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Emerging infections / volume editor, Richard M. Krause.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Biomedical research reports.
- Biomedical research reports
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emerging infectious diseases.
- Communicable diseases.
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
- Communicable Diseases.
- Medical Subjects:
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
- Communicable Diseases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (529 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Academic Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Emerging Infections is the first volume of the new Biomedical Research Reports Series, which will provide annual updates on hot topics of interest to a broad spectrum of the biomedical research community. This book provides state-of-the-art reviews of new and reemerging bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections, their life cycles, host defense evasion strategies, and clinical features. It includes the history of infectious disease outbreaks, population and evolutionary biology of human pathogens, and current epidemiological models that describe how ecological and demographic cha
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Emerging Infections: Biomedical Research Reports; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction to Emerging Infectious Diseases; Stemming the Tide; Chapter 2. Analytical Theory of Epidemics; Chapter 3. Persisting Problems in Tuberculosis; Chapter 4. Mobile Genetic Elements and the Evolution of New Epidemic Strains of Vibrio cholerae; Chapter 5. Pathogenic Eschen'chia coil O157:H7: A Model for Emerging Infectious Diseases; Chapter 6. The Revival of Group A Streptococcal Diseases, with a Commentary on Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome; Chapter 7. Lyme Disease
- Chapter 8. Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaChapter 9. Influenza: An Emerging Microbial Pathogen; Chapter 10. The Emergence of Dengue: Past, Present, and Future; Chapter 11. The AIDS Epidemic: Demographic Aspects, Population Biology, and Virus Evolution; Chapter 12. Korean Hemorrhagic Fever and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: Two Examples of Emerging Hantaviral Diseases; Chapter 13. Ebola Virus: Where Does It Come from and Where Is It Going?; Chapter 14. Arthropod-borne Pathogens: Issues for Understanding Emerging Infectious Diseases; Chapter 15. ""New"" Intestinal Parasitic Protozoa
- Chapter 16. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies of Man and AnimalsChapter 17. Malaria. A Global Threat; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-05950-1
- 9786611059507
- 0-08-053085-0
- OCLC:
- 476113060
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