Beschreibung:
This new volume of the Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century Series, has complied a collection of chapters by leading authorities of the world on emerging & evolving infections that is a must read for anyone interested in this topic. The chapters by reknown experts have provided a wealth of up-date information, such as clinical spectrum of disease, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, prevention and future research on the following topics:
Unique in that it is the first volume to directly discuss several controversies regarding infectious diseases from the 21 century
Evolving Infectious Diseases.- West Nile Virus in the Americas.- Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome: A New Twist to an Established Pathogen.- Human Ehrlichioses and Anaplasmosis.- Cross-Species Transmission of Poxviruses.- Newly Recognized Human Viruses.- The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.- Newly Identified Human Herpesviruses: HHV-6, HHV-7, and HHV-8.- Emerging Viruses in Asia.- Nipah and Hendra Viruses Encephalitis.- Enterovirus 71 Encephalitis.- Avian Influenza Viruses and Pandemic Influenza.