A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology

Providing readily accessible information about viruses as agents of human disease, this pocket-sized handbook combines convenience with a concise but comprehensive account of medical virology. Practical clinical information is summarized for quick reference, including the most up-to-date statistical information relating to AIDS. The book is designed for the easiest possible use; all chapters are uniformly constructed (for example, Epidemiology will always be found at the bottom of the fifth page of a main chapter and summary pages are always found at the beginning of a chapter). Also includes beautifully drawn cartoons to illustrate the main points.

This new Edition of A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology has been thoroughly updated and is a practical, highly illustrated, quick reference guide to clinical virology. It brings together the essentials of the subject in a entertaining and informative style, describing in turn the clinical features, the symptoms and signs of each of the viral diseases, as well as summarising the epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis and therapy in each case. This book also includes general chapters such as classification, diagnosis of infection, antiviral drugs, vaccines and different clinical syndromes.

Features include:

• Chapter summaries for quick reference
• Cartoon illustrations
• New chapters on
  Human Herpes Virus 6
  Hepatitis C
  Hepatitis E
  Emerging Viruses
  Polyoma viruses
• Comprehensive coverage
• Clear and concise format

Each chapter is easy to read and well organised, ensuring that this is an invaluable textbook for all medical, biomedical, microbiology and applied biology students. In addition, it will provide an excellent reference for nurses, occupational health and infection control departments, public health and diagnostic laboratories.