Catálogo de libros: Enfermedades infectocontagiosas

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  • Patho-Epigenetics of Infectious Disease
    Epigenetic modification of cellular genomes is a fascinating means of regulating tissue- and cell type-specific gene expression in all developmental stages of the life of an organism. Carefully orchestrated processes, such as DNA methylation and a plenitude of specific histone modifications secure the faithful transmission of gene expression patterns to progeny cells. Upon chro...
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    140,62 €

  • Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis
    This book is the definitive reference regarding the global status of melioidosis in 2018. Melioidosis is one of the most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), so much so that it is not even included in the WHO list of NTDs. Yet modeling suggests that it kills more people worldwide every year than diseases that are much better known, such as leptospirosis and dengue. The reasons f...
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    67,89 €

  • Neisseria meningitidis
    This volume provides methods to analyze the meningococcus and its interactions with biologically relevant host cells and sites, to interrogate the population structure and biology of the meningococcus that defines its capacity to cause disease, and to aid in vaccine development and surveillance. Many of these methods are applicable to the close relative, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, ...
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    219,17 €

  • T. cruzi Infection
    This volume provides detailed descriptions on cutting-edge experimental methods to assess the multiple and complex interactions between T. cruzi and its host. Chapters detail a series of methods and protocols, ranging from rather classical biochemical/genetic approaches to modern, powerful and high-throughput ’-omics’ technologies, to tackle this issue, as well as novel techniq...
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    224,87 €

  • Infectious Diseases and Rural Livelihood in Developing Countries
    Fingani Annie Mphande
    This book focuses on the effects of rural livelihood and the impact of infectious diseases on health and poverty. It explores cultures and traditions in developing countries and their role in infectious-disease management and prevention. It highlights the associated healthcare systems and how these have contributed to some of the challenges faced, and goes on to elaborate on th...
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    134,32 €

  • Filoviruses
    Jens Kuhn
    This is the first comprehensive review of the world literature on filovirus research and provides the most extensive bibliography of the subject yet published. There is special emphasis on foreign literature that has never been summarized. Every aspect of filovirus research, including their history, epidemiology, clinical picture, pathology, molecular biology, and political asp...
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    285,90 €

  • Acinetobacter baumannii
    This detailed volume serves clinicians and basic science researchers studying the increasingly antibiotic resistant Gram-negative bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii. Chapters detail microbiological techniques, biochemical techniques, clinical samples, and next generation omics techniques to characterize the organism at the molecular level.  Written in the highly successful Metho...
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    259,32 €

  • Managing the Global Health Response to Epidemics
    Recent epidemics have prompted large-scale international interventions. During a crisis, however, global health actions - including planning and organizing, communicating about risk, and cost-benefit evaluations - aren’t usually part of single, integrated global response. ...
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    240,71 €

  • The Confederate Yellow Fever Conspiracy
    H Leon Greene / H. Leon Greene
    Defeat was looming for the South--as the Civil War continued, paths to possible victory were fast disappearing. Dr. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Confederate physician and expert in infectious diseases, had an idea that might turn the tide: he would risk his own life and career to bring a yellow fever epidemic to the North. To carry out his mission, he would need some accomplices....
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    54,26 €

  • Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
    This book brings awareness to a neglected condition that is nevertheless prevalent world-wide. Much focus is justly given to pulmonary tuberculosis, one of the key medical scourges of humanity, but this disease also often manifests itself in organs outside of the lungs. There is however a surprising lack of information available on extrapulmonary TB, which this book aims to rem...
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    134,67 €

  • THE BARTLETT POCKET GUIDE TO HIV/AIDS TREATMENT 2019
    John G Bartlett / Maunank Shah / Paul A Pham
    This HIV Pocket Guide summarizes treatment guidelineswith an attempt to achieve brevity, clarity andaccuracy in guiding decisions relevant to themanagement of adult patients with HIV infection.It includes detailed information on the treatment ofHIV and its associated conditions, includinghepatitis B and C, tuberculosis, opportunisticinfections, sexually transmitted diseases and...
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    33,09 €

  • Biology of Chlamydia
    Georg Häcker
    The genus Chlamydia encompasses a number of species of obligate intracellular bacteria, including important human pathogens like the most common bacterial agent of sexually transmitted disease. This volume reviews current knowledge of chlamydial biology, covering the unusual structure of the bacteria - which alternate between metabolically almost inactive and fast-dividing form...
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    160,72 €

  • Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health
    Gianfranco Donelli
    This book series focuses on current progress in the broad field of medical microbiology, and covers both basic and applied topics related to the study of microbes, their interactions with human and animals, and emerging issues relevant for public health. Original research and review articles present and discuss multidisciplinary findings and developments on various aspects of m...
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    139,93 €

  • Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases
    The 4th edition of Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases is being split into two separate volumes - 'Mechanisms and Models of Drug Interactions' and 'Antimicrobial Drug Interactions'. This volume, 'Mechanisms and Models of Drug Interactions,' delivers a text that enhances clinical knowledge of the complex mechanisms, risks, and consequences of drug interactions associated ...
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    159,82 €

  • Legionella
    The methods described in the second edition on Legionella are for the study of distinct features of L. pneumophila.  Chapters guide readers through ecology and physiology of legionella, legionella genetics, cellular microbiology of legionella, biochemical assays to study legionella effectors and enzymes, immunity and host response against legionella, metagenomics, proteomics, a...
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    326,50 €

  • Revival
    Mary M. Stevenson
    The purpose of this book is to analyze and determine how a host responds to a blood stage malaria infection. It focuses on strategies for anti-malarial vaccination, genetic control of host resistance to malaria, and the contribution of the host genetic background to resistance or susceptibility to malaria. This book is an important reference work for anyone who studies the fiel...
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    70,38 €

  • Meningitis and Encephalitis
    Rodrigo Hasbun
    Meningitis and Encephalitis are associated with high rates of mortality and neurological sequelae.  The differential diagnosis includes a wide spectrum of infectious and non-infectious etiologies, some requiring urgent therapy for survival. The current management challenges in patients with meningitis and encephalitis include a low sensitivity of meningeal signs,  overutilizati...
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    123,83 €

  • Spirochete Biology
    Ben Adler
    Spirochetes comprise a fascinating group of bacteria. Although diverse in terms of their habitat, ecology and infectivity for vertebrate and non-vertebrate hosts, they are often considered together because of their similar cellular morphologies. This volume brings together an international group of experts to provide essential insights into spirochete biology, with an emphasis ...
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    197,80 €

  • Pregnant in the Time of Ebola
    This comprehensive account of the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history examines its devastating effects on West Africa’s most vulnerable populations: pregnant women and children. Noted experts across disciplines assess health care systems’ responses to the epidemic in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, emphasizing key areas such as pregnancy, prenatal services, childbirth, neona...
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    216,60 €

  • Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases
    The 4th edition of Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases is being split into two separate volumes - 'Mechanisms and Models of Drug Interactions' and 'Antimicrobial Drug Interactions'. This volume, 'Antimicrobial Drug Interactions,' delivers a quick clinical resource that distills relevant drug interactions by antimicrobial drug class. The book provides informative tables o...
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    174,13 €

  • Antiseptic Stewardship
    Gunter Kampf
    Various antiseptic agents, such as chlorhexidine, are used for different applications, e.g. in healthcare, veterinary medicine, animal production and household products, including cosmetics. However, not all antiseptic agents provide significant health benefits, especially in some products used in human medicine (alcohol-based hand rubs, antimicrobial soaps).  While some produc...
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    346,79 €

  • Roles of Host Gene and Non-coding RNA Expression in Virus Infection
    This volume discusses the interactions between viruses and their host cells, and explores the roles of host and viral genes and non-coding RNAs in the virus replication cycle. During infection, viruses express a variety of genes, encoding proteins and RNAs that serve to subjugate the cell - by redirecting cellular processes to support viral replication and, at the same time, by...
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    220,99 €

  • Heat Shock Proteins in the Immune System
    Experts from around the world review the current field of the immunobiology of heat shock proteins, and provide a comprehensive account of how these molecules are spearheading efforts in the understanding of various pathways of the immune system. This one-stop resource contains numerous images to both help illustrate the research on heat shock proteins, and better clarify the f...
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    209,73 €

  • Infectious Diseases and Arthropods
    Jerome Goddard
    SECTION I. Arthropods and Human Health.- Arthropods and Health.- Dynamics of Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- Section II. Major Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- Mosquito-Borne Diseases.- Tick-Borne Diseases.- Flea-Borne Diseases.- Sand Fly-Transmitted Diseases.- Miscellaneous Vector-Borne Diseases.- Section III. Other Arthropod-Caused or Related Problems.- Health Effects of Bed Bug...
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    196,55 €

  • Complement Activation in Malaria Immunity and Pathogenesis
    José A. Stoute
    Plasmodium falciparum malaria is responsible for the deaths of nearly 500,000 people each year. Much attention has been paid to antibody and cellular mechanisms of immunity against this pathogen. By contrast, the role that the complement system plays in immunity and pathogenesis in this infection is not very well recognized or understood. Based on the work of a number of resear...
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    135,84 €

  • Understanding the Host Immune Response Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
    Vishwanath Venketaraman
    According to the World Health Organization, approximately one third of the world’s population is latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb [LTBI]), of whom about 9 million have active tuberculosis (TB). It is estimated that approximately 2 million individuals die each year from active TB. An estimated 14.4% of these individuals have HIV and M. tb co-infection. ...
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    135,81 €

  • Deadly Collections
    Albert P Nous
    A researcher’s compilation and expose of terrorist action, political responses to such, and the engineering of facilities to study and report on biological warfare agents.Do not be afraid of that which you might read! This book is not a training manual to conduct dangerous fieldwork or experiments or build bioweapons! The questions and issues raised involve identifying sources ...
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    28,81 €

  • Infectious Diseases and Your Health
    Prati Pal Singh
    Infectious Diseases and Your Health has the potential to impact and improve your life, and the lives of your loved ones. Every day, nearly 40, 000 people including small children and women die of infectious diseases. Many of these innocent lives could be saved. Your journey through the pages of this book will take you to an amazing world of infectious diseases. You will learn a...
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    209,19 €

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in the 21st Century
    This comprehensive, up-to-date volume defines the issues and offers potential solutions to the challenges of antimicrobial resistance. The chapter authors are leading international experts on antimicrobial resistance among a variety of bacteria, viruses including HIV and herpes, parasites and fungi. The chapters explore the molecular mechanisms of drug resistance, the immunolog...
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    247,26 €

  • Escherichia coli, a Versatile Pathogen
    Escherichia coli is a facultative anaerobic Gamma-proteobacterium, which belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. While being an important constituent of the normal gut microbiota, specialized E. coli clones have acquired genetic elements that allow them to compete with the endogenous commensals, colonise normally sterile niches and cause disease. E. coli pathotypes can cause ...
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    208,56 €


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