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Examines the problems posed by the development of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, and the re-emergence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis for hospital-based medicine around the world.
Examines diseases caused by bacteria and viruses, current techniques used to fight them, and the dangerous new development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and deadly new viruses. Includes the development of...
Information on childhood infectious diseases and immunisation against them. Includes pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, haemophilus influenza type b, poliomyelytis, MMR and tuberculosis. Covers symptoms and...
A collection of 12,440 images showing the visual manifestations of a wide range of diseases together with aspects of medical treatment and healthcare practice. The images are arranged in 77 chapters...
A microbiology resource showing key concepts in microbiology using images, sound, animations and video: 1) Prokaryotic structure and function; 2) Bacterial metabolism and growth; 3) Gram positive bacteria in...
Looks at the increasing threat posed by new viruses: the Ebola virus, which struck in Zaire in 1995; hanta in the USA, dengue fever in South America, a virus from the Amazon that eats its victims’ lungs;...
Nobel Prizewinner Joshua Lederberg is among those who believe that we have grown too complacent about infectious diseases since the development of antibiotics and the control of diseases such as cholera and...
Explains in detail the epidemiology of the hepatitis viruses and the chain of infection, particularly in a closed institution. Explores the risk of infection from illegal drug use as well as unsafe sex and...
Looks at the risks imposed by emerging diseases and examines four specific examples in detail. Deals in turn with the following topics: What is an emerging disease? - one which suddenly appears in a...
Between 1347 to 1351 25 million people in Europe were killed by the plague. The programme looks at the effect of the plague on ordinary people of the time, and at the lasting political, economic and social...
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