State Origin : The Evidence of the Laboratory Birth of AIDS

State Origin : The Evidence of the Laboratory Birth of AIDS
by Boyd E. Graves (Author)

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* Paperback: 260 pages
* Publisher: National Organization for the Advancement of (June 1, 2001)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 097077351X

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As America celebrates the 225th Anniversary of the greatest democracy in the world, author Boyd E. Graves, J.D. exposes the shocking evidence of a century long national obsession with ethnic genocide. Rationalized by the economics of population policy, legalized by Congress, and fueled by pharmacuetical propoganda, Dr. Graves outlines how the AIDS pandemic was manufactured and proliferated by government contracted laboratories.
Author Boyd Ed Graves has spent the last ten years tracking the origins of AIDS through a densely-covered propaganda trail of the highest deception. Dr. Graves' work offers the world a look behind the AIDS curtain, and offers our generation the first real opportunity to close the darkest chapter in human history.
As evidence, Dr. Graves provides the irrefutable “missing link,” the AIDS research logic Flow Chart. It is the linkage of over 20,000 scientific papers which conclusively prove a “candidate” virus was developed and mass produced. The “creation”, “production” and “proliferation” of AIDS is the ultimate assault on a social fabric woven in democracy. Here, Boyd Ed Graves shares some of the court documents and correspondence in response to the world’s most deadly ethnic cleansing experiment.
His 1999 Flow Chart discovery has been authenticated by medical and scientific doctors around the world. The critical insights now being unlocked by the thirty year old secret U.S. AIDS Flow Chart, have firmly established the genocide blue print as “the greatest document find of the century.”
The shocking conclusions of Dr. Graves’ research has resulted in the landmark case seeking Global AIDS Apology. Boyd E. Graves vs. The President of the United States, et al. United States Supreme Court Case No. 00-9587. “State Origin: The Evidence of the Laboratory Birth of AIDS” should be required reading for the world to ensure we establish a firm foundation, to never again allow the greatest democracy in the history of the world another opportunity to masquerade.
The AIDS holocaust has an activist, it is Boyd Ed Graves and this is his story.

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Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis
by Adel A. F. Mahmoud (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 550 pages
* Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company; 1st edition (March 15, 2001)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 186094146X

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The author is president of Merck Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc. Updates fundamental clinical knowledge of schistosomes, with coverage of their biology and epidemiology, clinical syndromes and pathological sequelae in humans, aspects of diagnosis and treatment, and vaccine development.

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Neurotropic Viral Infections

Neurotropic Viral Infections
by Carol Shoshkes Reiss (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 484 pages
* Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (November 10, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0521869641

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'The chapter authors and book editors have collaborated to produce a treatise that reads as if written by a single author. Obvious care has been taken throughout the chapters to make the text approachable and understandable by those with limited knowledge of virology and yet with the depth necessary to satisfy the most demanding of scholars.' Michael Goldblatt, President and CEO, Functional Genetics, Inc. 'The authors did an amazing job walking that fine line between too much detail for non-specialists and not enough sophistication for the cognoscenti.' Richard M. Ranshoff, Director, Neuroinflammation Research Center 'I can't imagine a better place to learn than this very well-thought out and comprehensive volume by leading authorities on this important subject.' Stephen S. Morse, Founding Director, Center for Public Health Preparedness, NCDP 'No other book is currently available that has the depth and range of the material presented... This book will undoubtedly be an important resource to the scientific and medical community.' Etty (Tika) Benveniste, Associate Director, Basic Science Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama, Birmingham 'Authoritative, accessible, and extensive ... a must read for any one interested in neurotropic viruses and how to combat them.'

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Managing Allergy

Managing Allergy
by Adnan Custovic (Editor), Platts-Mills Thomas (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 288 pages
* Publisher: Clinical Pub; 1 edition (February 28, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1846920256

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This is a practical book for clinicians setting out the options for effective management of chronic disease. There have been enormous advances in knowledge and understanding of the scientific and clinical aspects of allergic disorders over recent years. This book provides an evidence-based overview of therapy for allergy, showing how increased understanding translates into clinical practice, with a discussion of promising future therapeutic agents. This comprehensive review volume provides clinicians with a thorough understanding of the factors which will enable them to formulate an appropriate strategy for treatment and long-term management for each individual patient. It sets out integrated prevention and management strategy for allergic disorders. It is relevant both to hospital doctors and to GPs. It emphasizes importance of the patient viewpoint in the management of disease.

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Molecular Microbial Ecology

Molecular Microbial Ecology (Advancedmethods)
by A. M. Osborn (Author)

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* Paperback: 381 pages
* Publisher: BIOS Scientific Publ; 1 edition (September 29, 2005)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1859962831

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The Advanced Methods series is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and established research scientists. Titles in the series are designed to cover current important areas of research in life sciences, and include both theoretical background and detailed protocols. The aim is to give researchers sufficient theory, supported by references, to take the given protocols and adapt them to their particular experimental systems.
Molecular approaches to microbial ecology mean that in principle the entire range of species in a given sample can be analyzed, in contrast to conventional techniques, which rely on cell cultivation, and thereby typically include only about 10% of the species in a sample. Molecular Microbial Ecology provides both a theoretical and a methodological introduction to various key molecular techniques used in microbial ecology, focusing particularly on nucleic acid-based methodologies.

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Immunization Safety Review: SV40 Contamination of Polio Vaccine and Cancer

Immunization Safety Review: SV40 Contamination of Polio Vaccine and Cancer [ILLUSTRATED]
by Immunization Safety Review Committee (Author), Kathleen Stratton (Editor), Donna A. Almario (Editor), Marie C. McCormick (Editor)

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* Paperback: 102 pages
* Publisher: National Academies Press; illustrated edition edition (November 26, 2003)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0309086108

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Text is a report from the Institute of Medicine's Immunization Safety Review Committee looking at the long term effects of a contaminated polio vaccine administered from 1955-1963. Specifically targets the recipients of the vaccine and with respect to increased occurrences of cancer.

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Veterinary Microbiology

Veterinary Microbiology
by Dwight C. Hirsh (Editor), Yuan Chung Zee (Editor)

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* Paperback: 479 pages
* Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Professional; 2nd edition (January 15, 1999)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0865425434

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The most recent revision of this comprehensive text covers the bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogenic agents that are significant causes of animal disease. The focus includes pathogenic mechanisms and processes in infectious diseases; methods of diagnosis; and principles of resistance, prevention, and therapy.
In addition to serving as a resource for veterinary students, Veterinary Microbiology, Second Edition also serves as a convenient reference for veterinarians and veterinary scientists whose main line of activity and expertise is outside the areas of microbiology.
Veterinary Microbiology, Second Edition is now organized in four sections according to the most appropriate methods of instruction:
Part I deals with the general characteristics of the host– parasite relationship, laboratory diagnosis of conditions involving an infectious etiology, antimicrobial treatment, and prevention of infectious disease.
Part II (Bacteria and Fungi) and Part III (viruses) present the infectious agents that affect the veterinary species. The chapters dealing with the bacterial agents are grouped mainly by morphology, and their gram-staining characteristics. The fungal agents are grouped mainly by morphologic characteristics (yeast, mold). The viruses are grouped along taxonomic grounds.
Part IV, an enhancement new to this edition, deals with the infectious agents in the context of the host. This section is organized by organ system. Each organ system is discussed first as a microbial habitat, followed by discussion of those infectious agents that mainly affect that particular system.

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Immunization Safety Review: Hepatitis B Vaccine and Demyelinating Neurological Disorders

Immunization Safety Review: Hepatitis B Vaccine and Demyelinating Neurological Disorders [ILLUSTRATED]
by Immunization Safety Review Committee (Author), Kathleen Stratton (Editor), Donna Almario (Editor), Marie C. McCormick (Editor)

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* Paperback: 120 pages
* Publisher: National Academies Press; illustrated edition October 17, 2002)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0309084695

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Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children IV

Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children IV (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) (No. 4)
by Adam Finn (Editor), Andrew J. Pollard (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 238 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 18, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0387739599

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Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children IV contains chapters based on lectures given by speakers at the "Infection and Immunity in Children" course, held in June 2006 at Keble College, Oxford. It was the fourth annual course of this name and this is the fourth book in the series as well. Together the courses and books have become important components of the training available to paediatricians with an interest in this specialty and have become increasingly popular each year. This book covers topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious Disease trainees, trainers, and all those who manage children with infections.
Paediatric Infectious Diseases is now a recognised specialty in Europe with established training programmes and training centres, overseen by the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. This book and the course that precedes each edition will continue to play useful parts in the development and knowledge of specialists throughout the continent and beyond.
The editors of this volume Dr. Andrew Pollard, Dr. George McCracken, and Dr. Adam Finn are all leaders in the fields of paediatric medicine and infectious disease.

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Central Nervous System Diseases and Inflammation

Central Nervous System Diseases and Inflammation
By Thomas E. Lane, Monica Carson, Conni Bergmann, Tony Wyss-Coray

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* Hardcover: 318 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 14, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0387738932

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This volume serves as a succinct and well-organized reference volume focused on inflammatory CNS disease to a wide audience. The text is comprised of four sections revolving around current areas of interest in the fields of neuroimmunology, virology, pharmacology and disease. Sections of this text focus on a specific category of diseases as well as the pharmacological, virological, and immunological effects of and on the disease.
Although many have covered this topic, few have provided a volume as concise and efficient. Each disease is broken down on a variety of scientific levels without getting into the history of the disease. This approach provides a succinct overview of a specific subject encompassing interrelated topics pertaining to neurology, immunology and disease. The information provided in Central Nervous System Diseases and Inflammation will be useful for researchers, clinicians, as well as a valuable resource for students interested in the fascinating arena of neuroinflammation.

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Patch Testing and Prick Testing: A Practical Guide

Patch Testing and Prick Testing: A Practical Guide / Official Publication of the ICDRG
by Jean-Marie Lachapelle (Author), Howard I. Maibach (Author), J. Ring (Contributor)

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* Hardcover: 195 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 2nd ed. edition (March 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 3540928057

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Knowledge in the field of allergic contact dermatitis has grown to a great extent, due to recent advances in the chemical, immunological and clinical fields. These advances include the improved techniques of patch testing and prick testing, e.g. additional tests such as open, semi-open, repeated open application test (ROAT) and use tests, photopatch tests, atopy patch tests and provocative tests. Further, due to the ongoing changes in our environment, the series of patch tests – the so-called standards – are also regularly renewed.
This new edition is completely revised, updated and expanded, with more colour illustrations. It is a universally useful and superb guide in the management of positive and negative patch test and prick test reactions, for all practicing dermatologists, from the beginner to the well-trained expert.

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Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics

Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics
by: Sharon K. Collinge, Chris Ray

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* Paperback: 240 pages
* Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (April 13, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0198567081

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This book is a timely statement of the areas of disease ecology where most progress is likely to be made in future. Keith Day and Brian Rushton, THES 'For those less familiar with infectious diseases the book provides fascinating insights into their ecological context..we would recommend it to any ecology student.' Keith Day and Brian Rushton The Times Higher Education Supplement 'This book should be invaluable for advanced undergraduate teaching, and gives a fresh range of subjects to choose from.

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Virus Taxonomy: VIIIth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

Virus Taxonomy: VIIIth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
by: Claude M. Fauquet, M.A. Mayo, J. Maniloff, U. Desselberger, L.A. Ball

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* Hardcover: 1162 pages
* Publisher: Academic Press; 2 edition (June 28, 2005)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0122499514

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"...it represents an absolute necessity for those dealing with new, so far undiscovered viruses and attempting to classify them within the exsisting taxonomic system." - ACTA VIROLOGICA (2005) "...will be of interest to almost anyone who researches any aspect of virology, uses viruses as tools or, indeed sufferse from virus infection, in order to view their particular virus in the larger context. ...I am confident that my new copy of the Eighth Edition will one day become as dog-eared with frequent use by myself and colleagues as my old Sixth Edition mst certainly has become.

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German Measles

German Measles: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, And Annotated Research Guide To Internet References
by: Icon Health Publications

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* Paperback: 64 pages
* Publisher: Icon Health Publications (October 31, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0497004755

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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading." Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so.

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The ELISA Guidebook: Second Edition

The ELISA Guidebook: Second Edition (Methods in Molecular Biology)
by John R. Crowther (Author)

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* Hardcover: 568 pages
* Publisher: Humana Press; 2nd edition (December 19, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1603272534

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The Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) continues, as predicted, to be the predominant assay used in biomedical and agricultural research. While little has changed in the principles of the ELISAs used since the publication of The ELISA Guidebook, many technological advantages, including the increasing number of reagents available for exploitation and the larger spectrum of instruments to measure the coloured products of ELISAs, have greatly benefited the field. Other testing technologies using molecular techniques, predominantly the conventional and more and more often, real time PCR, are rapidly evolving to help diagnose and differentiate disease agents and identify substances present in exquisitely small amounts. The ELISA is still needed either alone in mass screening, such as serological assays, or used in tandem with molecular techniques to fully evaluate the molecular and antigenic nature of analytes.
John R. Crowther provides today’s premier practical guide to the understanding and application of ELISA. This Edition enlarges on charting methods for assessing the indirect ELISA, ruggedness and robustness of tests, aspects of kit use and validation, and internal quality control and external quality management of data. The author describes each method in great detail to ensure experimental success and includes advice on equipment choice, maintenance, and calibration. Wherever possible, helpful written explanations are provided along with copious diagrams.
With its numerous worked examples, detailed instructions, and extensive illustrations, The ELISA Guidebook, Second Edition offers a powerful synthesis of all the basic concepts and practical experimental details investigators need to understand, develop, and apply ELISA methodology successfully in day-to-day basic and clinical research.

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Modern Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Modern Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
by Nduka Okafor (Author)

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* Hardcover: 539 pages
* Publisher: Science Publishers; 1 edition (March 30, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1578084342

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This book is directed towards undergraduates and beginning graduate students in microbiology, food science and chemical engineering. Those studying pharmacy, biochemistry and general biology will find it of interest. The section on waste disposal will be of interest to civil engineering and public health students and practitioners. For the benefit of those students who may be unfamiliar with the basic biological assumptions underlying industrial microbiology, such as students of chemical and civil engineering, elements of biology and microbiology are introduced. The new elements which have necessitated the shift in paradigm in industrial microbiology such as bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, site-directed mutation, metabolic engineering, the human genome project and others are also introduced and their relevance to industrial microbiology and biotechnology indicated. As many references as space will permit are included. The various applications of industrial microbiology are covered broadly, and the chapters are grouped to reflect these applications. The emphasis throughout, however, is on the physiological, biochemical principles, and where possible, the genomic principles behind these applications.

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Process Scale Purification of Antibodies

Process Scale Purification of Antibodies
by Uwe Gottschalk (Author)

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* Hardcover: 430 pages
* Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (February 9, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0470209623

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Traditional column chromatography dominates current purification technology, and many of the productivity gains that have been achieved have relied on upscaling such devices. However, this comes with a cost penalty and the pharmaceutical industry has reached the point at which further upscaling becomes economically unsupportable. This book offers a broad-based reassessment of old and new purification methods, incorporating an analysis of innovative new trends in purification. The book has wide coverage of different antibody purification strategies and brings together top-tier experts to address problems in process-scale antibody purification.

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Conquest Viral Disease

Conquest Viral Disease: (Perspectives in Medical Virology,)
by J. S. Oxford (Author), Oxford (Author)

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* Hardcover: 708 pages
* Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company; 1 edition (January 1985)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0444805664

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The Complete HIV/AIDS Teaching Kit

The Complete HIV/AIDS Teaching Kit with CD-Rom
by Josefina Card (Author), Angela Amarillas (Author), Alana Conner (Author), Diana Dull Akers (Author), Julie Solomon (Author), Ralph DiClemente (Translator)

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* Paperback: 350 pages
* Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, LLC.; Hardcover edition (September 28, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0826103162

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In today's highly emotional HIV/AIDS debates, HIV risk behaviors are often simplistically described as a matter of "human choice," with little attention paid to the complex social, environmental, cultural, and economic factors impacting these choices. It is critically important to understand not only the science of the disease but also the behavioral and sociocultural influences that both facilitate, and prevent the spread of HIV.
This unique teaching kit--a research-based resource for a diverse audience, including academics, students, and health professionals--facilitates this understanding. The book covers the biomedical, social, psychological, and behavioral aspects of AIDS, thus providing a multidisciplinary view of prevention and treatment.
The Complete HIV/AIDS Teaching Kit offers an overview of what science knows about the incidence, prevalence, antecedents, consequences, prevention, and treatment of HIV/AIDS and is organized in four parts:
* HIV/AIDS: The Epidemic
* Preventing AIDS
* Living with HIV/AIDS
* Gender, Culture, and HIV/AIDS
Use the companion volume, Tools for Building Culturally Competent HIV Prevention Programs (Springer Publishing late 2007), to answer all your questions about program structure, effectiveness, goals, recruitment, evaluation, and more.

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Microbiology of Oceans and Estuaries

Microbiology of Oceans and Estuaries [IMPORT]
by E.J.Ferguson Wood (Author)

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* Hardcover: 331 pages
* Publisher: Elsevier (August 1967)
* ISBN-10: 0444407561

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WHO Guidelines on Tularaemia

WHO Guidelines on Tularaemia
by WHO (Author)

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* Paperback: 122 pages
* Publisher: World Health Organization (December 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 9241547375

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Tularaemia is a bacterial zoonotic disease of the northern hemisphere. The bacterium (Francisella tularensis) is highly virulent for humans and a range of animals such as rodents, hares, and rabbits. Humans can infect themselves by direct contact with infected animals, by arthropod bites, by ingestion of contaminated water or food, or by inhalation of infective aerosols. There is no human-to-human transmission. In addition to its natural occurrence F. tularensis evokes great concern as a potential bioterrorism agent. F. tularensis subspecies tularensis is one of the most infectious pathogens known in human medicine.
In order to avoid laboratory-associated infection, safety measures are needed and consequently, clinical laboratories do not generally accept specimens for culture. However, since clinical management of cases depends on early recognition, there is an urgent need for diagnostic services.
This first edition of WHO Guidelines on tularaemia provides background information on the disease, describes the current best practices for its diagnosis and treatments in humans, suggests measures to be taken in case of epidemics and provides guidance on how to handle F. tularensis in the laboratory.
The target audience includes clinicians, laboratory personnel, public health workers, veterinarians, and any other person with an interest in zoonoses.

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Nature of Brucellosis

Nature of Brucellosis
by Wesley William Spink (Author)

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* Hardcover: 478 pages
* Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (June 1956)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0816601321

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Manual of Infection Control Procedures

Manual of Infection Control Procedures (Greenwich Medical Media)
by N. N. Damani (Author), G. A. J. Ayliffe (Foreword)

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* Paperback: 224 pages
* Publisher: Greenwich Medical Media (September 1, 1997)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1900151286

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'... the Manual of Infection Control Procedures provides a comprehensive overview of the main aspects of infection control ...' Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Tuberculosis: The Microbe Host Interface

Tuberculosis: The Microbe Host Interface
by Lucy DesJardin (Author)

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* Hardcover: 292 pages
* Publisher: Garland Science; 1 edition (March 4, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0954523210

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Discusses the interaction of M. tuberculosis with the host revealing new information on the disease's pathogenesis. Presents state-of-the-art approaches used to study microbe-host interactions and highlights emerging technologies. Also discusses mycobacterial entry, growth, and gene expression in macrophages. For researchers.

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Bacterial Signal Transduction: Networks and Drug Targets

Bacterial Signal Transduction: Networks and Drug Targets (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
by Ryutaro Utsumi (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 258 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (June 6, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0387788840

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This fascinating book encourages many microbiologists and students to enter the new world of signal transduction in microbiology. Over the past decade, a vast amount of exciting new information on the signal transduction pathway in bacteria has been brought to light. Reports on these developments have been put together in this book, Bacterial Signal Transduction: Networks and Drug Targets. The aim of this book is to provide an incentive for graduate students, academic scientists, and researchers in the pharmaceutical industry to further elucidate the TCS networks and apply them in the search for novel drugs.

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Allergy Frontiers:Epigenetics, Allergens and Risk Factors

Allergy Frontiers:Epigenetics, Allergens and Risk Factors (v. 1)
by R. Pawankar (Editor), S.T. Holgate (Editor), L. Rosenwasser (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 442 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 4, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 4431728015

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The prevalence of allergic diseases and asthma are on the rise in industrialized as well as industrializing countries with a marked impact on the quality of life of patients and a socioeconomic impact to the countries. This book summarizes the most current knowledge on allergic diseases from epidemiology to mechanisms, environmental and genetic factors that influence the development of allergy and asthma clinical aspects, recent therapeutic and preventive strategies as well as future perspectives. The several chapters also highlight the role of eosinophils, mast cells, lymphocytes, dendritic cells, epithelial cells, neutrophils and T cells, adhesion molecules and cytokines/ chemokines in the pathomechanisms of allergic diseases. Also discussed are the impact of infection and innate immunity on allergy, and mucosal immunology of the various target organs and allergy. Among the therapeutic strategies we have included most recent and emerging therapies including allergen-specific immunotherapy and anti-IgE treatment.. The multidisciplinary character of this book is documented by articles from various fields such as environmental, molecular, and cellular biology, allergy, otolaryngology, pulmonology and dermatology. Representing an excellent collection of state-of-the art reviews by world known leaders from the UK, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Japan and South Africa, this comprehensive and up-to-date book on allergy and clinical immunology contains over 200 chapters covering virtually all aspects of basic and clinical allergy. Comprising of 6 volumes with each volume dedicated to a specific aspect of allergic disease [Volume 1: Evolution of Allergy, Epigenetics and Phenotypes, Allergens and Risk factors; Volume 2: Classification and Pathomechanisms, Allergy and the Nervous system and Allergy and mucosal immunology; VOLUME 3: Clinical manifestation of allergic diseases; Volume 4: Diagnosis and DD of allergic diseases and Allergy and Asthma Education; Volume 5: Therapy and prevention of allergies and Special Considerations in Children, Elderly and Pregnancy; Volume 6: Future perspectives], it is well illustrated throughout with numerous schematic diagrams and colour illustrations, and will serve as a valuable tool of information for scientists and practical guide for clinicians working in the field of allergy, asthma and immunology.

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Combination Vaccines: Development, Clinical Research and Approval

Combination Vaccines: Development, Clinical Research and Approval
by Ronald W. Ellis (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 292 pages
* Publisher: Humana Press; 1 edition (May 25, 1999)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0896037177

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BioChem Pharma, Inc., Northborough, MA. Highlights the scientific, clinical, regulatory, and health care issues involved in the research, development, and human use of combination vaccines. For developers, clinicians, and practitioners. DNLM: Vaccines, Combined.

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Immunization: Childhood and Travel Health

Immunization: Childhood and Travel Health
by George Kassianos (Author)

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* Paperback: 448 pages
* Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 4 edition (May 15, 2001)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0632055812

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'This is a thoroughly comprehensive book which contains almost everything the busy GP or practice nurse could wish to know about immunisation.' Doctor
'George Kassianos has produced a book that is both readable and understandable . As this is the only book of its kind on this subject, covering such a wide and comprehensive range of material, it should be regarded as one of the undisputed classics of general practice reading.' Infections
'Any health professional involved in immunization or travel health will find this book invaluable.' Practice Nurse
'Dr Kassianos in this small reference book brings together all the information likely to be required for general practitioners to provide a comprehensive immunisation service and to answer all those questions normally posed by awkward patients!' Maternal and Child Health

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Advances in Parasitology: Opportunistic Protozoa in Humans

Advances in Parasitology: Opportunistic Protozoa in Humans
by John R. Baker (Editor), Ralph Muller (Editor), David Rollinson (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 416 pages
* Publisher: Academic Pr (April 1998)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0120317400

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Text providing a detailed account of the biology of cryptosporidium parvum, enterocytozoon bieneusi, and cyclospora cayetanensis. Modified- outline format.

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Introduction to Electron Microscopy for Biologists

Introduction to Electron Microscopy for Biologists, Volume 88: Methods in Cell Biology
by Terry D. Allen (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 560 pages
* Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (July 1, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0123743206

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Introduction to Electron Microscopy for Biologists is ideal for the scientist who may be considering electron microscopy as a tool to extend molecular, biochemical, or light microscope observations to the next level of structural information, only available by electron microscopy. Each chapter briefly surveys the present state of structural information in a particular area, be it an individual but widely occurring molecule such as actin or collagen, together with the methods for visualization, either as an extracted and purified entity, or in situ within its biological context. Not only is this book an introduction to electron microscopy in general, but it is also useful for those within the field who wish to move to a different area of expertise, for instance an approach based on rapid freezing, rather than more conventional protocols. This should be a first choice reference for any biologist wanting to know what does it look like across the full spectrum of cell and molecular biology of life science.
*Illustrates the advantages of electron microscopy and the protocols required for fine structural visualization of individual molecules upwards, ranging from mammalian tissues to experimental organisms.
*Comprehensive chapters cover both structural information on each area as well as the protocols themselves
*Includes methods covering specific labeling, as well as methods for quantification and three dimensional reconstruction from molecular to tissue levels.

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Pseudomonas: Model Organism, Pathogen, Cell Factory

Pseudomonas: Model Organism, Pathogen, Cell Factory
by Bernd H. A. Rehm (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 424 pages
* Publisher: Wiley-VCH (May 27, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 352731914X

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Concise and up-to-date, this handy guide fills a gap in the literature by providing the essential knowledge for everyone with an interest in the topic. The result is a comprehensive overview of the most important model organism in applied microbiology that covers basic biology, pathology and biotechnological applications.

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Microbial Limit and Bioburden Tests

Microbial Limit and Bioburden Tests: Validation Approaches and Global Requirements,Second Edition
by Lucia Clontz (Author)

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* Hardcover: 338 pages
* Publisher: CRC; 2 edition (October 14, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1420053485

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A Practical Guide to Microbial Limit Methodologies
In recent years, the field of pharmaceutical microbiology has experienced numerous technological advances, accompanied by the publication of new and harmonized compendial methods. It is therefore imperative for those who are responsible for monitoring the microbial quality of pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical products to keep abreast of the latest changes. Microbial Limit and Bioburden Tests: Validation Approaches and Global Requirements guides readers through the various microbiological methods listed in the compendia with easy-to-follow diagrams and approaches to validations of such test methodologies.
Includes New and Updated Material
Now in its second edition, this work is the culmination of research and discussions with technical experts, as well as USP and FDA representatives on various topics of interest to the pharmaceutical microbiologist and those responsible for the microbial quality of products, materials, equipment, and manufacturing facilities. New in this edition is an entire chapter dedicated to the topic of biofilms and their impact on pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical operations. The subject of rapid methods in microbiology has been expanded and includes a discussion on the validation of alternative microbiological methods and a case study on microbial identification in support of a product contamination investigation.
Substantially updated and revised, this book assists readers in understanding the fundamental issues associated with pharmaceutical microbiology and provides them with tools to create effective microbial contamination control and microbial testing programs for the areas under their responsibility.

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Allergy and Allergic Diseases, 2 Volume Set

Allergy and Allergic Diseases, 2 Volume Set
by A. Barry Kay (Editor), Allen P. Kaplan (Editor), Jean Bousquet (Editor), Patrick G. Holt (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 2184 pages
* Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 2 edition (October 15, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1405157208

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This two volume book is an outstanding reference source on all aspects of allergy and allergic diseases. Covering virtually every allergic condition, from the immunological and molecular basis of the allergic response to future trends in allergic disease prevention, this new international editorial team (A.B.Kay, Jean Bousquet, Pat Holt and Allen Kaplan) have completely revised and updated the text, from both a scientific and clinical perspective. References will continue to be added to the text until it goes to press making this the most up-to-date book available in the field.
This second edition consists of more than 1,800 pages contained within 98 chapters.
The price includes a fully searchable companion CD ROM with the complete text and over 300 images from the book in full colour.

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Food Allergy: Adverse Reactions to Foods and Food Additives

Food Allergy: Adverse Reactions to Foods and Food Additives
by Dean D. Metcalfe (Editor), Hugh A. Sampson (Editor), Ronald A. Simon (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 632 pages
* Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 4 edition (March 21, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1405151293

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"This book is a must for clinician-specialists and generalists, nutritionists, and basic scientists interested in the subject of food allergy. The book ends the myths surrounding food allergy." New Jersey Medicine "This is easily the best source of information on food allergy available today." British Journal of Hospital Medicine "This volume is the most comprehensive review of the subject available and is a valuable resource for clinicians, scientists, nutritionists, and their patients." Imm & Allergy Practice
"This book is a must for clinician-specialists and generalists, nutritionists, and basic scientists interested in the subject of food allergy. The book ends the myths surrounding food allergy." New Jersey Medicine
"This is easily the best source of information on food allergy available today." British Journal of Hospital Medicine.

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Immunology: Understanding the Immune System

Immunology: Understanding the Immune System
by Klaus D. Elgert (Author)

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* Hardcover: 468 pages
* Publisher: Wiley-Liss; 1 edition (January 15, 1996)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0471116807

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A comprehensive and extremely accessible textbook written by a professor with over 20 years of experience teaching immunology courses. Elgert carefully melds together biology, clinical science, genetics and molecular biology of the immune system to provide a coherent and complete account of our knowledge of immunology. A variety of pedagogical aids, including chapter outlines, objectives and summaries as well as a self-evaluation section, assist students in the learning process.

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Cryptosporidium: The Analytical Challenge

Cryptosporidium: The Analytical Challenge (Special Publication)
by M. Smith (Editor), K.C. Thompson (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 162 pages
* Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry; 1 edition (November 9, 2001)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 085404840

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Cryptosporidium, in its various forms, is a widely recognized cause of outbreaks of waterborne disease. Regulatory bodies worldwide are increasingly requiring the development of "fit-for-purpose" detection methods for this protozoan parasite, but analysis is often problematic. Bringing together international academic and industry-based experts, this book provides a comprehensive review of the current state of analytical techniques for the detection of cryptosporidium, as well as looking at likely future developments. In particular, the issues of species identification and oocyst viability are addressed. Quality assurance issues and potential problems associated with the new cryptosporidium regulations are also highlighted. The extent of the perceived problems and the regulatory backdrop against which the analysis must be carried out are also discussed. Scientists in the water industry, environmental testing laboratories, researchers, consultants, environmental health professionals, food manufacturers and regulatory or environmental bodies are among the many who should read this book. In addition, anyone with an interest in microbiological challenges and problem-solving will welcome the coverage.

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Neuroimmunology of the Skin: Basic Science to Clinical Practice

Neuroimmunology of the Skin: Basic Science to Clinical Practice
by Richard D. Granstein (Editor), Thomas A. Luger (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 252 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 3, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 3540359869

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Much anecdotal information has suggested an influence of psychology and the nervous system on immunity within the skin and the expression of inflammatory skin disorders. Recent years have seen an explosion of knowledge providing a scientific basis for important regulatory interactions between the nervous system, the endocrine system and the immune system within the skin. The results of recent investigations have important implications, not only for an understanding of cutaneous immunity, but also for the development of novel treatments for diseases involving abnormal inflammation or immune reactivity within the skin. This book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary review of the molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry and clinical aspects of nervous system–immune system interactions within the skin. It includes contributions from leading world experts in these areas. The contents are relevant to both investigators and clinicians interested in the skin, its functions and its disorders.

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Antibiotics

Antibiotics (Journal of chromatography library)
by Marvin Joseph Weinstein (Editor), Gerald H. Wagman (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 782 pages
* Publisher: Elsevier (August 1978)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0444417273

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Asthma: An Atlas of Investigation and Diagnosis

Asthma: An Atlas of Investigation and Diagnosis
by Sebastian L. Johnston (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 132 pages
* Publisher: Clinical Publishing; 1 edition (June 26, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1904392180

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Asthma: An Atlas of Investigation and Management is an illustrated textbook and reference for clinicians. Containing 144 full color pages, it provides vital visual information on the diagnosis, symptoms and prevention of asthma. Rich with photographic images supported by straight forward descriptions and explanations of each problem, the book is a practical and accessible resource that all doctors treating this condition will find invaluable in their daily practice.

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Esophageal Diseases: An Atlas of Investigation and Management

Esophageal Diseases: An Atlas of Investigation and Management
by Michael F. Vaezi (Author)

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* Hardcover: 128 pages
* Publisher: Clinical Publishing; 1 edition (August 30, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1904392555

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This atlas provides clinically relevant information on the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the esophagus. It also features a detailed review of esophageal testing including commonly employed methods such as endoscopy, barium testing, manometry, and pH monitoring, as well as newer modalities such as endoscopic ultrasound, impedance and Bravo pH testing.
Both the diagnosis and treatment of common and uncommon manifestations of esophageal disorders are covered in-depth, with each disorder illustrated by representative images - in full color - supported by succinct explanatory text.
For gastroenterologists, internal medicine physicians, and general physicians, in practice and in training.

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The Year in Allergy

The Year in Allergy Volume 3
by S. Hasan Arshad (Editor), Simon T. Holgate (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 346 pages
* Publisher: Clinical Publishing; 1st edition (September 30, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1904392601

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In this book, the editors have assembled an expert team of international experts to select the recent papers that are shaping thinking in the field of allergy, within the broad areas of epidemiology, pathogenesis, pathophysiology and treatment modalities for allergic diseases. Each paper is summarized and reviewed and then placed in its clinical context, thus assisting the reader to adapt his or her own practice to the latest developments in a considered way.

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Diseases of Mites and Ticks

Diseases of Mites and Ticks
by Jan Bruin (Editor), L.P.S. van der Geest (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 350 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (March 1, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1402096941

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The current collection of twenty-four papers is a mixture of primary research articles and literature reviews, presenting a broad overview of the developments in about all possible aspects of acarine diseases, stretching from basic pathology to microbial pest control. The pathogens include fungi, bacteria, and protozoa (as well as an occasional virus and unidentified organism), the hosts are mites and ticks from a great variety of taxa (e.g., Eriophyidae, Ixodidae, Oribatida, Phytoseiidae, Psoroptida, Tarsonemidae, Tetranychidae, Varroidae). These taxa include many infamous mites and ticks, which cause tremendous economical losses throughout the world, for example in greenhouse and field-grown agricultural crops, life stock (cattle, sheep), apiculture, and man. The taxa also include commercially available biocontrol agents, whose mass rearings need to be protected against pathogens.

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Food Microbiology and Analytical Methods

Food Microbiology and Analytical Methods (I F T Basic Symposium Series)
by: Tortorello

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* Hardcover: 376 pages
* Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (June 3, 1997)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0824700872

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This valuable resource examines the latest advances in microbiological analysis unique to food systems;covering the detection and identification of microbes, genetic analysis methods, and the assessment of microbial growth and viability. Written by over 20 internationally recognized experts, Food Microbiologic Analysis explains the use of flow cytometry for the detection and isolation of microbial cells introduces a new biosensor that analyzes whole microbial cells in foods highlights the advantages of modern techniques used in conjunction with the microscope to achieve rapid detection and quantitation of microorganisms provides an overview of commercially available immunodiagnostic kits and evaluates automated systems of detection for the laboratory discusses nucleic acid hybridization from gene probe design to assay format and delineates gene probe applications reviews the theory of ribosomal probe design and applications furnishes a guide to publicly accessible gene sequence databases details molecular fingerprinting techniques, bioluminescence, and impedance microbiology surveys methods for assessing nonculturable populations of cells and more!

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Vaccines for Biodefense and Emerging and Neglected Diseases

Vaccines for Biodefense and Emerging and Neglected Diseases
by Alan D.T. Barrett (Author), Lawrence R. Stanberry (Author)

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* Hardcover: 1488 pages
* Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (February 4, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0123694086

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The last 20 years has seen a rapid increase in infectious diseases, particularly those that are termed "emerging diseases" such as SARS, "neglected diseases" such as malaria and those that are deemed biothreats such as anthrax. It is well-recognized that the most effective modality for preventing infectious diseases is vaccination. This book provides researchers with a better understanding of what is currently known about these diseases, including whether there is a vaccine available or under development. It also informs them of what they need to do if they are currently working on developing a vaccine.
* Provides a comprehensive treatise of the agents that are responsible for emerging and neglected diseases and those that can be used as biothreats
* Includes the processes such as the vaccine development pathway, vaccine manufacturing and regulatory issues that are critical to the generation of these vaccines to the marketplace
* Each chapter will include a map of the world showing where that particular disease is naturally found

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Molecular Mechanisms of Parasite Invasion

Molecular Mechanisms of Parasite Invasion (Subcellular Biochemistry)
by Barbara A. Burleigh (Editor), Dominique Soldati-Favre (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 237 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (April 17, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0387782664

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In biological terms, a parasite can be defined as an organism that grows, feeds and is sheltered on, or in, a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of the host. 1 This relationship is particularly intimate for parasitic protozoa (and single-celled fungi such as the Microsporidia), many of which not only penetrate tissue barriers, but gain entry into host cells. The entry mechanisms are as diverse as the organisms employing them and are often critical components of their pathogenic profile. All of the parasitic organisms highlighted in this new book represent medically important human pathogens that contribute significantly to the global burden of disease. As such there is intense interest in understanding the molecular basis of infection by these pathogens not only with regard to their clinical relevance but also the fascinating biology they reveal. For most of the parasites discussed here (Plasmodium falciparum, Toxoplasma gondii, Cryptosporidium parvum, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp.) the ability to penetrate biological barriers and/or to establish intracellular residence is critical to survival of the pathogen in the mammalian hosts. For other parasites, such as Entamoeba, a tissue invasive phenotype is a key virulence determinant. In the ensuing 18 chapters, select members of this diverse set of protozoan parasites, as well as some examples of the extremely reduced fungal parasites classified as Microsporidia, are discussed within the context of the fascinating molecular strategies employed by these organisms to migrate across biological barriers and to establish residence within target host cells.

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Bacterial Circadian Programs

Bacterial Circadian Programs
by Jayna L. Ditty (Editor), Shannon R. Mackey (Editor), Carl H. Johnson (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 333 pages
* Publisher: Springer; XI, 333 p. 100 illus. edition (March 1, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 3540884300

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Since the discovery of circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria in the late 1980s, the field has exploded with new information. The cyanobacterial model system for studying circadian rhythms, "Synechococcus elongatus", has allowed a detailed genetic dissection of the bacterial clock due to the methods currently available in molecular, structural, and evolutionary biology.
This book addresses multiple aspects of bacterial circadian programs: the history and background of the cyanobacteria and circadian rhythms in microorganisms, the molecular basis, structure, and evolution of the circadian clock, entrainment of the oscillator with the environment and the control of downstream processes by the clock, the demonstration of adaptive significance and the prokaryotic clock’s remarkable stability, and mathematical and synthetic oscillator models for clock function.
Experts in the field provide a timely and comprehensive review and a stepping-stone for future work on this amazing group of microorganisms and timing.

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Foodborne Disease and Public Health

Foodborne Disease and Public Health: Summary of an Iranian-American Workshop [ILLUSTRATED]
by Carol West Suitor (Author), Maria Oria (Author)

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* Paperback: 108 pages
* Publisher: National Academies Press; 1 edition (March 24, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0309116139

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The Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board and the National Research Council's Policy and Global Affairs Division convened a workshop in Washington, D.C., entitled Foodborne Disease and Public Health: An Iranian-American Workshop. The overall goals of this workshop were to facilitate the exchange of ideas about foodborne disease and public health and to promote further collaboration among Americans and Iranians on this topic of mutual interest. Experts invited to participate in this workshop addressed a variety of topics, ranging from the surveillance of outbreaks of foodborne illness to approaches to medical training in the Iranian and U.S. educational systems. The workshop was part of a series of cooperative efforts between the United States and Iran as the two countries have collaborated in the past on similar projects relating to foodborne disease.

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Cheese: Chemistry, Physics and Microbiology

Cheese: Chemistry, Physics and Microbiology, Volume 1, Third Edition: General Aspects
by Patrick F. Fox (Editor), Paul McSweeney (Editor), Timothy Cogan (Editor), Timothy Guinee (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 640 pages
* Publisher: Academic Press; 3 edition (October 13, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 012263652X

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This exciting new third edition contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews of the literature on the chemical, biochemical, microbiological and physico-chemical aspects of cheese.

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Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues

Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues, Updated Edition With a New Preface
by Paul Farmer (Author)

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* Hardcover: 389 pages
* Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (July 13, 1999)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0520215443

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What causes tuberculosis in humans? In the late 19th century, the German microbiologist Robert Koch thought the answer was unambiguous: the tubercle bacillus, which he discovered in 1882. Since then, Koch's laboratory model of the transmission of infectious disease, subsequently articulated in eponymous postulates, has dominated explanations of the causes of infectious diseases. Nonetheless, as early as the 1890s, some physicians expressed doubt about the adequacy of any laboratory model for explaining the vagaries of communicable disease in humans. For example, during a debate in 1894 on the advisability of public registration of persons with tuberculosis, William Osler observed that a person's "material condition" rendered him or her "more or less immune." He continued by offering an analogy: in clinical tuberculosis, the "soil, then, has a value equal almost to that which relates to the seed."
In Infections and Inequalities, Paul Farmer, who was trained in both infectious diseases and anthropology, uses these disciplines and his medical experience in Haiti to provide a trenchant analysis of the biologic and social realities of chronic infectious disease.
For Farmer, the causes of tuberculosis and AIDS, the two epidemics this book addresses, have as much to do with social inequality as they do with microorganisms. Using data mostly from Haiti, where he has worked since 1983, in addition to data from the United States and Peru, Farmer argues that social and economic inequalities "have powerfully sculpted not only the distribution of infectious diseases but also the course of health outcomes among the afflicted." The pathogenic agency of inequality is so great, Farmer maintains, that "inequality itself constitutes our modern plague," a statement he seeks to demonstrate in the balance of the book. In doing so, he repeatedly acknowledges the work of his mentor Arthur Kleinman, economist Amartya Sen, epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, and others whose work in a variety of disciplines over the past two decades has focused attention on inequality and lack of social cohesion and their adverse effects on health. There are two distinctive aspects of Farmer's approach. First, Farmer has been a social activist since the early 1980s, when, as a medical student doing elective course work in Haiti, he began a long-term project to improve the health of rural Haitians -- the Clinique Bon Sauveur, which now sees more than 30,000 patients per year and trains hundreds of Haitian health care workers. Second, Farmer uses his experience as an activist to discuss critically the conventional wisdom about anthropology and infectious disease, specifically the causes of emerging infection.
Anthropological analysis falls short in explaining the causation of disease, Farmer argues, when it emphasizes personality and culture but slights barriers to the delivery of health care. For example, he takes aim at anthropologists who explain the failure of tuberculosis-control programs among poor Haitians as the result of either an inadequate understanding of local culture on the part of the practitioners or the supernatural beliefs of the locals, or both. It is not that cultural analysis is unimportant, Farmer writes, but rather that it misses the point when it does not place cultural perspectives in a socioeconomic context. Among patients in Haiti's rural Central Plateau who were offered free and convenient care for tuberculosis, compliance and outcome were strongly related only to nutrition and income and not to beliefs about the cause of the illness.
Farmer also derides the anthropological studies of the 1980s that explained the emergence of AIDS in Haiti as the consequence of "exotic" indigenous practices such as voodoo. Instead, Farmer argues, these researchers should have emphasized local and regional socioeconomic conditions that impeded effective care and promoted dissemination of the human immunodeficiency virus. Emphasizing the role of culture, and not the roles of poverty and inequality, in infectious disease can even cause harm. Exaggerating the importance of individual actions may cause makers of public health policy to ignore effective measures for improving health care.
Although Farmer thinks epidemiologists are generally alert to the role of social factors in emerging infection, he also believes that their typical unit of analysis, the nation-state, tends to obscure the disproportionate damage that infections wreak on poor communities in larger jurisdictions. For example, in 1992 the rate of tuberculosis in central Harlem, New York City, at 222 cases per 100,000 population, exceeded that of many Third World countries, a fact that disappears in the epidemiologic profile of tuberculosis for the entire United States. As a countermeasure, Farmer promotes a "critical epistemology" of emerging infectious diseases that explores in detail how poverty and inequality cause infectious diseases to emerge in specific local contexts. Hypothetical questions formulated with this approach might include the following: "By what mechanisms have international changes in agriculture shaped recent outbreaks of Argentine and Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, and how do these mechanisms derive from international trade agreements such as GATT [the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade] and NAFTA [the North American Free Trade Agreement]?"
Farmer answers the questions he poses by mixing his theory and epidemiologic data with numerous personal anecdotes of his encounters with patients, an approach that renders his account poignant. Infections and Inequalities consists of 10 chapters, half of which are essays that were published from 1990 to 1996 in books or journals. Instead of sustained discussions of structural violence, inequality, tuberculosis, AIDS, and other important themes and subjects, the reader encounters numerous short passages on the same subject or theme in different essays. This is a loss, since the redundancy and lack of sustained exposition of some of the book's important themes, aside from making for occasionally choppy reading, mean that definitions of some of Farmer's key concepts, such as structural violence, remain implied rather than explicit.

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Allergic and Respiratory Disease in Sports Medicine

Allergic and Respiratory Disease in Sports Medicine (Clinical Allergy and Immunology)
by Weiler (Author)

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* Hardcover: 452 pages
* Publisher: Informa HealthCare; 1st edition (May 15, 1997)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0824798902

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This unique resource presents allergic and airway conditions seen in recreational and competitive athletes -- covering topics from exercise-induced asthma to cold air-induced rhinitis.

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New Developments in Viral Vaccine Technologies

New Developments in Viral Vaccine Technologies (Intervirology)
by Rainer Ulrich (Editor), G. P. Lomonosoff (Editor), D. H. Krger (Editor)

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* Paperback: 194 pages
* Publisher: Not Avail; 1 edition (January 2003)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 380557505X

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The development of effective antiviral vaccines requires an interdisciplinary collaboration between physicians, epidemiologists, researchers in basic virology and immunology, and experts in vaccine development. To meet this need, the Third International Workshop on 'Virus-Like Particles as Vaccines' was held in Berlin in September 2001, from which most of the presentations included in this special issue arose. The papers summarize current knowledge regarding the molecular biology, pathogenicity, epidemiology and immunology of hepatitis B virus, human immunodeficiency virus, human papilloma virus and hantavirus infections. A comparative evaluation of different vaccine approaches to combat these viruses is essential. Therefore, various strategies for vaccine development based on live attenuated, recombinant and inactivated viruses, virus-like particles, recombinant proteins, synthetic peptides and naked DNA are discussed in detail.

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Novel and Re-emerging Respiratory Viral Diseases

Novel and Re-emerging Respiratory Viral Diseases (Novartis Foundation Symposia)
by Novartis Foundation (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 174 pages
* Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (June 23, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0470065389

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The past decade has seen mounting global concern regarding viral outbreaks such as SARS, avian influenza and West Nile virus. In 2004 and 2005, reports of bird-to-human, and possible human-to-human, transmissions of the H5N1 influenza viruses raised fears that these viruses could cause a pandemic on the scale of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. Previous to this, a novel coronavirus had been identified as the aetiological agent of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a new respiratory viral disease that emerged at the end of 2002 and caused profound disturbances in over 30 countries worldwide in 2003. It is not known whether the SARS coronavirus will re-emerge, especially since its origins and potential reservoir(s) are unresolved. However, these outbreaks have shown that these viruses can emerge in any part of the world at any time.
This book critically evaluates the latest scientific evidence on novel or re-emerging viral diseases and brings together contributions from world experts on this topic, explaining best practice in their area, and discussing lessons learned and how best to collaborate to prevent and control future outbreaks.
Topics covered include:
* the latest advances in virology, particularly in the area of epidemiology
* diagnostics
* animal models for viral infection
* antiviral and vaccine development
Novel and Re-emerging Respiratory Viral Diseases offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of all aspects of the topic, from basic molecular biology to public health issues, and is therefore essential reading for virologists, infectious disease specialists, public health managers, researchers and epidemiologists, as well as those working in vaccine development, pharmaceutical medicine and drug discovery

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Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Strategies for Management

Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Strategies for Management
by Antoni Torres (Editor), Rosario Menendez (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 286 pages
* Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 22, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0470058099

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Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) refers to pneumonia acquired outside of hospitals or extended-care facilities, and is distinct from Nosocomial or hospital-acquired pneumonia, which is a separate disease entity. It is one of the most common respiratory infections and presents one of the major health problems today, with an incidence that ranges from eight to fifty cases per thousand individuals each year. Mortality is still very high and yet the risk factors are very well known. Many of these are related to antibiotic treatment; delay in administration, inadequacy of empiric antibiotics and lack of adherence to guidelines for treatment are all clearly associated with poor treatment outcomes.
Following a description of the epidemiology and microbial etiology of ambulatory and hospitalized CAP, this book provides an in-depth review of the important new advances in therapeutics, including management of drug resistance to the three major classes of antibiotics used for treatment of CAP: β-lactams, macrolides and quinolones. All of them have advantages and disadvantages and these are put into perspective. This book highlights guideline recommendations and presents a balanced analysis to help physicians deliver the highest standard of care. In addition, the authors provide an insight into the 10% of patients who do not respond to antibiotics and could benefit from adjunctive therapies, some still under review.
This volume will be welcomed by pulmonologists and all clinicians involved in managing community-acquired pneumonia.

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Microbial Megaplasmids

Microbial Megaplasmids (Microbiology Monographs)
by: Edward Schwartz

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* Hardcover: 348 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 17, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 3540854665

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Megaplasmids are extrachromosomal genetic elements in the size range of 100 kb and larger. They are found in physiologically and phylogenetically diverse groups of bacteria and archaea. By definition, megaplasmids are not essential for the viability of their hosts under all growth conditions, but paradoxically many megaplasmids carry the genetic information for the defining and characteristic traits of the organism in which they reside.
Microbial Megaplasmids reviews our knowledge of the extensively studied representatives, such as the catabolic plasmids of the pseudomonads, the rhizobial Sym plasmids, the Ti plasmids of the genus Agrobacterium and the giant enterobacterial virulence plasmids. It also presents snapshots of more recently discovered megaplasmids. The contribution of megaplasmids to the biology of their hosts is described, highlighting the interactions between megaplasmid and chromosomal genes.

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Guide to Antimicrobial Use in Animals

Guide to Antimicrobial Use in Animals
by Luca Guardabassi (Editor), Lars Bogø Jensen (Editor), Hilde Kruse (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 240 pages
* Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (May 2, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1405150793

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The first book to offer practical guidelines on the prudent and rational use of antimicrobials in animals. Drawing on multidisciplinary expertise to offer independent scientific advice on a controversial area that is crucial to both human health and animal welfare. The earlier general chapters cover issues such as human health risks and the problems of resistance to antimicrobial drugs. The later specific chapters are dedicated to particular groups of animals.
* Has an emphasis on preserving the efficacy of antimicrobial drugs that are clinically important in human medicine
* Covers both companion animals and food animals, including aquaculture
* Suitable for veterinary practitioners working in small and large animal medicine, aquaculture and animal production, as well as veterinary students, academics and researchers. It will also be of interest to those more generally involved in veterinary public health and antimicrobial resistance.

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The Conquest of Malaria

The Conquest of Malaria: Italy, 1900-1962 (Hardcover)
by Frank Snowden (Author)

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* Hardcover: 304 pages
* Publisher: Yale University Press; 1 edition (January 24, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0300108990

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"With this book, Snowden achieves two difficult goals. He demonstrates how important malaria was to the political and social history of Italy to the mid-twentieth century, an aspect of the country’s course underappreciated by its historians. Perhaps more importantly, he has crafted a marvelously detailed case study in the control of malaria, that shows how closely intertwined are the environmental, medical, social and political features of a landscape that nurtures the disease. Whether describing the temporary Fascist victory over malaria in the Pontine Marshes or the deliberate creation of malarial epidemics by retreating Nazis, Snowden’s lively account convinces the reader that as malaria goes, so goes Italy. This is a first rate, valuable book that belongs on the shelf of historian and malariologist alike

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