Challenges in Infectious Diseases

This latest volume in the Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century series provides timely information and discussions on future approaches to controlling various infectious disease worldwide. Challenges in Infectious Diseases addresses numerous advances in medical-scientific knowledge, medic...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Fong, I.W. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4496-1
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • HIV Epidemic
  • Multidrug-resistant Bacteria: The Emerging Crisis
  • Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Global Challenge
  • Urbanization and Infectious Diseases: General Principles, Historical Perspectives, and Contemporary Challenges
  • Challenges in enteric epidemics from Cholera to malnutrition and cognitive development: barometers of inadequate water sanitation
  • Challenges in control and eradication of malaria
  • Lymphatic filariasis: progress and challenges in the move toward elimination
  • Leishmaniasis: Challenges in the control and eradication
  • Challenges in controlling and eliminating Schistosomiasis
  • Dengue Infections
  • Index.