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Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines

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Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines

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Although infectious mononucleosis is usually caused by Epstein-Barr virus, as many as one in five cases–possibly more–may be due to a different infectious agent. Drs Godshall and Kirchner discuss the complexities of this common syndrome and offer useful tips on diagnosis and management. Godshall SE, Kirchner JT.

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Although infectious mononucleosis is usually caused by Epstein-Barr virus, as many as one in five cases–possibly more–may be due to a different infectious agent. Drs Godshall and Kirchner discuss the complexities of this common syndrome and offer useful tips on diagnosis and management. Godshall SE, Kirchner JT.

Original Publication Date: June 2000

INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS: Complexities of a common syndrome

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An analysis of infectious disease as a threat to national security that examines the destabilizing effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SARS, and Mad Cow Disease.

Contagion and Chaos: Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization

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A legend in his lifetime, Lord Byron was the dominant influence on the Romantic movement. The text of this edition, which contains nearly all of Byron’s published poems together with the poet’s own Notes, was first published in The Oxford Poets in 1896, and has been reprinted numerous times. Fredrick Page’s text has been revised by John Jump, who has made a number of substantive corrections, and added to Don Juan the fragment of a seventeenth canto that was previously unavailable.

Byron: Complete Poetical Works

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Findings from the field of evolutionary biology are yielding dramatic insights for health scientists, especially those involved in the fight against infectious diseases. This book is the first in-depth presentation of these insights. In detailing why the pathogens that cause malaria, smallpox, tuberculosis, and AIDS have their special kinds of deadliness, the book shows how efforts to control virtually all diseases would benefit from a more thorough application of evolutionary principles. When viewed from a Darwinian perspective, a pathogen is not simply a disease-causing agent, it is a self-replicating organism driven by evolutionary pressures to pass on as many copies of itself as possible. In this context, so-called “cultural vectors”–those aspects of human behavior and the human environment that allow spread of disease from immobilized people–become more important than ever. Interventions to control diseases don’t simply hinder their spread but can cause pathogens and the diseases they engender to evolve into more benign forms. In fact, the union of health science with evolutionary biology offers an entirely new dimension to policy making, as the possibility of determining the future course of many diseases becomes a reality. By presenting the first detailed explanation of an evolutionary perspective on infectious disease, the author has achieved a genuine milestone in the synthesis of health science, epidemiology, and evolutionary biology. Written in a clear, accessible style, it is intended for a wide readership among professionals in these fields and general readers interested in science and health.

Evolution of Infectious Disease

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This book offers a balanced presentation of the microbial world to children in the early school-age years. Using vivid micrographs that show microorganisms shaped as letters of the alphabet, this book teaches children that microorganisms are fascinating life forms that carry out essential activities in our ecosystems to sustain life on Earth. features over 100 superb illustrations of algae, molds, bacteria, and viruses emphasizes the beneficial roles of microorganisms children encounter in their daily activities, from eating bread and cheese to taking medicines presents scientifically accurate information in an age-appropriate format that is both colorful and captivating communicates the size of microorganisms by relating them to items children are familiar with from everyday experiences.

The Invisible ABC’s: Exploring the World of Microbes…

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Infectious diseases have plagued man throughout history. In the era of modern medicine antibiotics and vaccines brought the hope of liberation from the great scourges of smallpox, polio, and tuberculosis. Yet, in the ensuing decades as we hoped to close the book on infectious diseases, we have instead been confronted by wave upon wave of new assailants. AIDS, SARS, pandemic influenza, and multi-drug resistant bacteria demonstrated how our technological advances have either fallen short in halting or even enhanced the spread of emerging pathogens. International air travel has collapsed geographic boundaries that once confined tropical infections to distant latitudes. Novel forms of immunosuppression, advances in organ transplantation, and victories in the cancer wars have led to an ever-expanding population at risk for opportunistic infections. In this collection of illustrated cases we give a cross-sectional view of the growing challenges that face the infectious diseases consultant. The modern physician is empowered by high resolution imaging and molecular diagnostic techniques that confer diagnostic capabilities Osler could have only dreamed of. Nevertheless we continue to grapple with the timeless struggles illuminated by Pasteur, Koch, and Fleming between man and the microscopic organisms of the world.

Part of the new Oxford American Infectious Disease Library series, this book of illustrative cases will appeal to anyone working in a busy infectious diseases consultation service or practice including students, residents, fellows, faculty and other ID practitioners. Featuring numerous high-quality images and illustrations guiding diagnosis and case discussion, the handbook is meant to serve as a highly practical guide covering current approaches and new developments in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of a cross section of infectious diseases, including community-acquired and healthcare-associated infections.

Consultations in Infectious Disease: A Case Based Approach to Diagnosis and Management

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How do you explain to a 10-year-old why his mother can’t play with him like she used to? What can you say to make a 6-year-old understand why her mother goes to the doctor so often? With over 4 million Americans infected with hepatitis C, a large number are parents who ask themselves these questions everyday. Now the bestselling authors of Living With Hepatitis C: A Survivor’s Guide have joined forces with an early childhood specialist to answer these questions in a new book entitled My Mom Has Hepatitis C. An easy to understand story filled with 25 beautiful watercolor drawings, this book is the perfect way for parents and children to share information and feelings. My Mom Has Hepatitis C centers around Mom’s discovery that she has the hepatitis C virus, how she tells her son and daughter, their trips to the doctor and Mom’s treatments. It ends when Mom finally goes into remission. The book also includes a straightforward and simple glossary of terms along with a list of recommended readings.

My Mom Has Hepatitis C

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Cholera is a frightening disease. Victims are wracked by stomach cramps and suffer intense diarrhoea. Death can come within hours.

Though now seeming a distant memory in Europe, which suffered several epidemics in the 19th century before John Snow identified the link with water, cholera is still a serious threat in many parts of the world–Zimbabwe is a recent example. Snow’s discovery was one of the great breakthroughs of epidemiology and a wonderful story from the history of science. Later came the discovery of the culprit organism–Cholera vibrio–understanding of its life cycle, and the development of a vaccine. But the problem of cholera has not disappeared. This book tells the story of cholera, and looks at both the medical success in the West, and the different attitudes to the disease in countries in which it is prevalent as opposed to those in which it put in a temporary appearance. Unlike other books on cholera, which focus on the experience of particular countries, Christopher Hamlin’s account draws together the experiences from various countries, both those that were colonies and those that were not.
Cholera: the biography is part of the Oxford series, Biographies of Diseases, edited by William and Helen Bynum. In each individual volume an expert historian or clinician tells the story of a particular disease or condition throughout history – not only in terms of growing medical understanding of its nature and cure, but also shifting social and cultural attitudes, and changes in the meaning of the name of the disease itself.

Cholera: The Biography