Infectious Diseases

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608882205Author Pepe EscobarFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Nimble BooksPublisher Nimble BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

In The Black Death: A New History of the Great Mortality in Europe, 1347-1500, leading scholar John Aberth provides the most authoritative, up-to-date treatment of the Black Death, giving not just a narrative account but also a thorough examination of...

'Manaugh and Twilley shed illuminating light on a phenomenon that seems utterly of the present moment.' Financial Times' Best Books of the Year'Startlingly timely, authoritatively researched, and electrifyingly written.' Steve Silberman, author of...

Sexually transmitted diseases have been hidden players in our lives for the whole of human history, with roles in everything from World War II to the growth of the Internet to The Bachelor. But despite their prominence, STDs have been shrouded in mystery...

Modernizing Global Health Security to Prevent, Detect, and Respond explores-through thoughtful, thorough, and diverse scientific review and analyses-factors that have led to recent public health emergencies and offers a vision for a better protected...

A series of natural disasters in the Orient during the 14th century caused the most devastating period of death and destruction in European history. One third of the people in Europe were killed over a period of just three years, and there was social and...

The 1918-19 influenza epidemic killed more than 50 million people, and infected between one fifth and half of the world's population. It is the world's greatest killing influenza pandemic, and is used as a worst case scenario for emerging infectious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156005814Author Paul MonetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641525565Author Lindsay ChristensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Fungal Infection: Diagnosis and Management, 4th Edition is a concise and up-to-date guide to the clinical manifestations, laboratory diagnosis and management of superficial, subcutaneous and systemic fungal infections. This highly acclaimed book has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250800237Author Paul FarmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 141mm * 32mm

A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle...

At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed...

This book is a major and wide-ranging study of the great epidemic scourges of humanity-plague, leprosy, smallpox, syphilis, cholera, and yellow fever/malaria-over the last six centuries. It will become the standard account of the way diseases arising...

Newly organized and featuring new editors and hundreds of new images, Peters' Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Seventh Edition, brings you up to date with today's greatest challenges in tropical medicine. Increased global travel, climate...

Rapid Infectious Diseases is the fourth book to appear in the Rapid series. Each book is designed for short revision covering key facts in a simple and memorable fashion, using well-thought out mnemonics to aid recall This new text provides students in...

For epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, and health-care professionals, real-time and predictive modeling of infectious disease is of growing importance. This book provides a timely and comprehensive introduction to the modeling of infectious...

'An essential guide' (Dr Mark Hyman, author of Young Forever) to navigating life with the cognitive and mental health impairments that often accompany Long Covid.Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the shocking mortality figures obscured the fact that death...

They were taken. They returned. They never aged. A family is abducted. There are no signs of a struggle. Their Italian holiday villa is untouched. There are no ransom demands. The parents and two little girls, Victoria and Elizabeth, have simply...

Oxford Case Histories in Infection and Microbiology contains over 45 well structured cases, providing comprehensive coverage of the diagnostic and management dilemmas in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. Each case comprises of a brief...

The public has taken a new level of interest in outbreak response since 2020, learning epidemiologic terms and developing diverse levels of expertise and facility. Public health professionals are now calling on citizen scientists to engage as outbreaks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528716253Author Florence NightingaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 223Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Why, Robert S. Desowitz asks, has biotechnical research on malaria produced so little when it had promised so much? An expert in tropical diseases, Desowtiz searches for answers in this provocative book.About the AuthorRobert S. Desowitz (1926-2008) was...

Cervical cancer kills almost 350,000 women each year. What's more horrifying, is that millions have died of this disease that's nearly 100% preventable. It's no secret that healthcare is full of inequities, with a severe lack of accessible screening...

Widely used by students, residents, generalists, and specialists, Netter's Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition delivers must-know information on infectious diseases in a highly illustrated, easily accessible format. Concise visual overviews of essential...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312573010Author Sonia ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 142mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594482694Author Steven JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062896285Author Kris NewbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Since its release in the fall of 2013, Dr. Horowitz's groundbreaking text on Lyme and chronic disease Why Can't I Get Better? Has been an extraordinary success, with more than 20,000 copies sold across formats to date and a media platform that is...

Apollo's Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020, and of how the recovery will unfold in the coming years. Drawing on momentous (yet dimly remembered) historical epidemics,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for The Arts Foundation Futures Awards, Comics Category 2020.Book InformationISBN 9781912408665Author Zara SlatteryFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Myriad...

Our national leaders have drifted into treating the pandemic as though it were an unavoidable natural catastrophe, repeating a depressing cycle of panic followed by neglect. So a remarkable group of practitioners and scholars from many backgrounds came...

Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality worldwide. Now in its fourth edition, Manual of Childhood Infections is a simple-to-use, evidence-based, and practical handbook on how to recognize, investigate, and manage both...

An understanding of the social sciences within infection prevention and control (IPC) is important for those working in health and social care. This new book, Infection Prevention and Control: A Social Science Perspective positions the specialty of IPC...

In this panoramic and up-to-date account, we learn how the Black Death, smallpox, the Spanish flu and other great epidemics have led to enormous sufferings and mass death, as well as contributing to the fall of empires and changing the course of history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976379706Author Bryan RosnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Biomed Publishing GroupPublisher Biomed Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 535g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998055428Author Justus R HopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Hope Pressworks Intl LLCPublisher Hope Pressworks Intl LLCWeight(grams)...

This is the updated version of the hugely popular Applied Microbiology for Nurses, providing essential information about how infection occurs, methods to prevent it and the precautions required to contain it. The new edition is fully revised to include...

A story of courage and risk-taking, "House on Fire" tells how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded, and scarred millions over centuries of human history, was completely eradicated in a spectacular triumph of medicine and public health. Part...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735216310Author Darin IngelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press