Phoma Identification Manual: Differentiation of Specific and Infra-specific Taxa in Culture

Phoma Identification Manual: Differentiation of Specific and Infra-specific Taxa in Culture
by G. H. Boerema (Author), J. de Gruyer (Author), M. E. Noordeloos (Author), Maria E. C. Hamers (Author)

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Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: CABI; 1 edition (September 10, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0851997430

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Phoma is a genus of fungi within the Coelomycetes. These fungi are commonly and frequently recovered in culture from all ecological situations, but are very difficult to identify. There has been a great need for a practical manual to aid such identification, and this book will fill that gap. It provides line drawings and keys for the identification of common pathogenic and saprotrophic species of Phoma in vitro, with references to additional diagnostic literature and documentation of the numerous synonyms formerly used in the phytopathological literature.

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Infections and the Cardiovascular System: New Perspectives

Infections and the Cardiovascular System: New Perspectives (Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century)
by I.W. Fong (Author)

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 28, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0306474042

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Infectious agents have been recognized to involve the heart and vascular system for well over a century. Traditional concepts and teachings of their involvement in the pathogenesis of disease have been by a few established mechanisms. Since the last decade of the 20th century there has been renewed interest in the medical and public media on infectious diseases affecting the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, through their relationship with the development of acceleration of atherosclerosis. This volume highlights and reviews new perspectives of infections on the cardiovascular system as never before. It is a truly valuable resource for scientists, researchers, residents, and fellows in the fields of infectious disease, cardiology, and microbiology.

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Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS

Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public)
by Peter Baldwin (Author)

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Hardcover: 478 pages
Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (May 16, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 052024350

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Disease and Democracy is the first comparative analysis of how Western democratic nations have coped with AIDS. Peter Baldwin's exploration of divergent approaches to the epidemic in the United States and several European nations is a springboard for a wide-ranging and sophisticated historical analysis of public health practices and policies. In addition to his comprehensive presentation of information on approaches to AIDS, Baldwin's authoritative book provides a new perspective on our most enduring political dilemma: how to reconcile individual liberty with the safety of the community.
Baldwin finds that Western democratic nations have adopted much more varied approaches to AIDS than is commonly recognized. He situates the range of responses to AIDS within the span of past attempts to control contagious disease and discovers the crucial role that history has played in developing these various approaches. Baldwin finds that the various tactics adopted to fight AIDS have sprung largely from those adopted against the classic epidemic diseases of the nineteenth century--especially cholera--and that they reflect the long institutional memories embodied in public health institutions.

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