The encyclopedia of infectious diseases (2nd ed.)

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.