Emerging neurological infections. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christopher Power, Richard T. Johnson.
• Other Names: M.D, Power, Christopher; Johnson, Richard T (Richard Tidball), 1931-
• Contents: 1. Microbial evolution and emerging diseases / Esteban Domingo -- 2. Ecological disturbances and emerging infections : travel, dams, shipment of goods, and vectors / Mary Elizabeth Wilson -- 3. Nipah encephalitis / Chong-Tin Tan, K. Thong Wong, and Kaw-Bing Chua -- 4. Prion diseases and dementia / James A. Mastrianni -- 5. Arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers : Argentine hemorrhagic fever and lassa fever / Delia A. Enria -- 6. Cerebral malaria / Nicholas Day -- 7. Rabies / Alan C. Jackson -- 8. Lyme disease / Patricia K. Coyle, Mustafa A. Hammad, and Firas G. Saleh -- 9. Flaviviridae / Deborah S. Asnis and Robert Crupi -- 10. Neurocysticercosis / Larry E. Davis -- 11. The problem of human African trypanosomiasis / Peter G.E. Kennedy -- 12. Enterovirus 71 encephalitis / Chao-Ching Huang, Ying-Chao Chang, and Cheng-Yu Chen -- 13. Guillain-Barr ̌syndrome and campylobacter infection / Kazim A. Sheikh and Irving Nachamkin -- 14. Latent and activated brain flora : human herpesviruses, endogenous retroviruses, coronaviruses, and chlamydia and their role in neurological disease / Michael Mayne and J.B. Johnston -- 15. Herpes simplex virus drug resistance-hsv thymidine kinase mutants / Richard B. Tenser -- 16. Drug-resistant bacterial infections : implications for neurosurgical and neurological patients / Karen L. Roos -- 17. HIV-related neurological disease in the era of HAART / C.T. Loy, S. Tomlinson, and B.J. Brew -- 18. Gauging the threats : a conceptual framework for prioritizing research directed toward intervention / Paul W. Ewald -- 19. Immediate responses to new infections and the rapid development of a vaccine strategy / Edwina J. Wright, Catriona A. McLean, and Steven L. Wesselingh -- 20. Future perspectives.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 505 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 616.8; Nervous system -- Infections; Central Nervous System Infections; Communicable Diseases, Emerging; Diagnosis, Differential; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Vaccines; Nervous system -- Infections; Nervous system; Système nerveux -- Infections; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain); MEDICAL -- Neurology; Nervous system -- Infections; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780849340871
• Related ISBNs: 084934087X; 0824754239
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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