Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and Issues [Hardcover]

Felissa R. Lashley (Author), Felissa R. Lashley RN PhD A FACMG CIC (Editor), Jerry D. Durham PhD RN FAAN (Editor)

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Hardcover: 616 pages
Publisher: Springer Publishing Co., Inc.; 2 edition (May 14 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0826102506
ISBN-13: 978-0826102508
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.2 x 3.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 907 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #849,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"This new work updates the highly regarded first edition...and is equally excellent. It offers a wealth of timely information about a variety of emerging and reemerging infections...This is an excellent reference for anyone interested in emerging infections, and will be a valuable resource for health science students, especially those in nursing and public health....Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners."--Choice

Emerging, re-emerging, and antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases continue to increase at an alarming rate throughout the world. Written for a wide range of health professionals, particularly nurses, this revised edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of these diseases: their epidemiology, clinical manifestations, prevention, and treatment.

With contributions by a multidisciplinary team of nurses, physicians, and infectious disease specialists, the book includes material on the most recent and important new emerging infectious diseases:

Avian influenza and SARS
Issues of demographics and microbial resistance
Special topics, including bioterrorism
Behavioral and cultural factors
Infectious etiologies of chronic diseases
Travel and recreational exposure

Each chapter is amply illustrated with clinical case examples to demonstrate the pitfalls in differential diagnosis and elucidate proper management and treatment. Valuable appendices provide critical reference information for each of the bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic diseases.

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Provides nurses and other health professionals with a broad overview of emerging and re-emerging diseases in the United States. Covers the 17 most prevalent. Includes chapters on special issues, bioterrorism and immune-compromised populations. Appendix includes organizations and web sites. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Cheap, but no pictures. Information is already getting outdated., Dec 14 2010

By Michael A. Kuszpa - Published on Amazon.com

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This review is from: Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and Issues (Hardcover)

OK, this book was a required textbook for a graduate course I just completed. There are no photos in this book. I like pictures. This book is easy to read and provides a good overview of diseases. However, scientific peer reviewed journal articles found on the internet are much more informative and as expected much more up to date. Needless to say, in retrospect, I would not buy this book. I received an "A" in my course without even referencing any material from this book.

Overall, if you want a basic understanding of some emerging infectious diseases, you can buy this book. If you want some good up to date research, use internet resourced peer reviewed scientific journals.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete, Dec 8 2009

By Justin Reilly, esq. - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and Issues (Hardcover)

ME is a common and extremely disabling neuroendocrine immune disease. It has been known since the 1980s to be associated with multiple bacterial and virus, including retrovirus, infections and b cell lymphomas. It deserves more thorough coverage.

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