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Emerging infections /
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 parasit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
�1998.
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| Colección: | Biomedical research reports.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 changes produce new epidemics. Key Features * Provides reviews on hot topics of interest to the biomedical research community * Editor and contributors are renowned international experts * Covers the major established pathogens as well as the new and sensational--such as mad cow disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, pathogenic E. Coli, and flesh-eating bacteria. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 513 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780124259300 0124259308 9780080530857 0080530850 1281059501 9781281059505 9786611059507 6611059504 |