Common Cold

The common cold is unlike any other human disease. It seems impossible to defeat and affects all of us on a regular basis. Due to the large number of viruses causing colds any specific cure is a major challenge. This unique book brings together a wide range of topics, from our ancestors’ views about...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Eccles, Ronald (Editor), Weber, Olaf (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2009.
Series:Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases, BAID
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:The common cold is unlike any other human disease. It seems impossible to defeat and affects all of us on a regular basis. Due to the large number of viruses causing colds any specific cure is a major challenge. This unique book brings together a wide range of topics, from our ancestors’ views about disease, followed by the questions why and how we sneeze, cough and get a runny nose, to the intricacies of host-virus interactions and immunological phenomena on the molecular level. Popular treatments, "over the counter" medicines and interventions are reviewed. Finally recent developments and new treatment options are highlighted.
Physical Description:X, 358 p. online resource.
ISBN:9783764399122