Published October, 2019
By Mei Hwei Chang and Kathleen B. Schwarz
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Singapore)
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This book is aimed to emphasise the rationale and importance of prevention and management of viral hepatitis in children, providing cutting edge knowledge. Viral hepatitis is a major health problem in the world. Although most complications of viral hepatitis are observed in adults, primary infection with hepatitis viruses often occurs during infancy or childhood.

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Published July, 2019
By Kristina A. Bryant, Judith A. Guzman-Cottrill and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society PIDS
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP USA)
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AN INNOVATIVE AND ESSENTIAL NEW TOOL IN FIGHTING HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS The Handbook of Pediatric Infection Prevention and Control is the most comprehensive, practical resource available on infection prevention across the spectrum of paediatric healthcare settings, including acute care hospitals, ambulatory practices, and long-term care facilities. It addresses the nuances and challenges specific to paediatric infection prevention, providing expert guidance on topics where evidence-based guidelines don't currently exist. *** The Handbook of Pediatric Infection Prevention and Control is a publication of the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Society, the world's largest organisation dedicated to the treatment, control, and eradication of infectious diseases that affect children.

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Published June, 2019
By Laura C. Rodrigues and Maria Glória Teixeira
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP USA)
Series: What Everyone Needs To Know
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ZIKA: WWhat Everyone Needs to Know® offers both a summary of the virus' history to date and an expert overview of what's known — and unknown — about its medical impacts. Written in clear language and in a highly navigable question-and-answer format, this book offers expert answers to the most common and difficult questions surrounding this new global threat: · Where did Zika come from? · Where is Zika likely to migrate geographically? · What are the risks associated with travel and sex in Zika-affected areas? · Does Zika cause birth defects in all pregnant hosts? · Do some people's medical histories make them more susceptible to Zika? · How long after infection is conception safe? · Is a Zika vaccine likely? Authored by two of the world's leading infectious disease experts, this book offers practical and accessible information on this most unpredictable epidemic. It cuts through the slow, opaque information feed of the world's shepherding health organizations to provide the most current information available and a reliable resource for those who stand to be affected.

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Published June, 2019
By Laura C. Rodrigues and Maria Glória Teixeira
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP USA)
Series: What Everyone Needs To Know
Rating:
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ZIKA: WWhat Everyone Needs to Know® offers both a summary of the virus' history to date and an expert overview of what's known — and unknown — about its medical impacts. Written in clear language and in a highly navigable question-and-answer format, this book offers expert answers to the most common and difficult questions surrounding this new global threat: · Where did Zika come from? · Where is Zika likely to migrate geographically? · What are the risks associated with travel and sex in Zika-affected areas? · Does Zika cause birth defects in all pregnant hosts? · Do some people's medical histories make them more susceptible to Zika? · How long after infection is conception safe? · Is a Zika vaccine likely? Authored by two of the world's leading infectious disease experts, this book offers practical and accessible information on this most unpredictable epidemic. It cuts through the slow, opaque information feed of the world's shepherding health organizations to provide the most current information available and a reliable resource for those who stand to be affected.

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Published February, 2019
By Karen C. Carroll and Michael A. Pfaller
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
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Revised by a collaborative, international, interdisciplinary team of editors and authors, this edition includes the latest applications of genomics and proteomics and is filled with current findings regarding infectious agents, leading-edge diagnostic methods, laboratory practices, and safety guidelines.

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Published February, 2019
By Jeremy Hawker, Norman Begg, Ralf Reintjes, Karl Ekdahl, Obaghe Edeghere and Jim E. van Steenbergen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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The essential guide to controlling and managing today's communicable diseases The fourth edition of Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook offers public health workers of all kinds an authoritative and up-to-date guide to current protocols surrounding the identification and control of infectious diseases.

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Published February, 2019
By Mahmoud A. Ghannoum and John R. Perfect
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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This new edition of Antifungal Therapy aims at providing concise, practical, need-to-know information for busy physicians dealing with fungal infections, such as infectious disease physicians, transplant surgeons, dermatologists, and intensivists, as well as basic scientists and pharmaceutical company researchers interested in the state of antifungal therapy.

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Published February, 2019
By Nizam Damani
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Oxford)
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A comprehensive overview of the main aspects of infection prevention and control. It gives practical, evidence-based recommendations and easy-to-follow advice on strategies to prevent HCAIs in all health care facilities.

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Published January, 2019
By Jay S. Keystone, Phyllis E. Kozarsky, Hans D. Nothdurft, Bradley A. Connor, Marc Mendelson and Karin Leder
Publisher: Elsevier (Elsevier - Health Sciences Division)
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Today's travel medicine includes not only tourism and business travelers, but also incorporates volunteerism, medical care, migration, ecotourism, and more. Travel Medicine, 4th Edition, reflects all of these changes in the field while keeping you up to date with new vaccines and newly proposed regimens, pre-travel advice and post-travel screening, and all travel-related illnesses - for a one-stop, authoritative reference on all aspects of travel medicine

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Published January, 2019
By Elisabeth Presterl
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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This book describes an evidence-based, practical approach to diagnosis and treatment of the fungal infections most frequently encountered in a general hospital.

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