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Lisa A. Beltz - Emerging Infectious Diseases - 9780470398036 - V9780470398036
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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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Description for Emerging Infectious Diseases Paperback. This important resource offers a comprehensive introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious disease, including the underlying mechanisms of microbial emergence, the technology used to detect them and the strategies available to contain them. Series: Public Health/Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1060.

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Emerging Infectious Diseases offers an introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious disease, focusing on significant illnesses found in various regions of the world. Many of these diseases strike tropical regions or developing countries with particular virulence, others are found in temperate or developed areas, and still other microbes and infections are more indiscriminate.

This volume includes information on the underlying mechanisms of microbial emergence, the technology used to detect them, and the strategies available to contain them. The author describes the diseases and their causative agents that are major factors in the health of ... Read more

The book contains up-to-date selections from infectious disease journals as well as information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, MedLine Plus, and the American Society for Microbiology.

Perfect for students or those new to the field, the book contains Summary Overviews (thumbnail sketches of the basic information about the microbe and the associated disease under examination), Review Questions (testing students' knowledge of the material), and Topics for Further Discussion (encouraging a wider conversation on the implications of the disease and challenging students to think creatively to develop new solutions).

This important volume provides broad coverage of a variety of emerging infectious diseases, of which most are directly important to health practitioners in the United States.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
Series
Public Health/Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Number of Pages
752
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470398036
SKU
V9780470398036
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-50

About Lisa A. Beltz
Lisa A. Beltz, PhD, is assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Previously she was associate professor, Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Among her honors are a post-doctoral trainee fellowship at Johns Hopkins University and a SHARP Research Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. She won University of ... Read more

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