Hot topics in infection and immunity in children.
By: edited by Andrew J. Pollard and Adam Finn.
Contributors: Finn, Adam, 1959-; Pollard, Andrew J.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 609
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [New York; London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780387739595
Subjects: Infection in children; Communicable diseases in children; Children -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects; Infection -- drug therapy; Infection -- immunology; Bacterial Infections -- drug therapy; Bacterial Infections -- immunology; Virus Diseases -- drug therapy; Virus Diseases -- immunology; Child
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The enteroviruses: an emerging infectious disease? The real, the speculative, and the really speculative.; title: Science and society: the HIV epidemic and South African political responses.; title: Pathogenesis of group A streptococcal infections and their sequelae.; title: Snakes, jellyfish, and spiders.; title: Current status of group A streptococcal vaccine development.; title: New aspects on diagnosis and transmission of hepatitis B in pediatric patients and pregnant women.; title: Pertussis immunisation in adolescents and adults.; title: Trachoma: recent developments.; title: Gonococcal infections in newborns and in adolescents.; title: Management of severe dengue in children.; title: Human papillomavirus vaccines: who should get them and why?; title: Antimicrobial resistance among enteric pathogens.; title: What the paediatrician needs to know when pandemic influenza arrives in clinical practice.; title: Lyme disease.; title: Management of myocarditis in children: the current situation.; title: Therapy of herpes virus infections in children.