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      • Trusted Partner
        Infectious & contagious diseases
        April 2013

        Tuberculosis

        Laboratory Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies

        by Edited by Timothy D McHugh.

        Tuberculosis is a global health threat and the unique features of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and emergence of drug-resistant strains highlight the challenge it presents. Covering a wealth of state-of-the-art knowledge from active international experts, this book captures the latest developments in the advent of bacteriological, immunological and molecular tools for diagnosis and the development of new drugs. It shows how the challenge of tuberculosis is currently being met, providing insight into the evidence base underlying new developments in diagnosis, drug development and treatment.

      • Trusted Partner
        Infectious & contagious diseases
        December 2012

        Pandemic Influenza

        by Jonathan Van-Tam, Chloe Sellwood.

        Pandemic influenza is a re-emerging pathogen with serious public health consequences. The A(H1N1) pandemic in 2009/10 and the continuing threat to humans from avian influenza A(H5N1) and other novel influenza viruses have both underlined the importance of preparedness at local, national and international levels. With a strong emphasis on practicality, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the science and operational application of influenza epidemiology, virology and immunology, vaccinology, pharmaceutical and public health measures, biomathematical modelling, policy issues and ethics involved in preparing for and responding to pandemic influenza. Each chapter raises key questions and answers them in clear and concise sections, detailing relevant modelling studies and further reading. Comprehensively updated to incorporate major lessons from the 2009/10 pandemic, this second edition includes new contributions on surveillance, International Health Regulations, clinical management and local health service responses, illustrated with vibrant international case studies. Written in an easily accessible style by global experts, this is an essential text for students of public health and those involved in local, national and international pandemic preparedness and response.

      • Trusted Partner
        Infectious & contagious diseases
        July 2004

        Trypanosomiases

        by Edited by Ian Maudlin, Peter H Holmes, Michael A Miles

        This state-of-the-art reference book includes comprehensive coverage of the biology and control of African, Asian and South American trypanosomiasis ("sleeping sickness") in man and animals. It describes recent research developments in the biology and molecular biology of trypanosomes (the protozoan parasite) and their vectors, and methods in diagnosis and control, such as trapping tsetse fly vectors. Different sections of the book are devoted to biology of trypanosomes, vector biology, epidemiology and diagnosis, pathogenesis, disease impact, chemotherapy and disease control, and vector control. The book contains contributions from leading experts from Europe, North and South America, and Africa.

      • Trusted Partner
        Infectious & contagious diseases
        July 2012

        Communicable Diseases

        A Global Perspective

        by Roger Webber

        Communicable diseases are the foremost health problem encountered in developing countries, and contribute to ill health worldwide. Increasing globalisation means the appearance of new diseases, the persistence of existing ones and the spread of multi-drug resistant organisms are issues of international concern. Introducing both basic principles and more advanced concepts of epidemiology, this textbook examines communicable diseases at the community level, combining theory and practice into a systematic and globally comprehensive overview. Diseases in developed and developing countries are addressed, grouped by means of transmission and illustrated with focus boxes, bullet lists and figures. Fully updated throughout, this fourth edition of Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control, retitled Communicable Diseases to reflect the breadth of its coverage, includes new chapters on integrated disease management and the increased risks of disease among pregnant women. An essential resource for students and lecturers in public health and medical sciences, this book will also assist doctors and health workers in their management of this fast-changing area.

      • Trusted Partner
        Infectious & contagious diseases
        July 2012

        Communicable Diseases

        A Global Perspective

        by Roger Webber

        Communicable diseases are the main health problem encountered in developing countries, whether they are food-borne, respiratory or transmitted by insects, but are quickly becoming a global issue. By grouping diseases by means of transmission and covering principles of epidemiology for each disease, this textbook addresses both basic principles and advanced concepts, illustrated with focus boxes, bullet lists and figures. This fourth edition of Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control, titled simply Communicable Diseases to reflect the breadth of its coverage, is fully updated throughout and includes new chapters on integrated disease management and the increased risks of disease among pregnant women. The latest research on the control of communicable diseases is included, assisting in identifying the best method of control. An essential resource for students and lecturers in public health and medical sciences, this book will also assist doctors and health workers in their management of this fast-changing area.

      • Trusted Partner
        Gynaecology & obstetrics
        June 2012

        Maternal and Perinatal Health in Developing Countries

        by Gregory S Barsh, Kaosar Afsana, Allen W Cowley, Linda A Bartlett, Jose Belizan, M Gibson, Aldons J Lusis, Ann K Blanc, Ben van Ommen, France Donnay, A Richardson, Wendy Graham, Ignatia B Van den Veyver, Sennen Hounton, Ana Langer, Günter Weiss, Dileep Mavalankar, Isabelle Wolowczuk, Peter Born, Stephen Munjanja, Alberico L Catapano, Emma Pitchforth, Cindy Stanton, Ruth Chadwick, Ann M Starrs, Oliver Fiehn, Dirk Haller, Sophie Witter, Endang Achadi, Manfred Hüttinger, Fernando Althabe, Marlena C Kruger, Martin Kussmann, Keith R Martin, Jean-Paul Pégorier, Gerald Rimbach, Isabel Rubio-Aliaga, John Tyson. Edited by Julia Hussein, Affette M McCaw-Binns, Jürgen König, Donato F Romagnolo, Roger Webber.

        The promotion of maternal health and mortality reduction is of worldwide importance, and constitutes a vital part of the UN Millennium Development Goals. The highest maternal mortality rates are in developing countries, where global and regional initiatives are needed to improve the systems and practices involved in maternal care and medical access. Taking a practical policy approach, this book covers the background and concepts underlying efforts to improve maternal and perinatal mortality, the current global situation and problems that prevent progress. It includes case studies and examples of successful strategies, recommends good practices, and provides a critical analysis of knowledge gaps to inform areas for future research.

      • Trusted Partner
        Infectious & contagious diseases
        December 2011

        Special Offer - Buy all Three Volumes of Biology of Mosquitoes

        by Alan N Clements

        Buy all three volumes in this widely acclaimed resource covering all aspects of the mosquito's biology for this very special price.

      • Trusted Partner
        Diseases & disorders
        August 2011

        Lyme Disease

        an Evidence-based Approach

        by Phillip J Baker, Jorge Benach, John Paul Bouffard, Raymond Dattwyler, Durland Fish, Afton Hassett, Barbara Johnson, Adriana Marques, P Meade, Rob Nadelman, Sue O'Connell, Eugene Shapiro, Lenard H Sigal, Robert P Smith, Gerold Stanek, Gary P Wormser, Jonathan L Halperin, Joppe W. R. Hovius. Edited by John J. Halperin.

        Providing the medical practitioner with a broad scientific understanding, this book discusses the causative organism, its requisite ecosystem, disease epidemiology, host-Borrelia interactions, diagnostic testing, clinical manifestations, therapeutic options, and long term prognosis. It explicitly reviews both the basic biology of the infection and practical clinical aspects, linking the two to demonstrate what is and is not attributable to this infection. It is a broad and detailed guide for medics and researchers involved with diagnosing and treating Lyme, covering biology, epidemiology and therapeutics.

      • Trusted Partner
        Hospital infections
        November 1997

        Occupational Blood-borne Infections

        Risk and Management

        by Edited by Christopher H Collins, D A Kennedy

        Many health professionals may be exposed to, and undertake the collection and handling of blood or its products, whether it be for analysis and diagnosis or more specifically for transfusion. Other workers in a variety of public services, such as the police and community care, also routinely encounter situations in which exposure to blood through such incidents as needle stick injuries is a serious issue. This timely book describes the diversity of risks faced within these differing settings and sets out the methods by which these risks can be reduced or managed. The authors describe the various blood-borne disease-causing agents and their epidemiology, including hepatitis B, C and D, HIV viruses and bacterial, protozoal and helminthic organisms. Prevention of infection is discussed thoroughly and existing standard procedures are reviewed. Detection, decontamination and post-exposure procedures are also examined. This book is an essential resource for all physicians, general practitioners, nursing and dental staff and laboratory workers who collect and handle blood. It is important reading for all those undertaking medical training, especially those studying for postgraduate qualifications in pathology, infection control and microbiology. It is also a valuable reference source for all public service workers such as the police, prison officers, and community and social workers.

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        Immunology
        October 1996

        Immunology of Host-Ectoparasitic Arthropod Relationships

        by Edited by Stephen K Wikel

        Host immune responses to ectoparasitic arthropods are critical elements in determining the nature of animal host-arthropod relationships, including transmission of vector-borne pathogens. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive analysis for both the student and specialist of the emerging field of “immunoentomology”. Our fundamental understanding of this topic has increased dramatically in recent years. Chapters prepared by specialists from the USA, UK and Australia provide comprehensive reviews of key subjects. The book concludes with a consideration of the application of fundamental knowledge about the immunology of the host-arthropod interface to the development of anti-arthropod vaccines. It is aimed particularly at medical and veterinary entomologists and acarologists, as well as immunologists.

      • Trusted Partner
        Diseases & disorders
        December 2015

        Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Low and Middle-income Countries

        by Richard Cooper, Anoop Mishra, Liz Grant, Daniel Boakye, William Midodzi, Ursula Read, Kofi Anie, Nigel Unwin, Juliet Addo, Ernestina Coast, Montserrat Mendez, Philip Onyebujoh, Kwadwo Koram, Shanthi Mendis, André Pascal Kengne, Edited by Ama de-Graft Aikins, Charles Agyemang

        Low and middle income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America bear a significant proportion of the global burden of chronic non-communicable diseases. This book synthesizes evidence across countries that share similar socio-economic, developmental and public health profiles, including rapid urbanization, globalization and poverty. Providing insights on successful and sustainable interventions and policies, it shows how to slow and reverse the rising burden of chronic diseases in resource-poor settings.

      • Trusted Partner
        Infectious & contagious diseases
        October 2015

        Disease Selection

        The Way Disease Changed the World

        by Roger Webber

        Disease Selection: The way disease changed the world explores the host-pathogen relationship and the way communicable diseases have evolved often to stay one step ahead of interventions. From sexually transmitted disease through to ancient and modern great plagues, parasites, food, zoonoses, climate change and populations, this book explores the way disappeared and emergent diseases have shaped our world just as much as nature has. This book provides key information and is a valuable resource for students, practitioners and researchers working in global health and anyone interested in understanding of the basis of disease.

      • Trusted Partner
        Infectious & contagious diseases
        October 2015

        Disease Selection

        The Way Disease Changed the World

        by Roger Webber

        Disease Selection: The way disease changed the world explores the host-pathogen relationship and the way communicable diseases have evolved often to stay one step ahead of interventions. From sexually transmitted disease through to ancient and modern great plagues, parasites, food, zoonoses, climate change and populations, this book explores the way disappeared and emergent diseases have shaped our world just as much as nature has. This book provides key information and is a valuable resource for students, practitioners and researchers working in global health and anyone interested in understanding of the basis of disease.

      • Trusted Partner
        Medicine

        Episodic Depression

        Successful and Effective Treatment in Practice

        by Ulrich Leutgeb

        With medical help, the troublesome symptoms of episodic depression (e.g., insomnia, agitation) can be alleviated right at the start of a treatment program. Drawing on his extensive practical experience, the author describes the details of treatment, the effects of commonly used drugs, the role of psychotherapy, and the latest research findings in layman’s terms. This can help those suffering from episodic depression and their family members understand the disorder and prepare for therapy.   Target Group: Anyone affected by episodic depression and their relatives; psychiatrists and psychotherapists; physicians treating patients with depression.

      • Trusted Partner
        History of medicine
        May 2017

        Leprosy and colonialism

        Suriname under Dutch rule, 1750–1950

        by Stephen Snelders. Series edited by Professor Keir Waddington

        Leprosy and colonialism investigates the history of leprosy in Suriname within the context of Dutch colonial power and racial conflict, from the plantation economy and the age of slavery to its legacy in the modern colonial state. It explores the relationship between the modern stigmatization and exclusion of people affected with leprosy, and the political tensions and racial fears originating in colonial slave society, exerting their influence until after the decolonization up to the present day. In the book colonial sources are read from shifting perspectives, of the colonial rulers and, 'from below', the ruled. Though leprosy is today a neglected tropical disease, recognizing influences of our colonial heritage in our global management of health and disease, and exploring the perspectives of other cultures are essential in a time in which migration movements make the permeability of boundaries, and transmission of diseases, more common then perhaps ever before.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2014

        The neurologists

        A history of a medical specialty in modern Britain, c.1789–2000

        by Stephen Casper

        The neurologists describes how Victorian physicians located in a medical culture that privileged general knowledge over narrow specialism came to be transformed into the specialised physicians we now call neurologists. Relying entirely upon hitherto unseen primary sources drawn from archives across Britain, Europe and North America, this book analyses the emergence of neurology in the context of the development of modern medicine in Britain. The neurologists thus surveys the patterns of change and modernisation that influenced British medical culture throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In so doing, it ultimately seeks an account of how neurological knowledge acquired such an expansive view of human nature as to become concerned in the last decades of the twentieth century with the human sciences, philosophy, art and literature.

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2016

        The neurologists

        A history of a medical specialty in modern Britain, c.1789–2000

        by Stephen Casper

        The neurologists describes how Victorian physicians located in a medical culture that privileged general knowledge over narrow specialism came to be transformed into the specialised physicians we now call neurologists. Relying entirely upon hitherto unseen primary sources drawn from archives across Britain, Europe and North America, this book analyses the emergence of neurology in the context of the development of modern medicine in Britain. The neurologists thus surveys the patterns of change and modernisation that influenced British medical culture throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In so doing, it ultimately seeks an account of how neurological knowledge acquired such an expansive view of human nature as to become concerned in the last decades of the twentieth century with the human sciences, philosophy, art and literature.

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2016

        The neurologists

        A history of a medical specialty in modern Britain, c.1789–2000

        by Stephen Casper

        The neurologists describes how Victorian physicians located in a medical culture that privileged general knowledge over narrow specialism came to be transformed into the specialised physicians we now call neurologists. Relying entirely upon hitherto unseen primary sources drawn from archives across Britain, Europe and North America, this book analyses the emergence of neurology in the context of the development of modern medicine in Britain. The neurologists thus surveys the patterns of change and modernisation that influenced British medical culture throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In so doing, it ultimately seeks an account of how neurological knowledge acquired such an expansive view of human nature as to become concerned in the last decades of the twentieth century with the human sciences, philosophy, art and literature.

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