly detected and emerging viruses in childhood respiratory diseases / Oliver Schildgen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schildgen, Oliver.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pediatric respiratory diseases.

Virus diseases in children.

Emerging infectious diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The purpose of the book is to present up-to-date summary of the newly detected viruses and to guide clinicians and microbiologists to the relevant topics and help to make readers aware of the increasing problem of respiratory viruses. Although much is published on new respiratory viruses and its acceptance in having a daily impact in respiratory medicine, most practitioners, as well as microbiologist, neglect those pathogens or are even unaware of their existence. This may, in part, be due to the fact that most of them have only limited access to scientific journals (mainly the practitioners), whereas books are more available. An up-to-date summary is highly necessary and this book presents a short sketch for every pathogen, giving the most relevant information on each one which is followed by detailed reviews.

Contents:

Hyperinflation in the respiratory tract : how virus discovery methods increased the number of respiratory pathogens in childhood airway infections / Verena and Oliver Schildgen

The human coronaviruses / Lia van der Hoek

Infections with the human bocavirus (HBOV) / Vanessa Ditt, Michael Kleines

Rhinoviruses : support act or main event? / Ian M. Mackay ... [et al.]

Human metapneumovirus / John V. Williams

Current treatment of viral lower respiratory tract infections in childhood / Andreas Mueller, Oliver Schildgen, Arne Simon.

Notes:

"Nova biomedical."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62081-889-2

OCLC:

839305332