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Starting with historical, epidemiological and sociocultural issues, this book presents clinical and molecular biological aspects of pediatric infectious diseases. The text offers new insights into the pathogenesis of infection, and updates on diagnostics, prevention and treatment of pediatric viral, fungal and bacterial diseases, as well as emerging new pathogens. The book will interest an interdisciplinary audience of clinicians and non-clinicians: pediatricians, infectious disease researchers, virologists, microbiologists and more.
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Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases BAID
Series Editors Axel Schmidt University Witten/Herdecke Faculty of Medicine Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50 58448 Witten Germany Stefan H.E. Kaufmann Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie Department of Immunology Schumannstrasse 21/22 10117 Berlin Germany
Manfred H. Wolff University Witten/Herdecke Faculty of Biosciences Stockumer Str. 10 58448 Witten Germany
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Revisited Edited by Horst Schroten and Stefan Wirth
Birkhäuser Verlag Basel Boston Berlin
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Editors Horst Schroten Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department of General Pediatrics University Children’s Hospital Moorenstr. 5 40225 Düsseldorf Germany
Stefan Wirth Children’s Hospital HELIOS Klinikum Witten-Herdecke University Heusnerstr. 40 42283 Wuppertal Germany
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Contents List of contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preface
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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Rudolf H. Tangermann, Hanna Nohynek and Rudolf Eggers Global control of infectious diseases by vaccination programs . . . . . . . . .
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Duncan Steele Potential impact of rotavirus vaccination on the mortality of children in developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sieghart Dittmann Controversially discussed indications for imm