Published December, 2007
By Gordon Nichols, Richard L. Guerrant, R. Fayer, Lihua Xiao, Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Ronald Fayer, Ynes Ortega, Huw V. Smith, Jennifer L. Clancy, Guan Zhu and Jessica C. Kissinger
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Covers diagnosis, epidemiology, waterborne events, cultivation, morphology, life cycles, host species, and control methods, as well as prevention and treatment. This book offers addresses the industry trends in disinfectants, medications, and water purification methods, along with academic research trends in immune response and biochemistry.

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Published December, 2007
By Robert C. Owens Jr., Ebbing Lautenbach, Robert C. Owens and Lautenbach Ebbing
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
Series: Infectious Disease and Therapy
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This publication provides a state-of-the-art overview of key issues related to antimicrobial resistance, including a focus on key pathogens causing common healthcare-associated and community-acquired infections. The epidemiology and therapeutic considerations of these antimicrobial resistant organisms are discussed, as well as the clinical and heal

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Published December, 2007
By Kuan-Teh Jeang, J. Thomas August and Ferid Murad
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Covering the advances and challenges associated with clinical application of antiviral drugs and vaccines, this book presents a picture of the molecular mechanisms which guide HIV-1 expression and replication. It describes concepts in the discovery and design of novel anti-HIV drugs.

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Published December, 2007
By Albert L. Baert
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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The aim of this comprehensive encyclopedia is to provide detailed information on diagnostic radiology contributing to the broad field of imaging. The wide range of entries will provide basic and clinical scientists in academia, practice and industry with valuable information about the field of diagnostic imaging.

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Published December, 2007
By Norman Marriott, Angela M. Vecchio, Robert B. Gravani and Norman G. Marriott
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
Series: Food
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Published December, 2007
By Y. Watanabe, Brigitta Evengard, Benjamin H. Natelson, L.A. Jason, Hirohiko Kuratsune, Yasuyoshi Watanabe, B. Evengard, B.H. Natelson and H. Kuratsune
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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To provide a forum for discussion, the International Conference on Fatigue Science was organized, the first being held in 2002 in Sandhamn, Sweden, and the second in 2005 in Karuizawa, Japan.

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Published December, 2007
By Adam Finn and Andrew J. Pollard
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Fast becoming a key text for pediatricians, this fourth outing for the Hot Topics series is once again culled from lectures given at the annual course on the subject at Keble College, Oxford.

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Published December, 2007
By Naomi Balaban, J. William Costerton and J.W. Costerton
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Springer Series on Biofilms
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Thus, this is a hugely important work that describes the molecular mechanisms of cell-to-cell communication among bacterial cells in a biofilm, the development of antibiofilm inhibitors such as quorum-sensing inhibitors, and the use of biofilm inhibitors to prevent and treat bacterial infections in humans and other animals.

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Published December, 2007
By Nicholas Mays, Alan Whiteside, Joseacute M Zuniga, Eduard J Beck, Alan W Whiteside and José M Zuniga
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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A quarter of a century into the HIV pandemic, this multi-country comparative book demonstrates how the response to a common, global threat is shaped by the history, culture, institutions and health systems of individual nations.

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Published December, 2007
By P.H.J van der Voort, H.K.F.Van Saene, Hendrick K.F. Van Saene and Peter H.J. van der Voort
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) is an antibiotic strategy which aims to prevent secondary infections in critically ill patients. In this book, intensive care physicians will find the answers to problems they encounter in daily practice concerning infection prevention by the use of SDD.

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