Netter's infectious diseases

This comprehensive yet concise overview of current global infectious disease concerns covers the basics of the field using beautiful Netter illustrations and accessible "need-to-know" information on major conditions and problems, including vaccine-preventable diseases, drug-resistant staph and TB infections, pandemic flu, echinococcosis, and Chagas' disease. -- from Back Cover.

Section I. Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Children and Adolescents -- Chapter 1. Introduction to vaccine-preventable diseases in children and adolescents / ChrisAnna M. Mink -- Chapter 2. Diphtheria and tetanus / Bruce D. Meade and Kristin E. Meade -- Chapter 3. Bordetella pertussis and pertussis (whooping cough) / Sylvia H. Yeh and ChrisAnna M. Mink -- Chapter 4. Haemophilus influenzae type b / Sylvia H. Yeh -- Chapter 5. Pneumococcal disease : Infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae / R. Douglas Pratt -- Chapter 6. Infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis / Margaret C. Bash and Anjali N. Kunz -- Chapter 7. Poliomyelitis (polio) and polioviruses / ChrisAnna M. Mink -- Chapter 8. Influenza / Sylvia H. Yeh -- Chapter 9. Rotavirus infection / S. Michael Marcy and Susan Partridge -- Chapter 10. Measles / Alison Margaret Kesson -- Chapter 11. Mumps / Alison Margaret Kesson -- Chapter 12. Rubella / Alison Margaret Kesson -- Chapter 13. Varicella-zoster virus infections / Sylvia H. Yeh -- Chapter 14. Hepatitis A infection and prevention / Dean A. Blumberg -- Chapter 15. Hepatitis B infection / Dean A. Blumberg -- Chapter 16. Human papillomavirus infections and prevention / De…