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Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children II

  • Dr. Pollard is an internationally respected name in the world of infectious disease
  • One of his latest projects includes joining forces with other scientists in an attempt to develop a new Meningitis B Vaccine candidate
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 568)

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Table of contents (15 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Chickenpox Party or Varicella Vaccine?

    • Sophie Hambleton, Ann M. Arvin
    Pages 11-24
  3. The ABC of Epstein-Barr Virus Infections

    • Upton D. Allen
    Pages 25-39
  4. The Immune Response to Viral Lower Respiratory Tract Infection

    • Caroline A. Lindemans, Jan L. L. Kimpen
    Pages 41-65
  5. Chronic Granulomatous Disease: From Genetic Defect to Clinical Presentation

    • Johan Bylund, David Goldblatt, David P. Speert
    Pages 67-87
  6. Novel Primary Immunodeficiencies

    • Capucine Picard, Jean-Laurent Casanova
    Pages 89-99
  7. Periodic Fever

    • Sarah S. Long
    Pages 101-115
  8. BCG Vaccine

    • Stephen Sze Shing Teo, Delane Shingadia
    Pages 117-134
  9. Helminth Infections of Children: Prospects for Control

    • Peter J. Hotez, Sonia Arora, Jeffrey Bethony, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Alex Loukas, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira et al.
    Pages 135-144
  10. Rabies on the Doorstep

    • David A. Warrell
    Pages 145-160
  11. Prevention of Typhoid Fever

    • Myron M. Levine, Philippe Lepage
    Pages 161-173
  12. How to Interpret a CSF—The Art and the Science

    • Tom Connell, Nigel Curtis
    Pages 199-216
  13. Reverse Vaccinology and Vaccines for Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis

    • Dominic F. Kelly, Rino Rappuoli
    Pages 217-223
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 225-234

About this book

Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity II provides a current view from leading experts concerning the hottest topics of concern to clinicians caring for children with infections. The book brings together a collection of manuscripts from a faculty of authors of international standing who contributed to a course in Paediatric Infection and Immunity in Oxford, UK in June 2004.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Andrew J. Pollard

  • University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Adam Finn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children II

  • Editors: Andrew J. Pollard, Adam Finn

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b107202

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-25341-1Published: 21 June 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3786-5Published: 08 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-25342-8Published: 27 April 2007

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 234

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Virology, Microbiology, Pathology

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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