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This volume covers a common infectious disease that afflicts millions every year-the flu-but one that has the potential of being at the center of a new pandemic, similar to the one that killed millions during 1918.
Influenza examines all aspects of this disease, including:
* The influenza virus and how it leads to infection in humans.
* The definition of epidemics and pandemics, and a description of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918.
* The clinical signs and symptoms of influenza, and how it impacts special populations, such as the elderly and HIV-infected patients
* The treatment and prevention of the flu The volume includes a glossary of important terms and a bibliography of accessible works that discuss the disease.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing (USA)
- Publication Date:30/10/2008
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- ISBN:9780313342608
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing (USA)
- Publication Date:30/10/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780313342608
