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Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children VII

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Editors:
  1. Nigel Curtis

    1. Royal Children's Hospital, Dept. Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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  2. Adam Finn

    1. Institute of Child Life and Health, UBHT Education Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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  3. Andrew J. Pollard

    1. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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  • Each of the chapters in this book is based on a lecture given at the seventh ‘Infection and Immunity in Children’ (IIC) course held at the end of June 2009 at Keble College, Oxford Various aspects of paediatric infectious diseases written by the leading authorities in the field Collectively provide succinct and readable updates on just about every aspect of the discipline of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 697)

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Course covers topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious disease trainees, trainers, and all those who manage children with infections.

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Value of Vaccination

    • David E. Bloom
    Pages 1-8

  3. Recent Trends in Global Immunisation

    • Gustav J.V. Nossal
    Pages 9-16

  4. New Advances in Typhoid Fever Vaccination Strategies

    • Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, M. Imran Khan, Sajid Bashir Soofi, R. Leon Ochiai
    Pages 17-39

  5. Prevention of Vertical Transmission of HIV in Resource-Limited Countries

    • Catherine M. Wilfert, Tabitha Sripipatana, Allison Spensley, Mary Pat Kieffer, Edward Bitarakwate
    Pages 41-57

  6. Pneumonia in Children in Developing Countries

    • Frank Shann
    Pages 59-75

  7. Darwin, Microbes and Evolution by Natural Selection

    • E. Richard Moxon
    Pages 77-86

  8. Human Herpesvirus 6

    • Charles G. Prober
    Pages 87-90

  9. Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Central Venous Access Device Infections in Children

    • Asha Bowen, Jonathan Carapetis
    Pages 91-106

  10. Moraxella catarrhalis – Pathogen or Commensal?

    • Christoph Aebi
    Pages 107-116

  11. Anaerobic Infections in Children

    • Itzhak Brook
    Pages 117-152

  12. Encephalitis Diagnosis and Management in the Real World

    • Sarah S. Long
    Pages 153-173

  13. Toxic Shock Syndrome – Evolution of an Emerging Disease

    • James K. Todd
    Pages 175-181

  14. Dissection of B-Cell Development to Unravel Defects in Patients with a Primary Antibody Deficiency

    • Mirjam van der Burg, Menno C. van Zelm, Gertjan J.A. Driessen, Jacques J.M. van Dongen
    Pages 183-196

  15. Mumps is Back: Why is Mumps Eradication Not Working?

    • Noni MacDonald, Todd Hatchette, Lotfia Elkout, Shelly Sarwal
    Pages 197-220

  16. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections: Where Are We Now?

    • Clara Thompson, Richard Whitley
    Pages 221-230

  17. Rational Approach to Pediatric Antifungal Therapy

    • William J. Steinbach
    Pages 231-242

  18. Antiviral Therapy of CMV Disease in Children

    • Mike Sharland, Suzanne Luck, Paul Griffiths, Mark Cotton
    Pages 243-260

  19. Infectious Hazards from Pets and Domestic Animals

    • Mona Al-Dabbagh, Simon Dobson
    Pages 261-272

  20. Novel Technology to Study Co-Evolution of Humans and Staphylococcus aureus: Consequences for Interpreting the Biology of Colonisation and Infection

    • Alex van Belkum
    Pages 273-288
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Royal Children's Hospital, Dept. Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

    Nigel Curtis

  • Institute of Child Life and Health, UBHT Education Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Adam Finn

  • University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Andrew J. Pollard

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children VII

  • Editors: Nigel Curtis, Adam Finn, Andrew J. Pollard

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7185-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7184-5Published: 02 December 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2774-2Published: 25 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7185-2Published: 01 December 2010

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 318

  • Topics: Immunology, Virology, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases

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