Viruses and the lung : infections and non-infectious viral-linked lung disorders / Armando E. Fraire, Bruce A. Woda, Raymond M. Welsh, Richard L. Kradin, editors.

Worldwide, infectious disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In developing countries, infection accounts for a substantial proportion of all recorded deaths. Likewise, in developed countries, pneumonia alone results in a large number of deaths. Along with bacteria, parasites and r...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Fraire, Armando E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Springer, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Lung Defenses
  • Taxonomic Classification of Pneumotropic Viruses
  • Adult Viral Infections in the Non Immunocompromised Host
  • Viral Infections in AIDS, Transplantation and other Immunodeficiency States
  • Perinatal, Neonatal and Infantile Viral Diseases Affecting the Lung
  • Viral-linked Lung Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions
  • Viral-linked non Tumoral Lung Disorders
  • Jaagsiekte and other viral-linked, non human lung disorders.