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Human Infectious Disease and Public Health (Paperback)
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Human Infectious Disease and Public Health (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Biology Primers
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Written primarily for 16-19 year old students, this primer aims to
extend students' knowledge and inspire them to take their
school-level learning further. It explores topics that are familiar
from the curriculum and also introduces new ideas, giving students
a first taste of the study of biology beyond school-level and
demonstrating how concepts frequently encountered at school are
relevant to and applied in current research. This is the ideal text
to support students who are considering making the transition from
studying biology at school to university. Infectious disease will
affect most of us at some point in our lives, despite tremendous
advances in medicine over the past century. We all still fall ill
from pathogens in our everyday environments - but many of us now
survive infections which would have proved fatal in the past. Our
understanding of the nature of infectious diseases continues to
grow - as does our understanding of the human immune system. We
continue to develop drugs and public health regimens to attempt to
treat or prevent more and more diseases from causing acute sickness
and/or long-term health problems - and indeed, we have been
successful at eradicating (or almost eradicating) a number of
previously common illnesses over the past fifty years. This text
explores the structure and function of each distinct type of
pathogen (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites and prion disease),
as well as the biochemical processes taking place when an infection
is caused by any of these agents. It goes on to look at the role
the human immune system plays in preventing, containing and
destroying pathogens which enter the human body, using up to date
research to ensure that students are abreast of the most recent
developments in immunology. The text also examines the
"evolutionary arms race" between human beings and infectious
disease, looking at genetic traits which confer protection against
some infectious diseases, and how pathogens are constantly changing
to work around our defences. The final section of the primer
explores disease prevention and treatment - antibiotics, antivirals
and antifungal agents and their mechanisms of action; public health
and vaccination; the dangers of antibiotic resistance; and
potential sources for new antimicrobial agents around the world.
Online resources For students: Online quizzes for each chapter so
that students can quickly check their understanding of the key
concepts For teachers: Artwork from the book in easy-to-download
format, for use in class materials and handouts
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