Epidemic Respiratory Disease The Pneumonias And Other Infections Of The Repiratory Tract Accompanying Influenza And Measles

Author : Thomas M. Rivers,Francis G. Blake,James C. Small,Eugene L. Opie
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 248 pages
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Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547060208

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"Epidemic respiratory disease: the pneumonias and other infections of the respiratory tract accompanying influenza and measles" by Thomas M. Rivers is an important example of medical literature. Originally published in 1921, this book covers what was, at the time, cutting-edge research on respiratory illnesses. Though some of the information contained within this book would be considered outdated by current medical standards, it still presents an interesting look at modern medicine of the past. Thanks to books such as this, medical advancements have been able to reach their current states, leading to life-saving treatments for previously incurable diseases.

Author : Eugene Lindsay Opie,Francis Gilman Blake
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
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Release : 2016-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1358185875

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Epidemic Respiratory Disease by Eugene Lindsay Opie,Francis Gilman Blake Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Eugene L. Opie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
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Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1331943248

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Epidemic Respiratory Disease by Eugene L. Opie Pdf

Excerpt from Epidemic Respiratory Disease: The Pneumonias and Other Infections of the Respiratory Tract Accompanying, Influenza and Measles Death from lobar pneumonia, bronchopneumonia and measles, fatal with few exceptions in consequence of complicating pneumonia, constituted in 1916 approximately one-sixth (16.8 per cent) of the mortality in the army, whereas in 1917 the same diseases were responsible for nearly two-thirds (61.7 per cent) of all deaths. During the first half of 1918 the incidence of pneumonia steadily increased and in some army camps there were extensive outbreaks of unusually severe pneumonia. In July, 1918, the Surgeon General assigned a group of medical officers to the study of the pneumonias prevalent in the army and stationed them at Camp Funston, Kansas. At the base hospital of this camp all cases of pneumonia occurring among troops assembled in the camp were studied, but during the month of August there were few cases of pneumonia and these were of mild type. Pneumonia which occurred at Camp Funston during August was almost wholly limited to recently recruited colored troops from southern states (Louisiana, Mississippi). There was a low rate of mortality, and few complications. This pneumonia exhibited a noteworthy difference in etiology from that usually seen in civil life, for it was associated with a high incidence of those types of pneumococci which occur in the mouths of healthy men, namely, Pneumococcus atypical II, Type III, and the group of microorganisms represented by Type IV. Pneumococcus Type I was encountered in only a few instances and Type II was not found, although these two microorganisms are responsible for two-thirds of the lobar pneumonia which occurs in civil life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Eugene Lindsay 1873- Opie
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 408 pages
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Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1362293598

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Eugene Lindsay Opie
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 410 pages
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Release : 2016-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1356377114

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Charles De Paolo
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 239 pages
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Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786495894

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Pandemic Influenza in Fiction by Charles De Paolo Pdf

The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919--the worst widespread outbreak in recorded history--claimed an estimated 100 million lives globally. Yet only in recent decades has it captured the attention of historians, scientists, and fiction writers. This study surveys influenza research over the last century in original scientific and historical documents and establishes a critical paradigm for the appreciation of influenza fiction. Through close readings of 15 imaginative works, the author elucidates the contents of and the interaction between the medical and the fictional. Coverage extends from Pfeiffer's 1892 bacillus theory, to the multidisciplinary effort to isolate the virus (1919-1933), to the reconstruction of the H1N1 viral genome from archival and exhumed RNA (1995-2005), to the emergence of H5N1 and H7N9 avian viruses (1997-2014).This book demonstrates that pandemic fiction has been more than a therapeutic medium for survivors. A prodigious resource for the history of medicine, it is also a forum for ethical, social, legal, national defense and public health issues.

Author : Alfred S. Evans,Philip S. Brachman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461553274

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Bacterial Infections of Humans by Alfred S. Evans,Philip S. Brachman Pdf

In Memoriam of Alfred S. Evans This third edition of Bacterial Infections of Humans is dedicated to Alfred Spring Evans, who died on January 21, 1996, 2Yz years after a diagnosis of cancer. Al was the senior editor of this textbook, which he founded with Harry Feldman in 1982. Al was a clinician, epidemiologist, educator, catalyst for biomedical research, historian, author, speaker, seeker of the truth, sincere friend of students, sports enthusiast, traveler, and truly a man of all seasons. He was a devoted husband to Brigette Klug Evans, father of three children, and grandfather of four. Al was born in Buffalo, New York, on August 21,1917, to Ellen Spring and John H. Evans, M.D., one ofthe United States's first anesthesiologists and an early researcher in the field of oxygen therapy. He received his undergraduate training at the University of Michigan; was awarded an M.D. degree in 1943 from the University of Buffalo; interned in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and performed his medical residency at the Goldwater Hospital in New York City. He was in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946, assigned as a public health officer to a base in Okinawa, Japan. It was there that he met Drs.

Author : United States. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Advanced Systems and Concepts Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Influenza
ISBN : UOM:39015064102463

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A Historical Assessment of Nonpharmaceutical Disease Containment Strategies Employed by Selected U.S. Communities During the Second Wave of the 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic by United States. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Advanced Systems and Concepts Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Odile Jacob
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782738180896

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Communicable diseases
ISBN : MINN:31951P01158023I

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Emerging Infectious Diseases by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arun Kumar,Shakti Singh
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 187 pages
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Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9782889198115

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Influenza Virus Vaccines and Immunotherapies by Arun Kumar,Shakti Singh Pdf

Influenza virus infections lead to thousands of deaths worldwide annually and billions of dollars economic burden. Despite continuing advances in our understanding of the immune evasion mechanism, the disease remains one of the foremost threat for human being. Traditional vaccines (attenuated and inactivated) mainly provide protection by inducing virus neutralizing antibodies, targeting ever changing surface antigens: Haemagultinin (HA) and Neuraminidase (NA). Due to genetic shift and immune selection pressure, prevalence of circulating influenza virus subtypes changes every year. Therefore, mismatch between circulating strain and vaccine strain can critically affect the success rate of these conventional flu vaccines, and requires continuous monitoring of circulating influenza virus subtypes and change in the vaccine formulations accordingly. The collective limitations of existing flu vaccines urgently call for the development of a novel universal vaccines that might provide the required protective immunity to a range of influenza virus subtypes. New approaches are being investigated mainly targeting conserved regions of flu proteins. Some of these approaches include universally conserved epitopes of HA, nucleoprotein (NP), capsid protein (M1) and ion channel protein (M2) that induced strong immune responses in animal models. Some attention and progress appears to be focused on vaccines based on the M2 ectodomain (M2e) employing a variety of constructs, adjuvants and delivery systems, including M2e-hepatitis B core antigen, flagellin constructs, and virus-like particles (VLP). Animal studies with these M2e candidate vaccines demonstrated that these vaccine candidates can prevent severe illness and death but not infection, which may pose difficulties in both the evaluation of clinical efficacy and approval by the regulatory authorities. VLP vaccines appear to be promising, but still are mostly limited to animal studies. The discovery and development of new and improved vaccines have been greatly facilitated by the application of new technologies. The use of nucleic acid-based vaccines, to combine the benefits of in-situ expression of antigens with the safety of inactivated and subunit vaccines, has been a key advancement. Upon their discovery more than 20 years ago, nucleic acid vaccines promised to be a safe and effective mean to mimic immunization with a live organism vaccine, particularly for induction of T cell immunity. In addition, the manufacturing of nucleic acid-based vaccines offered the potential to be relatively simple, inexpensive and generic. Reverse Vaccinology and in-silico designing of vaccines are very innovative approaches and being considered as future of vaccines. Furthermore, various immuno-therapeutic agents also being developed to treat and minimize immuno-pathological damage in patients suffering from life threatening complications. For the treatment of such pathological conditions, various novel approaches such as administration of immune suppressive cytokines, blocking co-stimulatory signals or activating co-inhibitory signal of T cell activation, are being tested both in lab and clinics. The Research Topic on influenza virus vaccine and therapeutics will give an insight in to the current status and future scope of these new innovative approaches and technologies. Moreover, these new methods will also serve as a reference tool for the development of future vaccines against several other pathogens.

Author : Jeremy Brown,Sven Hammerschmidt,Carlos Orihuela
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780124114531

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Streptococcus Pneumoniae by Jeremy Brown,Sven Hammerschmidt,Carlos Orihuela Pdf

Streptococcus Pneumoniae: Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions provides a comprehensive overview of our existing knowledge on Streptococcus pneumoniae antibiotic resistance, dissemination, and pathogenesis, including immunology. It presents a state-of-the-art overview of the implications of existing data, along with the areas of research that are important for future insights into the molecular mechanisms of pneumococcal infections and how to combat these infections. Users will find a timely update on the topic, as the dramatic increase in antibiotic resistance pneumoniae cases and limitations of the currently available pneumoniae vaccines are creating new concerns on these gram-positive bacteria that are endowed with a high virulence potential, and are the most common etiologic agent of respiratory and life-threatening invasive diseases. Provides an updated overview of our existing knowledge on Streptococcus pneumoniae antibiotic resistance, dissemination, and pathogenesis, including immunology Helps strengthen interdisciplinary networking and the focus of scientific resources by targeting epidemiology, vaccines, genetics, antibiotic resistance, clonal dissemination, Streptococcus pneumoniae biology, functional genomics, inflammasome, biomarkers, and more Multi-authored by leaders in the field who present a state-of-the-art overview of what the implications are of existing data, and the areas of research that are important for future insights into the molecular mechanisms of pneumococcal infections Supports combinatory networking in order to find new solutions in clinical therapies Reflects the most topical pneumococcal research trends

Author : Niall Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134215003

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Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic by Niall Johnson Pdf

Between August 1918 and March 1919 a flu pandemic spread across the globe and in just under a year 40 million people had died from the virus worldwide. This is the first book to provide a total history and seriously analyze the British experiences during that time. The book provides the most up-to-date tally of the pandemic’s impact, including the vast mortality, as well as questioning the apparent origins of the pandemic. A ‘total’ history, this book ranges from the spread of the 1918–1919 pandemic, to the basic biology of influenza, and how epidemics and pandemics are possible, to consider the demographic, social, economic and political impacts of such a massive pandemic, including the cultural dimensions of naming, blame, metaphors, memory, the media, art and literature. An inter-disciplinary study, it stretches from history and geography through to medicine in order to convey the full magnitude of the first global medical ‘disaster’ of the twentieth century, and looks ahead to possible pandemics of the future. Niall Johnson brings an impressive scholarly eye on this fascinating and highly relevant topic making this essential reading for historians and those with an interest in British and medical history.

Author : Paul F. Torrence
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780471716709

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Antiviral Drug Discovery for Emerging Diseases and Bioterrorism Threats by Paul F. Torrence Pdf

Antiviral Drug Discovery gives readers a cutting-edge view of how chemical concepts are being mobilized to develop novel approaches that will effectively confront emerging diseases and biowarfare. Among the many topics discussed are smallpox, the Ebola virus, influenza, SARS, arenaviruses and flaviviruses. Each chapter discusses hypothetical strategies for the discovery of relevant antiviral agents, recent findings related to biochemistry or drug discovery, and advances in the further development of established leads in the area. Timely and informative, this book clearly delineates the efforts being made to develop new and effective broad-spectrum antiviral agents.

Author : Roderick Heffron
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 1110 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Pneumonia
ISBN : 0674674448

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Pneumonia, with Special Reference to Pneumococcus Lobar Pneumonia by Roderick Heffron Pdf