The Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases (Facts on File Library of Health and Living) - Tapa dura

The Encyclopedia of infectious Diseases, Second Edition is the most comprehensive resource for general readers to the causes, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments of diseases. It provides updated information on specific diseases (such as heart disease and Gulf War Syndrome), on breakthroughs regarding the causes of some diseases (such as microbial infections, antigens triggered by genetic and environmental factors), and on the latest treatment advances (such as research with zinc). Revised and rewritten appendixes offer the most current directories and resources for further information on infectious diseases and an updated glossary includes many new terms. Topics include childhood diseases, common afflictions such as colds and viruses, and sexually transmitted diseases as well as animal-borne diseases and newly emerging diseases, such as Mad Cow and necrotizing fascitis.

Bonnie Lee Ashby is a senior attending physician at the Mainline Health hospitals, and a clinical assistant professor at Jefferson Medical College. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and a member of the American Society of Microbiology.