Emerging infections
Subtitle: an atlas of investigation and management
By: Robert A. Salata, David Bobak
Contributors: Bobak, David
Publisher: Clinical Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781846925672
Subjects: MEDICAL; Epidemiology; Maladies infectieuses; Preventive Medicine; Forensic Medicine; Emerging Communicable Diseases; Épidémiologie; Public Health; Communicable diseases
Description: The infection specialist remains at the front line of medical practice, not only for newly emerging diseases, but also due to the worrying occurrence of re-emerging infections. An expert editorial team from the Cleveland Clinic has brought together a panel of contributors to produce this beautifully illustrated guide to the major infectious diseases that a clinician is likely to meet. Key topics covered include avian influenza, SARS and hMPV; other viral infections such as hepatitis and HIV/AIDS; infectious agents responsible for diarrhoeal disease in Western and developing countries; and othe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: HIV and AIDS / Benigno Rodríguez and Robert A. Salata; title: Hepatitis C / Luciléia Teixeira and David Bobak; title: Emerging viral respiratory illnesses / Nandhitha Natesan and Rana B. Hejal; title: Tuberculosis / G. Scott Mahan and John L. Johnson; title: Malaria / Arlene Dent and Charles H. King; title: Diarrheal disease / Keith B. Armitage and Dalia El-Bejjani.