The Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases (Facts on File Library of Health and Living) - Hardcover

Turkington, Carol; Ashby, Bonnie Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816047758 ISBN 13: 9780816047758

Publisher: Facts On File Inc, 2003

Synopsis

The Encyclopedia of infectious Diseases, Second Edition is the most comprehensive resource for general readers to the causes, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments of diseases. It provides updated information on specific diseases (such as heart disease and Gulf War Syndrome), on breakthroughs regarding the causes of some diseases (such as microbial infections, antigens triggered by genetic and environmental factors), and on the latest treatment advances (such as research with zinc). Revised and rewritten appendixes offer the most current directories and resources for further information on infectious diseases and an updated glossary includes many new terms. Topics include childhood diseases, common afflictions such as colds and viruses, and sexually transmitted diseases as well as animal-borne diseases and newly emerging diseases, such as Mad Cow and necrotizing fascitis.

About this title

About the Author

Bonnie Lee Ashby is a senior attending physician at the Mainline Health hospitals, and a clinical assistant professor at Jefferson Medical College. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and a member of the American Society of Microbiology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Facts On File Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816047758
• ISBN 13: 9780816047758
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 416