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The guidance in this document is applicable to all work situations within Network Rail. Purpose This guidance provides information on the identification, assessment and control of potential risk of infections at work and those that employees may bring into the workplace. In addition,...
PREFACE This handbook was first produced as infection control guidance for the West Midlands Region of the UK in the early 1970s. The first edition, published in 1975, was widely used throughout the UK and many other countries. The original contributors were mainly microbiologists,...
This unique reference provides concise, single-source coverage of the clinical, research, and therapeutic aspects of dermatological problems associated with bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Introduces many novel antifungal, antibacterial, and antiviral agents! Highlighting the molecular biology as...
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PREFACE To date, 22 million people have died from AIDS and 36 million are currently living with HIV infection. The full impact of the HIV pandemic is, therefore, yet to be felt. In the meantime, HIV continues to spread, with more than 5 million newly infected during 2000. While neither a...
Throughout the 20th century infectious diseases remained the leading cause of premature mortality, but increasing availability of drugs and vaccines to combat and prevent infection led many to believe that the threat from infectious disease in industrialized countries was all but over....
This book focuses on the influence of diet on the immune system and how altering one's diet helps prevent and treat infections and chronic diseases. It reviews basic immunology and discusses changes in immune function throughout the lifecycle. Authors: Philip C. Calder, Anil D. Kulkarni
Case Studies in Infection Control has 25 cases, each focusing on an infectious disease, which illustrate the critical aspects of infection control and prevention. Scenarios in the cases are real events from both community and hospital situations, and written by experts....
This concise text explores the interactions between pathogens and the immune system. Taking a disease-based approach, it explains how micro-organisms adapted to growth in human hosts can evade the immune system and cause disease. The opening chapter overviews the innate and adaptive immune...
Preface Recent immunologic, epidemiologic, microbiologic and neuropsychiatric studies point to infectious etiologies of several important neuropsychiatric disorders e.g. schizophrenia, autism, obsessive-compulsive
This book presents a variety of perceptions of and perspectives on infection prevention and control. In doing this, the chapters will reflect upon challenging and controversial new ways of looking at infection prevention and control aimed at generating both discussion...
This report addresses infection control issues related to the devices and equipment used in dental informatics and is based on the existing infection control protocols related to dental patient care. Devices and equipment used in patient treatment areas should be...
Preface Remarkable advances have been made in the global battle against the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). A proliferation of drugs in a variety of classes, some with novel mechanisms of action against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the causative agent of AIDS, has brought a...
This book reflects the different efforts made by veterinary and medical doctors for better knowledge of the disease. It shows how much we depends on each other to understand better the clinical features, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of campylobacter infections and other diseases.
Introduction Establishing that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the etiologic agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was the beginning of a revolution in science. Since then, the advances made in retrovirology have led to major advances in therapy for HIV, which, in turn, have...
The purpose of this book is to analyze and determine how a host responds to a blood stage malaria infection. It focuses on strategies for anti-malarial vaccination, genetic control of host resistance to malaria, and the contribution of the host genetic background to resistance or...
