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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome : a Clinical Guide.
Prompting the first WHO global health alert for over a decade, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was first recognised in South-East Asia in February 2003. With the causative agent now identified as a new strain of coronavirus, the medical world has gained important knowledge on the aetiology,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. SARS: A Historical Perspective from Hong Kong; 2. SARS: A Global Perspective; 3. Clinical Presentation of the Disease in Adults; 4. SARS in Children; 5. SARS: Sequelae and Implications for Rehabilitation; 6. Radiology of SARS; 7. Aetiology of SARS; 8. Structure of the Genome of SARS CoV; 9. Viral Diagnosis of SARS; 10. Pathology and Pathogenesis; 11. SARS Coronavirus: An Animal Reservoir?; Colour plate facing page 80; 12. Comparative Biology of Animal Coronaviruses: Lessons for SARS.
- 13. Epidemiology and Transmission of SARS14. Transmission Dynamics and Control of the Viral Aetiological Agent of SARS; 15. The Seasonality of Respiratory Virus Diseases: Implications for SARS?; 16. Public Health Response: A View from Singapore; 17. Public Health Response: A View from Hong Kong; 18. Public Health Response: A View from a Region with a Low Incidence of SARS; 19. Infection Control for SARS: Causes of Success and Failure; 20.