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Influenza
Roni K. Devlin
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Influenza

Roni K. Devlin Roni K. Devlin

October 2008

Greenwood

Series: Biographies of Disease

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Tells the story of the flu, from its discovery to today, and provides an accessible introduction to the causation, treatment, and impact of the disease.

This volume covers a common infectious disease that afflicts millions every year—the flu—but one that has the potential of being at the center of a new pandemic, similar to the one that killed millions during 1918.

Influenza examines all aspects of this disease, including:
• The influenza virus and how it leads to infection in humans.
• The definition of epidemics and pandemics, and a description of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918.
• The clinical signs and symptoms of influenza, and how it impacts special populations, such as the elderly and HIV-infected patients
• The treatment and prevention of the flu The volume includes a glossary of important terms and a bibliography of accessible works that discuss the disease.

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Influenza examines all aspects of this disease, including:
• The influenza virus and how it leads to infection in humans.
• The definition of epidemics and pandemics, and a description of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918.
• The clinical signs and symptoms of influenza, and how it impacts special populations, such as the elderly and HIV-infected patients
• The treatment and prevention of the flu The volume includes a glossary of important terms and a bibliography of accessible works that discuss the disease.
List of Figures
Series Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1.The Influenza Virus
2.The Epidemiology of Influenza
3.The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
4.The Clinical Manifestations of Influenza
5. Making the Diagnosis of Influenza
6. Treatment and Prevention of Influenza
Conclusions
Timeline
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Reviews
"Devlin, an infectious diseases physician, presents a history of the influenza virus for general readers that looks at the disease from a biographical perspective, introducing germ theory and telling the story of influenza’s discovery, characteristics, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, methods of diagnosis, prevention and treatment, and the pandemic of 1918."—SciTech Book News





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