This book is a guide to the diseases which are being disseminated around the world to a greater extent as the national and international mobility of the human race increases. The work covers diseases transmitted through soil, air, skin and mucus, as well as AIDS and venomous bites and stings. In addition, developments in immunology and molecular biology are also covered in this edition, along with new diagnostic procedures which make use of monoclonal antibiotics, DNA probes, more specific antigens, modern imaging techniques and genetically engineered vaccines. This revised edition has been updated and contains many new photographs.
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Editions-Typ
Illustrationen
700 colour and b&w photographs
Maße
Höhe: 261 mm
Breite: 194 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7234-1534-3 (9780723415343)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 Arthropod-borne infections: arboviruses; rickettsioses; bacterial infections; protozoal infections - malaria and babesiosis; trypanosomiases; leishmaniases; nematodes - the filariases. Part 2 Soil-mediated helminthiases: the hookworm infections; infection with "ascaris" and related nematodes; trichuriasis. Part 3 Snail-mediated helminthiases: schistosomiasis; the intestinal flukes; liver fluke infections; paragonimiasis; angyostrongyliasis. Part 4 Infections acquired through the gastro-intestinal tract: viral infections; bacterial infections; protozoal infections; helminthiases; pentastomiasis. Part 5 Infections acquired through the skin and mucous membranes: viral infections; bacterial infections; protozoal infections; the superficial mycoses; the systematic mycoses; ectoparasitic arthropods. Part 6 Airborne infections: measles; meningococcal meningitis; tuberculosis; whooping cough. Part 7 Nutritional disorders: kwashiorkor and marasmus; nutritional marasmus; avitaminoses. Part 8 Miscellaneous disorders: zoonotic viral infections; acquired immune deficiency disease - AIDS; neoplastic conditions; genetic blood dyscrasias; venomous bites and stings; diseases of uncertain aetiology or epidemiology.
