Current topics of infectious diseases in Japan and Asia /

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Imprint:	Tokyo ; New York : Springer, c2010.
Description:	1 online resource (132 p.) : ill. (some col.), col. maps.
Language:	English
Subject:	Communicable diseases -- Asia. Communicable diseases -- Japan. Communicable Diseases -- Asia. Communicable Diseases -- Japan. Communicable diseases. Asia. Japan.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8895464

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Other authors / contributors:	Tanaka, Kazuo. Niki, Y. Kokaze, A.
ISBN:	9784431538752 (electronic bk.) 4431538755 (electronic bk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	This century may be called the era of infectious diseases, which are still the major cause of death in developing countries around the world. Focusing not only on such diseases as cholera, colitis, dengue, and bacterial intestinal infections, this book also addresses the current status of infectious diseases in Japan and Asia - particularly, the new approaches to the H1N1 influenza pandemic and antibiotic-resistant pneumonia. One section covers the microbiological and social aspects of infectious diseases; another section discusses the epidemiology of infections such as tuberculosis and HIV/AI.

Table of Contents:

Features of enteric infections in Asia
Molecular epidemiology of vibrio cholerae and campylobacters isolated in Asian countries
Diarrheal diseases and probiotics
Dengue and chikungunya virus infection in Southeast Asia: active governmental intervention in Republic of Singapore
Current global situation of tuberculosis, with a focus on Japan
Tuberculosis among the poor
The status and trends of HIV/AIDS epidemics in Asia and the Pacific
Disease characteristics and treatment of 2009 H1N1 influenza
Drug-resistant respiratory pathogens in Japan.

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