New and Evolving Infections of the 21st Century

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fong, I. W. (Editor), Alibeck, Ken (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Laboratory medicine.; Health promotion.; Infectious diseases.; Metabolic diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Laboratory Medicine.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Metabolic Diseases.

This new volume of the Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century Series, has complied a collection of chapters by leading authorities of the world on emerging & evolving infections that is a must read for anyone interested in this topic. The chapters by reknown experts have provided a wea...

Table of Contents:

• Evolving Infectious Diseases
• West Nile Virus in the Americas
• Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome: A New Twist to an Established Pathogen
• Human Ehrlichioses and Anaplasmosis
• Cross-Species Transmission of Poxviruses
• Newly Recognized Human Viruses
• The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Newly Identified Human Herpesviruses: HHV-6, HHV-7, and HHV-8
• Emerging Viruses in Asia
• Nipah and Hendra Viruses Encephalitis
• Enterovirus 71 Encephalitis
• Avian Influenza Viruses and Pandemic Influenza.