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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Basel :
Birkhäuser Basel,
2009.
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Series: | Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases, BAID
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Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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. |
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Physical Description: | X, 358 p. online resource. |
ISBN: | 9783764399122 |