Understanding how 'contagion' and 'infection' have become powerful metaphors requires a historical reconstruction of this semantic field in the late 19th and early 20th century, when these concepts acquired a scientific meaning. The volume offers an interdisciplinary approach to…
This book contains 20 chapters covering a range of infectious diseases, as well as a few non-infectious diseases such as cancer, and how they greatly affected the course of human history. It explores host-pathogen relationship, transmission routes, evolution, and global spread o…
TB/HIV: a Clinical Manual
by Maher, Dermot, Graham, Stephen M., Harries, Anthony D., Gilks, Charles, Nunn, Paul
Developments since 1996, particularly in the TB/HIV field, have now prompted a second edition of this popular manual which provides a pocket-sized guide to the clinical management of TB, particularly in patients suffering from co-infection with HIV. Designed for use by busy clin…
Immunology, infection, and immunity
Immunology, infection, and immunity
Accompanying Digital Learning Guide CD-ROM is an interactive, automated program that organizes key information from the textbook, paces you through learning the material, and then allows you to quiz yourself and assess your progress.
Immunology, infection, and immunity
Accompanying Digital Learning Guide CD-ROM is an interactive, automated program that organizes key information from the textbook, paces you through learning the material, and then allows you to quiz yourself and assess your progress.
Covers both the foundation concepts of immunology, among the most exciting in modern biology and medicine, and their application to the real world of diseases and health. This new text combines clear narratives of how the immune system functions relying in many instances on supp…