Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
TARUN KUMAR DUTTASynopsis
The aim of this book is to highlight selected problems with new and old diseases, e.g. transplantation rabies and rabies transmitted by bats, coinfection of tuberculosis and HIV, etc. The book also emphasizes on recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of various infectious diseases. It has a general section on infectious diseases and their prevention. Authors of various chapters are experienced workers in their field and thus there are plenty of references in this book. The book is expected to be of immense help to physicians, microbiologists, and pediatricians—both budding and established.
Synopsis
The aim of this book is to highlight selected problems with new and old diseases, e.g. transplantation rabies and rabies transmitted by bats, coinfection of tuberculosis and HIV, etc. The book also emphasizes on recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of various infectious diseases. It has a general section on infectious diseases and their prevention. Authors of various chapters are experienced workers in their field and thus there are plenty of references in this book. The book is expected to be of immense help to physicians, microbiologists, and pediatricians—both budding and established.
Description
The aim of this book is to highlight selected problems with new and old diseases, e.g. transplantation rabies and rabies transmitted by bats, coinfection of tuberculosis and HIV, etc. The book also emphasizes on recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of various infectious diseases. It has a general section on infectious diseases and their prevention. Authors of various chapters are experienced workers in their field and thus there are plenty of references in this book. The book is expected to be of immense help to physicians, microbiologists, and pediatricians—both budding and established.
Key Features
Elucidation of emerging problems of global concern like HIV, tuberculosis, other sexually transmitted disease, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, chikungunya, avian influenza.
Emphasizes on recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of various infectious diseases and provide students with the requisite skills to conduct, evaluate, and understand the field of infectious disease epidemiology.
Focuses on new problem of common infectious diseases like transplant rabies, bat transmitted rabies, O139 serotype cholera, dengue shock syndrome etc.
General section covers status of communicable diseases, newer vaccines, bio terrorism, hospital acquired infection, transfusion and travel related infection.
Remerging infectious diseases like yaws, plague and trench fever are described in detail.
Product Details
Publisher :
JPB ;1/e edition (01 January 2013)
Edition :
1/e edition
Binding :
Paper Back
Language :
English
Paperback :
234 pages
ISBN-13 :
9789350259603
Dimensions :
6.25 x 9. 5
Printing Format Color :
Single Color