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Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children II

  • Andrew J. Pollard
  • Adam Finn
Conference proceedings

Part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series (AEMB, volume 568)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xix
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  2. Emerging Infections and Children: Influenza and Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy
    Sarah S. Long
    Pages 1-9
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  3. Chickenpox Party or Varicella Vaccine?
    Sophie Hambleton, Ann M. Arvin
    Pages 11-24
  4. The ABC of Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
    Upton D. Allen
    Pages 25-39
  5. The Immune Response to Viral Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
    Caroline A. Lindemans, Jan L. L. Kimpen
    Pages 41-65
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  6. Chronic Granulomatous Disease: From Genetic Defect to Clinical Presentation
    Johan Bylund, David Goldblatt, David P. Speert
    Pages 67-87
  7. Novel Primary Immunodeficiencies
    Capucine Picard, Jean-Laurent Casanova
    Pages 89-99
  8. Periodic Fever
    Sarah S. Long
    Pages 101-115
  9. BCG Vaccine
    Stephen Sze Shing Teo, Delane Shingadia
    Pages 117-134
  10. Helminth Infections of Children: Prospects for Control
    Peter J. Hotez, Sonia Arora, Jeffrey Bethony, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Alex Loukas, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira et al.
    Pages 135-144
  11. Rabies on the Doorstep
    David A. Warrell
    Pages 145-160
  12. Prevention of Typhoid Fever
    Myron M. Levine, Philippe Lepage
    Pages 161-173
  13. Dexamethasone in the Treatment of Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis in Developing Countries: Is it Beneficial?
    Elizabeth Molyneux
    Pages 175-188
  14. Should Dexamethasone be Part of Routine Therapy of Bacterial Meningitis in Industrialised Countries?
    Peter McIntyre
    Pages 189-197
  15. How to Interpret a CSF—The Art and the Science
    Tom Connell, Nigel Curtis
    Pages 199-216
  16. Reverse Vaccinology and Vaccines for Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis
    Dominic F. Kelly, Rino Rappuoli
    Pages 217-223
  17. Back Matter
    Pages 225-234
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About these proceedings

Introduction

Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity II provides a current view from leading experts concerning the hottest topics of concern to clinicians caring for children with infections. The book brings together a collection of manuscripts from a faculty of authors of international standing who contributed to a course in Paediatric Infection and Immunity in Oxford, UK in June 2004.

Keywords

bacteria infection infections vaccine virus

Editors and affiliations

  • Andrew J. Pollard
    • 1
  • Adam Finn
    • 2
  1. 1.University of OxfordOxfordUK
  2. 2.University of BristolBristolUK

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