Severe acute respiratory syndrome
By: edited by Malik Peiris ... [et al.].
Contributors: Peiris, Malik.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: SARS (Disease); Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.; Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control.; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- prevention & control.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: SARS : an historical overview / K.Y. Yuen, Zhong Nan-Shan; title: SARS : a global perspective / David Heymann; title: Clinical presentation of the disease in adults / Y.J. Sung, K.Y. Yuen; title: SARS in children / C.W. Leung; title: Pulmonary and other sequelae and implications for rehabilitation / Kenneth W. Tsang, David Hui; title: Radiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome / G.C. Ooi; title: The viral aetiology / J.S.M. Peiris, Ab Osterhaus; title: Structure of the genome of SARS-CoV / Paul A. Rota ... [et al.]; title: Viral diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome / L.L.M. Poon, C. Drosten, K.H. Chan; title: Pathology and pathogenesis / J. Nicholls, T. Kuiken; title: SARS coronaviruses : an animal reservoir / Y. Guan, Hume Field; title: Comparative biology of coronaviruses : lessons for SARS / Linda Saif; title: Epidemiology and transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome / Angela Merianos, Robert Condon, Hitoshi Oshitani; title: Transmission dynamics and control of the viral aetiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) / Gabriel M. Leung ... [et al.]; title: The seasonality of respiratory viruses : implications for SARS / W.L. Lim, Jan de Jong; title: Public health response : the Singapore experience / Chorh Chuan Tan; title: Public health response : the Hong Kong experience / Dr. Tsang; title: Public health response : the US experience / James W. LeDuc; title: Infection control for SARS : causes of success and failure / W.H. Seto, P.T.Y. Ching, P.L. Ho; title: Antivirals / Frederick G. Hayden; title: Vaccines / Kanta Subbarao; title: Counting the cost : the economic and social cost of SARS / Y.C. Richard Wong, Alan Sui; title: Preparing for a possible resurgence of severe acute respiratory syndrome / Umesh D. Parashar ... [et al.]; title: Lessons for the future : pandemic influenza / R. Webster, David Fedson; title: Lessons for the future : other emerging infections / Ab Osterhaus.