Main Title |
Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children II [electronic resource] / |
Type |
EBOOK |
Author |
Pollard, Andrew J.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Springer US, |
Year Published |
2005 |
Call Number |
QR180-189.5 |
ISBN |
9780387253428 |
Subjects |
Medicine ;
Immunology ;
Medical virology ;
Emerging infectious diseases ;
Pathology ;
Pediatrics ;
Microbiology
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Internet Access |
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Collation |
XXX, 234 p. online resource. |
Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
Contents Notes |
Emerging Infections and Children: Influenza and Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy -- Chickenpox Party or Varicella Vaccine? -- The ABC of Epstein-Barr Virus Infections -- The Immune Response to Viral Lower Respiratory Tract Infection -- Chronic Granulomatous Disease: From Genetic Defect to Clinical Presentation -- Novel Primary Immunodeficiencies -- Periodic Fever -- BCG Vaccine -- Helminth Infections of Children: Prospects for Control -- Rabies on the Doorstep -- Prevention of Typhoid Fever -- Dexamethasone in the Treatment of Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis in Developing Countries: Is it Beneficial? -- Should Dexamethasone be Part of Routine Therapy of Bacterial Meningitis in Industrialised Countries? -- How to Interpret a CSF-The Art and the Science -- Reverse Vaccinology and Vaccines for Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis. Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity II provides a current view from leading experts concerning the hottest topics of concern to clinicians caring for children with infections. The book brings together a collection of manuscripts from a faculty of authors of international standing who contributed to a course in Paediatric Infection and Immunity in Oxford, UK in June 2004. |