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Title Emerging infections. 7 / edited by W. Michael Scheld, David C. Hooper, James M. Hughes
Published Washington, D.C. : ASM, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 381 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Series Monograph, ASM Press
Monograph, ASM Press
Contents Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; 2. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); 3. Human Metapneumovirus; 4. Changing Patterns of Respiratory Viral Infections in Transplant Recipients; 5. Monkeypox Virus: Insights on Its Emergence in Human Populations; 6. West Nile Virus; 7. Chandipura Encephalitis: a Newly Recognized Disease of Public Health Importance in India; 8. Emergence of Novel Retroviruses; 9. Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
10. Carbapenem Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Other Members of the Family Enterobacteriaceae11. The Emerging Role of Klebsiellae in Liver Abscess; 12. Conjugate Vaccines as Probes To Define the Burden of Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae Type b Pneumonia as Well as the Role of Viruses in the Pathogenesis of Pneumonia; 13. Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and Crohn's Disease; 14. Zygomycosis; 15. Emerging Food- and Waterborne Protozoan Diseases; 16. Multidr
Summary This new volume is the seventh in a series of books based on ICAAC Symposia on Emerging Infections. It offers an updated review of new and emerging infectious diseases, including Avian Influenza (H5N1), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), West Nile fever, and many others
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Communicable diseases
Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology
Public health.
Avian influenza.
Monkeypox virus.
West Nile virus.
Haemophilus influenzae.
Acinetobacter infections.
Communicable Diseases -- epidemiology
Public Health
Communicable Diseases -- therapy
Influenza in Birds
Metapneumovirus
Monkeypox virus
West Nile virus
Haemophilus influenzae
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
Acinetobacter Infections
Communicable Diseases
public health.
MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
West Nile virus
Public health
Monkeypox virus
Haemophilus influenzae
Avian influenza
Acinetobacter infections
Communicable diseases
Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology
Form Electronic book
Author Scheld, W. Michael.
Hooper, David C.
Hughes, James M., 1945-
ISBN 9781555815585
1555815588