Comprehensive Guide to Preventing and Treating Infectious Diseases: Rising Contagious Diseases

Authored by Seth Kwabena Amponsah, Rising Contagious Diseases provides a concise yet comprehensive insight into the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, mpox, Ebola, and Lyme disease.

A Broad Coverage of Infectious Diseases

This book covers 28 emerging or recurring diseases from viral, bacterial, and parasitic sources, including bird and swine flu, malaria, Legionnaires’, and more. The text delves into molecular surveillance and epidemiology, innovative strategies for pathogen detection, drug and vaccine development, preventive measures, cost-effective diagnostic procedures, and effective therapeutic strategies.

Expert Insights and Practical Knowledge

Composed of 30 chapters, Rising Contagious Diseases offers a unique blend of fundamental facts, practical, and clinical data. The book covers topics such as:

• Re-emergence of diseases due to dynamic host-pathogen interactions, anthropogenic selection, and climate change
• Real-time epidemiological surveillance for improved detection of infectious disease outbreaks
• Transmission dynamics, epidemiology, clinical manifestation, advances in diagnostics, and management of covered diseases
• Effects of disease outbreaks on global healthcare, including high morbidity and mortality rates and rising healthcare costs

An Essential Reference for Healthcare Professionals and Students

Rising Contagious Diseases is an indispensable resource for healthcare professionals, academics in microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases, pathology, pharmacology, and public health, as well as undergraduates and postgraduates in related disciplines. With its detailed insight into the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases, this book is a valuable addition to any medical library.

Publisher: Wiley | Publication Date: January 8, 2023 | Language: English | ISBN: 9781394188710, 9781394188727