Natural History of Infectious DiseaseCUP Archive, 1972 M08 24 - 288 pages |
Contents
PROTOZOA | 44 |
5 | 52 |
INFECTION AND IMMUNITY | 70 |
7 | 88 |
HOW INFECTIONS SPREAD | 105 |
EPIDEMICS AND PREVALENCES | 118 |
EVOLUTION AND SURVIVAL OF HOST AND PARASITE | 137 |
CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE | 155 |
HOSPITAL INFECTIONS AND IATROGENIC DISEASE | 186 |
DIPHTHERIA | 193 |
INFLUENZA | 202 |
TUBERCULOSIS | 213 |
PLAGUE | 225 |
MALARIA | 232 |
YELLOW FEVER | 242 |
HEPATITIS KURU AND SLOW VIRUSES | 259 |
Common terms and phrases
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