Emerging Infections
Contributors: W. Michael Scheld (Editor); David C. Hooper (Editor); James M. Hughes (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: October 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781555813772
Subjects: Epidemiology & medical statistics; Infectious & contagious diseases; Medical; Science; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Communicable Diseases; Epidemiology
First sentence: In 1998, there were over 25,000 death from chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, defined in the International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision (ICD-9), as code 571, in the United States (9).