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Pediatric Infectious Diseases Revisited

The successful prevention of childhood diseases like diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis has made a major contribution to the improvement of public health, and vaccines and a variety of drugs are amongst the most fruitful applications of 20th-century research. Today pediatric infectious disease resear...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Wirth, Stefan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Global control of infectious diseases by vaccination programs
  • Potential impact of rotavirus vaccination on the mortality of children in developing countries
  • Controversially discussed indications for immunization
  • Gonorrheal ophthalmia neonatorum: Historic impact of Credé's eye prophylaxis
  • Malnutrition and infection in industrialized countries
  • Better education through improved health and nutrition: implications for early childhood development programs in developing countries
  • Early childhood caries and childhood periodontal diseases
  • Role of the blood-brain barrier and blood-CSF barrier in the pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis
  • The molecular basis of paediatric malarial disease
  • Epidemiology and etiology of Kawasaki disease
  • Helicobacter pylori infection in children
  • Human metapneumovirus infection
  • Avian influenza viruses: a severe threat of a pandemic in children?
  • Human papillomavirus infections in children
  • New treatments for hepatitis B and C in children and adolescents
  • Invasive fungal infections in children: advances and perspectives
  • Pediatric aspects of bioterrorism
  • Pediatric infectious diseases - Quo vadis 2015?.