Viruses and the Lung Infections and Non-Infectious Viral-Linked Lung Disorders /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fraire, Armando E. (Editor), Woda, Bruce A. (Editor), Welsh, Raymond M. (Editor), Kradin, Richard L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Virology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Worldwide, infectious disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In developing countries, infection accounts for a substantial proportion of all recorded deaths. Likewise, in developed countries, pneumonia alone results in a large number of deaths. Along with bacteria, parasites and r...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Lung Defenses
• Taxonomic Classification of Pneumotropic Viruses
• Adult Viral Infections in the Non Immunocompromised Host
• Viral Infections in AIDS, Transplantation and other Immunodeficiency States
• Perinatal, Neonatal and Infantile Viral Diseases Affecting the Lung
• Viral-linked Lung Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions
• Viral-linked non Tumoral Lung Disorders
• Jaagsiekte and other viral-linked, non human lung disorders.