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A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology
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Product Description
This Second Edition of A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology is a practical, highly illustrated, quick reference guide to clinical virology. It brings together the essentials of the subject in a entertaining and informative style, describing in turn the clinical features, the symptoms and signs of each of the viral diseases, as well as summarising the epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis and therapy in each case. This book also includes general chapters on classification, diagnosis of infection, antiviral drugs, vaccines and different clinical syndromes.
Key Features:
- Chapter summaries for quick reference
- Cartoon illustrations
- Comprehensive coverage
- Clear and concise format
Each chapter is easy to read and well organised, ensuring that this is an invaluable textbook for all medical, biomedical, microbiology and applied biology students. In addition, it provides an excellent reference for nurses, occupational health and infection control departments, public health and diagnostic laboratories.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #501088 in Books
- Published on: 2002-08-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 306 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
This new Edition of A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology has been thoroughly updated and is a practical, highly illustrated, quick reference guide to clinical virology. It brings together the essentials of the subject in a entertaining and informative style, describing in turn the clinical features, the symptoms and signs of each of the viral diseases, as well as summarising the epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis and therapy in each case. This book also includes general chapters such as classification, diagnosis of infection, antiviral drugs, vaccines and different clinical syndromes.
Features include:
∗ hapter summaries for quick reference
∗ Cartoon illustrations
∗ New chapters on
Human Herpes Virus 6
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis E
Emerging Viruses
Polyoma viruses
∗ Comprehensive coverage
∗ Clear and concise format
Each chapter is easy to read and well organised, ensuring that this is an invaluable textbook for all medical, biomedical, microbiology and applied biology students. In addition, it will provide an excellent reference for nurses, occupational health and infection control departments, public health and diagnostic laboratories.
