| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 509 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Infectious causes of chronic disease: from hypothesis to proof -- Late manifestations of lyme borreliosis -- Chlamydia pneumoniae and Chlamydia trachomatis -- Enteric pathogens -- Escherichai coli: enteric and extraintestinal infections -- Variable capacity for persistent infection and complications of gram-positive cocci: streptococci and staphylococci -- Helicobacter pylori -- Mycobacteria: leprosy, a battle turned; tuberculosis, a battle raging; paratuberculosis, a battle ignored -- Complications and long-term sequelae of infections by Neisseria gonorrhoeae -- Sequelae and long-term consequences of syphilis infection -- Whipple's disease -- Toxoplasma gondii -- Taenia solium -- Long-term consequences of Cryptosporidium infections in immunocompetent and immunodeficient individuals -- Malaria -- Trypanosomatidae: Leishmania species, Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease), and associated complications -- Parasitic helminths -- Acute viral infections with rare late complications -- Latent viral infections -- Sequelae of chronic viral hepatitis -- Slow viral infections -- Complications of superficial mycoses -- Sequelae and long-term consequences of systemic and subcutaneous mycoses -- Prion diseases -- Infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis, a potential risk factor for chronic systemic disease -- Diseases with long-term consequences in search of a microbial agent -- Epidemiological methods to implicate specific microorganisms with long-term complications -- Concluding perspectives of sequelae and long-term consequences of infectious diseases: what's next? |
| Summary |
The purpose of this book is to provide a single source covering varying aspects of long-term sequelae of infectious diseases. In addition to covering the diseases and their sequelae, the genetic and immunological statuses of the afflicted individuals are discussed in terms of the infection, disease progression, and symptoms as well as treatment options. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases -- Complications.
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Communicable diseases. |
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Communicable Diseases -- complications. |
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Chronic Disease. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Fratamico, Pina M., editor.
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Smith, J. L. (James L.), editor.
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Brogden, Kim A., editor.
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American Society for Microbiology.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sequelae and long-term consequences of infectious diseases. Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2009 9781555814304 (DLC) 2009008150 (OCoLC)311060157 |
| ISBN |
9781555815486 (electronic book) |
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1555815480 (electronic book) |
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9781555814304 (alkaline paper) |
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1555814301 (alkaline paper) |
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9781555815480 |
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