Hot topics in infection and immunity in children. IV /

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Imprint:	New York, NY : Springer, c2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 238 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 609 Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 609.
Subject:	Infection in children. Communicable diseases in children. Children -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects. Infection -- drug therapy. Infant. Child. Infection -- immunology. Bacterial Infections -- drug therapy. Bacterial Infections -- immunology. Virus Diseases -- drug therapy. Virus Diseases -- immunology. Communicable diseases in children. Infection in children.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8884834

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Varying Form of Title:	Hot topics in infection and immunity in children 4
Other authors / contributors:	Finn, Adam, 1959- Pollard, Andrew J.
ISBN:	9780387739601 (electronic bk.) 0387739602 (electronic bk.) 9780387739595 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0387739599 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9786611140069 6611140069
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children IV contains chapters based on lectures given by speakers at the "Infection and Immunity in Children" course, held in June 2006 at Keble College, Oxford. It was the fourth annual course of this name and this is the fourth book in the series as well. Together the courses and books have become important components of the training available to paediatricians with an interest in this specialty and have become increasingly popular each year. This book covers topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious D.
Other form:	Print version: Hot topics in infection and immunity in children. IV. New York, NY : Springer, c2008 9780387739595 0387739599

Table of Contents:

The enteroviruses : an emerging infectious disease? The real, the speculative, and the really speculative / Mark J. Abzug
Science and society : the HIV epidemic and South African political responses / Hoosen Coovadia and Imraan Coovadia
Pathogenesis of group A streptococcal infections and their sequelae / Madeleine W. Cunningham
Snakes, jellyfish, and spiders / Bart J. Currie
Current status of group A streptococcal vaccine development / James B. Dale
New aspects on diagnosis and transmission of hepatitis B in pediatric patients and pregnant women / Robert A. de Man, Annemiek van der Eijck, and Irene Veldhuijzen
Pertussis immunisation in adolescents and adults / Ulrich Heininger
Trachoma : recent developments / David Mabey
Gonococcal infections in newborns and in adolescents / Noni MacDonald, Tim Mailman, and Shalini Desai
Management of severe dengue in children / Christopher Moxon and Bridget Wills
Human papillomavirus vaccines : who should get them and why? / Stéphane Paulus and Simon Dobson
Antimicrobial resistance among enteric pathogens / Larry K. Pickering
What the paediatrician needs to know when pandemic influenza arrives in clinical practice / Nicole Ritz and Nigel Curtis
Lyme disease / Eugene D. Shapiro
Management of myocarditis in children : the current situation / Brigitte Stiller
Therapy of herpes virus infections in children / Richard J. Whitley.

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