Emerging Infections 10
Author: W. Scheld, James Hughes, Richard Whitley
Affiliation: University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2016
ISBN 10: 1555819443
ISBN 13: 9781555819446
eISBN: 9781555819453
Edition: 10th
Affiliation: University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2016
ISBN 10: 1555819443
ISBN 13: 9781555819446
eISBN: 9781555819453
Edition: 10th
Description:
Essential resource for the fight against emerging infectious diseases
Incidences such as the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the 2015 appearance of Zika in Brazil provide dramatic evidence of the continued ability of microbes to emerge, spread, adapt, and threaten global health. The challenge facing infectious disease specialists and public health professionals is to improve and find new diagnostic, therapeutic, and prevention strategies.
The editors of the 10th installment of the Emerging Infections series have compiled the perspectives of leading infectious disease experts into 22 chapters that provide important updates on a broad range of emerging and reemerging bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal infectious diseases in the United States and globally. In addition to focusing on MERS, Ebola virus disease, chikungunya, and Zika virus disease, Emerging Infections 10 explores the global threat of antimicrobial resistance in reviews on carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, multiply-resistant gonococcal infections, non-typhoidal Salmonella infections, and artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Topics include both recently- and long-recognized diseases that pose challenges for the clinical, laboratory, research, public health, and animal health communities.
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