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Autore |
Scheld W. Michael |
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Titolo |
Emerging Infections . 4 / / W. Michael Scheld, William A. Craig, James M. Hughes |
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Washington, D.C. : , : ASM Press, , 2000 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 218 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Communicable diseases - Epidemiology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments 1 : Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Microbe for All Ages, Mimic of Maladies Many -- Caroline Breese Hall 2 : Emergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Drug Resistance -- Douglas D. Richman 3 : Toroviruses: Emerging Pathogens of Humans and Animals -- Martin Petrie, Raymond Tellier 4 : The Human Enteric Caliciviruses: an Expanded Role for Old Viruses -- Roger I. Glass, Tamie Ando, Jacqueline Noel, Rebecca Fankhauser, Joseph Bresee, Umesh Parashar, Gael Belliot, Stephan S. Monroe, Roger I. Glass 5 : Monkeypox: an Emerging Infection for Humans? -- Joel G. Breman 6 : Sequence-Based Methods for Pathogen Discovery: the Complex Associations of Microbes, Microbial Sequences, and Host -- David A. Relman 7 : Listeriosis -- Laurence Slutsker, Mary C. Evans, Anne Schuchat 8 : Group B Streptococci: from Emerging Infection to Prevention Success Story -- Anne Schuchat, Stephanie Schrag 9 : Helicobacter Species other than Helicobacter pylori: Emerging Pathogens in Humans and Animals -- James G. Fox 10 : Noncholera Vibrios -- Nicholas A. Daniels, Mary C. Evans, Patricia M. Griffin 11 : Cryptosporidium parvum: Minuscule but Mighty -- Cynthia L. Sears 12 : Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Opportunistic Infections in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy -- Henry Masur 13 : Countermeasures to the Reemergence of Smallpox Virus as an Agent of Bioterrorism -- Peter B. Jahrling, Gary M. Zaucha, John W. Huggins 14 : Are Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses Practical Agents for Biological Terrorism? -- C.J. Peters -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Emerging Infections 4 is the fourth of an annual series of books based on ICAAC Symposia on Emerging Infections. It provides a complete and updated discussion of new and emerging infectious diseases, covering both basic science and clinical topics. The editors are in the forefront of the scientific and clinical communities dealing with emerging pathogens. This book and the series will be valuable to a wide range of people working in microbiology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health, and clinical medicine. |
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