Contains hundreds of new images, including more than 50 completely revised life cycles and epidemiological maps. Provides current information on Zika virus, chikungunya virus, Ebola virus, SARS and MERS-CoV caused by enzootic corona virus, tuberculosis, ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhea, malaria, and much more. Features a completely updated and significantly streamlined text, now organized not only by primary mode of disease transmission, but extended to define disease more strictly according to the route of acquisition – a logical change that reflects the principles applied to control measures for most infections. Presents the knowledge and expertise of new editors Drs. Laura Nabarro, Stephen Morris-Jones, and David A. J. Moore.
Laura Nabarro, Stephen Morris-Jones, and David A. J. Moore. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
The work covers developments in immunology, molecular biology and diagnostic procedures which use monoclonal antibiotics and DNA probes etc.
The filovirus infections (from the Latin filo for 'thread', referring to their filamentous shape), Marburg and Ebola HFs, are perhaps the most severe and feared of all viral HFs.
Increased global travel has facilitated the spread of diseases that were previously restricted in their distribution. The fifth Edition of this internationally acclaimed book combines over 1,000 outstanding illustrations and...
Boasting an easily accessible, highly templated format and full-color photographs throughout, this medical reference book is designed to help anyone in the field better identify the tropical diseases they'll encounter.
This third edition is expanded, revised and largely re-written.
Treatment with aciclovir or valaciclovir within 72 hours reduces duration and severity of pain, speeds healing of lesions, and may decrease the likelihood of postherpetic neuralgia. • Fig. 25.13 Herpes zoster. (From James WD, Berger TG, ...
The new edition incorporates newly recognized parasites, discusses new and improved diagnostic methods, and covers relevant regulatory requirements and has expanded sections detailing artifact material and histological diagnosis, ...
Pearson, RD, and Guerrant, RL: Intestinal nematodes that migrate through skin and lung. In Strickland, GT (ed): Hunter's Tropical Medicine, ed 7. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1991, pp. 700–711. Sato, Y, et al: Efficacy of stool ...
Infections caused by parasites are still a major global health problem.