ISBN: 9780313342608

Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightenin… Meer...

Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biographies of Disease series provides students with the information that they need to understand the origin of various maladies, how they impact contemporary society, and how doctors and researchers from around the world are fighting to devise treatments to alleviate or cure these diseases. This volume, Influenza, covers a common infectious disease that afflicts millions every year - the flu -- but one that has the potential of being at the center of a new pandemic, similar to the one that killed millions during 1918. Influenza examines all aspects of this disease, including: BLThe influenza virus and how it leads to infection in humans. BLThe definition of epidemics and pandemics, and a description of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. BLThe clinical signs and symptoms of influenza, and how it impacts special populations, such as the elderly and HIV-infected patients BLThe treatment and prevention of the flu The volume includes a glossary of important terms and a bibliography of accessible works that discuss the disease. Digital Content>E-books>Health & Wellness>Other Health Conditions>Other Health Conditions, ABC-CLIO, Incorporated Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780313342608

This volume covers a common infectious disease that afflicts millions every year-the flu-but one that has the potential of being at the center of a new pandemic, similar to the one that k… Meer...

This volume covers a common infectious disease that afflicts millions every year-the flu-but one that has the potential of being at the center of a new pandemic, similar to the one that killed millions during 1918.Influenza examines all aspects of this disease, including: * The influenza virus and how it leads to infection in humans. * The definition of epidemics and pandemics, and a description of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. * The clinical signs and symptoms of influenza, and how it impacts special populations, such as the elderly and HIV-infected patients * The treatment and prevention of the flu The volume includes a glossary of important terms and a bibliography of accessible works that discuss the disease.; PDF; Scientific, Technical and Medical > Clinical & internal medicine > Respiratory medicine, Bloomsbury Publishing (USA)<

ISBN: 9780313342608

; EPUB; Scientific, Technical and Medical > Clinical & internal medicine > Respiratory medicine, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

2008, ISBN: 9780313342608

eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), [PU: ABC-CLIO], ABC-CLIO, 2008

2008, ISBN: 9780313342608

eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: ABC-CLIO]