Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

The aim of this book is to highlight selected problems with new and old diseases, e.g. transplantation rabies and rabies transmitted by bats, coinfection of tuberculosis and HIV, etc. The book also emphasizes on recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of various infectious diseases. It has a general section on status of communicable diseases and newer vaccines, bioterrorism, transfusion-related infections, hospital-acquired infections and travel-related infections. Elucidation of diseases lik