Hot topics in infection and immunity in children. II /

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Imprint:New York, NY : Springer, c2005.
Description:xix, 234 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 0065-2598 ; v. 568
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5745864
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Varying Form of Title:Hot topics in infection and immunity in children 2
Other authors / contributors:Pollard, Andrew J.
Finn, Adam, 1959-
British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity, and Infection Group.
European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases.
University of Oxford. Department of Paediatrics.
ISBN:0387253416
0387253424 (eISBN)
Notes:Published in association with the British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group (BPAIIG), the European Society for Infectious Diseases (ESPID), and the Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford.
"This book is based on the course "Infection and Immunity in Children 2004" which was held at Keble College Oxford, UK in June 2004. This is the second book in this series covering topics in infection and immunity during childhood"--P. v.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Standard no.:9780387253411
Table of Contents:
  • Emerging Infections and Children: Influenza
  • Chickenpox Party or Varicella Vaccine?
  • The ABC of Epstein-BarrVirus Infections
  • The Immune Response to Viral Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
  • Chronic Granulomatous Disease: From Genetic Defect to Clinical Presentation
  • Novel Primary Immunodeficiencies
  • Periodic Fever
  • BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) Vaccine
  • Helminth Infections of Children: Prospects For Control
  • Rabies on The Doorstep
  • Prevention of Typhoid Fever
  • Dexamethasone in the Treatment of Paediatric Bacterial Meningitis In Developing Countries: Is It Beneficial?
  • Should Dexamethasone be Part of Routine Therapy of Bacterial Meningitis in Industrialised Countries?
  • How to Interpret A CSF: the Art and the Science
  • Reverse Vaccinology and Vaccines for Serogroup B Neisseria Meningitidis