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Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu

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Completely revised and updated, this respected reference offers comprehensive and current coverage of every aspect of vaccination-from development to use in reducing disease. It provides authoritative information on vaccine production, available preparations, efficacy, and safety.recommendations for vaccine use, with rationales.data on the impact of vaccination programs on morbidity and mortality.and more. And now, as an Expert Consult title, it includes a companion web site offering this unparalleled guidance where and when you need it most!

• Provides a complete understanding of each disease, including clinical characteristics, microbiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment, as well an epidemiology and public health issues.
• Offers comprehensive coverage of both existing vaccines and vaccines currently in the research and development stage.
• Examines vaccine stability, immunogenicity, efficacy, duration of immunity, adverse events, indications, contraindications, precautions, administration with other vaccines, and disease control strategies.
• Analyses the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of vaccines.
• Discusses the proper use of immune globulins and antitoxins.
• Illustrates concepts and objective data with approximately 600 tables and figures.

• Includes access to a companion web site offering the complete contents of the book – fully searchable – for rapid consultation from anyplace with an Internet connection.

Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

Vaccines: Expert Consult

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Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives, more people than those perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this vivid narrative, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic-stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event. In a new edition, with a new preface discussing the recent outbreaks of diseases, including the Asian flu and the SARS epidemic, America’s Forgotten Pandemic remains both prescient and relevant. Alfred W. Crosby is a Professor Emeritus in American Studies, History and Geography at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught for over 20 years. His previous books include Throwing Fire (Cambrige, 2002), the Measure of Reality (Cambridge, 1997) and Ecological Imperialism (cambridge, 1986). Ecological Imperialism was the winner of the 1986 Phi Beta Kappa book prize. The Measure of Reality was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the 100 most important books of 1997.

America’s Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918

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Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives, more people than those perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this vivid narrative, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic-stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event. In a new edition, with a new preface discussing the recent outbreaks of diseases, including the Asian flu and the SARS epidemic, America’s Forgotten Pandemic remains both prescient and relevant. Alfred W. Crosby is a Professor Emeritus in American Studies, History and Geography at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught for over 20 years. His previous books include Throwing Fire (Cambrige, 2002), the Measure of Reality (Cambridge, 1997) and Ecological Imperialism (cambridge, 1986). Ecological Imperialism was the winner of the 1986 Phi Beta Kappa book prize. The Measure of Reality was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the 100 most important books of 1997.

America’s Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918

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Widely acknowledged as the definitive reference source of its kind, Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases is back–in a new 6th Edition! Authored by a “who’s who” of experts from around the world, this 2-volume set encompasses all that is currently known about the epidemiology, etiology, pathology, microbiology, immunology, and treatment of infectious agents. Completely revised and updated–and with a bold, new 4-color format–it is a complete, essential compendium of knowledge on this vast and complex subject.

Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases: 2-Volume Set

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Featuring full-color illustrations and hundreds of tables with diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines, this authoritative resource explores the diagnosis and treatment of canine and feline infectious diseases caused by viruses, rickettsiae, chlamydiae, mycoplasmas, bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa, and unknown agents. Discussion of each disease includes diagnostic testing, indications and methods for sample collection, in-office diagnostic procedures, and more. It also features a complete antimicrobial drug formulary, drug dosage tables, prescribing information, immunization recommendations, and a list of product manufacturers.

• An accompanying CD-ROM provides easy access to an extensive list of references for further research.
• A complete list of acronyms is located on the front cover for quick access to the meanings of all acronyms featured in the book.
• Provides complete and consistent prescribing information in easy-to-use drug dosage tables.
• A comprehensive drug formulary in the appendix provides key information on each drug to help adjust dosages on the basis of clinical and toxicologic data.

• Includes coverage of newly discovered infectious agents of dogs and cats, including diagnosis and treatment considerations.
• Provides the latest information on foot and mouth disease virus infection.
• Contains up-to-date information on Australian bat lyssavirus infection in the Rabies chapter.
• Offers additional information on canine monocytic and granulocytic ehrlichiosis.
• This edition features full-color illustrations and a user-friendly layout.

Dr. Greene is the recipient of the 2005 Mark L. Morris, Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award!

Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat , Revised Reprint

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The most complete hard-copy reference of Gram-stained direct smears on the market, this full-color, spiral-bound atlas features over 250 quality photomicrographs taken from Gram-stained smear preparations of actual patient specimens. This manual presents a simple, easy-to-use format with brief legends accompanying each clear image. The photomicrographs range from the common and routine to the rare and unusual. An invaluable reference and educational tool, this manual is effective both as a standalone text and as an accompaniment to Marler, Siders and Allens Direct Smear Atlas CD-ROM.

Direct Smear Atlas: A Monograph of Gram-Stained Preparations of Clinical Specimens

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From the publisher of Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, this new second edition of the award winning bestselling guide helps out-of-home caregivers prevent, identify, and respond to the most common childhood infectious diseases. Written in concise, nontechnical language and spiral-bound for easy use, the guide provides a valuable new tool to help caregivers handle child illness and communicate with health care professionals. The medical information is presented in an easy-to-understand style and tone. This publication is meant to be a “bridge” publication that will allow pediatricians and child care workers to “speak the same language” and enrich the field of child care beyond the tools currently available. Puts critical child health information at your fingertips for fast, on-the-spot reference. * Infection control measures * Health promotion and hygiene * Sanitation, disinfection, and maintenance * Hand washing * Diaper changing * Signs and symptoms of the ill child * Inclusion and exclusion criteria * Caregiver health * Situations requiring immediate medical attention * And more

Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools

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“Gripping . . . a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”
—Jack Weatherford,author of the New York Times bestseller Genghis Khan and the Making of the
Modern World

In a masterful dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, New York Times bestselling author Stephan Talty tells the story of a mighty ruler and a tiny microbe, antagonists whose struggle would shape the modern world.

In the spring of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte was at the height of his powers. Forty-five million called him emperor, and he commanded a nation that was the richest, most cultured, and advanced on earth. No army could stand against his impeccably trained, brilliantly led forces, and his continued sweep across Europe seemed inevitable.

Early that year, bolstered by his successes, Napoleon turned his attentions toward Moscow, helming the largest invasion in human history. Surely, Tsar Alexander’s outnumbered troops would crumble against this mighty force.

But another powerful and ancient enemy awaited Napoleon’s men in the Russian steppes. Virulent and swift, this microscopic foe would bring the emperor to his knees.

Even as the Russians retreated before him in disarray, Napoleon found his army disappearing, his frantic doctors powerless to explain what had struck down a hundred thousand soldiers. The emperor’s vaunted military brilliance suddenly seemed useless, and when the Russians put their own occupied capital to the torch, the campaign became a desperate race through the frozen landscape as troops continued to die by the thousands. Through it all, with tragic heroism, Napoleon’s disease-ravaged, freezing, starving men somehow rallied, again and again, to cries of “Vive l’Empereur!”

Yet Talty’s sweeping tale takes us far beyond the doomed heroics and bloody clashes of the battlefield. The Illustrious Dead delves deep into the origins of the pathogen that finally ended the mighty emperor’s dreams of world conquest and exposes this “war plague’s” hidden role throughout history. A tale of two unstoppable forces meeting on the road to Moscow in an epic clash of killer microbe and peerless army, The Illustrious Dead is a historical whodunit in which a million lives hang in the balance.

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The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon’s Greatest Army

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Practical Stress Management  is a focused, personal, worksheet-based text that combines theory and principles with hands-on exercises to help readers manage the negative impact of stress in their lives. The Fourth Edition has been revised to include updated nutrition information including the new MyPyramid. As a practical tool for recognizing and preventing stress, the action-oriented approach enables students to make personal change through self-reflection and behavior change techniques. Understanding Stress, Enhancing Awareness About Managing Stress, Relaxation, Effective Communication, Managing Anger and Resolving Conflicts, Coping with Anxiety, Eating Behaviors for Healthy Lifestyles, Regular Exercise and Physical Activity, Efficient Time Management, Implementing a Stress Reduction Plan. For all readers interested in stress management.

Practical Stress Management: A Comprehensive Workbook for Managing Change and Promoting Health