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Infectious Disease and Parasites

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Paul Hofman

    1. Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology and Pasteur Hospital, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

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  • Comprehensive information on the field of pathology of infectious diseases
  • Written by experts in the field
  • Alphabetically arranged entries
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Pathology (EP)

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Table of contents (94 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-19
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  2. A

    1. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

      • Paul Hofman
      Pages 1-5

    2. Actinomycosis

      • Karen Renata Nakamura Hiraki
      Pages 5-8

    3. Adenovirus

      • Vsevolod A. Zinserling
      Pages 9-12

    4. Adiaspiromycosis

      • Marius Ilie
      Pages 12-14

    5. Alveolar Echinococcosis

      • Ludovic de Gentile, Marc Pihet
      Pages 15-17

    6. Amebiasis

      • Kirsten D. Mertz, Gieri Cathomas
      Pages 17-22

    7. Ancylostomiasis

      • Pierre Marty
      Pages 22-23

    8. Angiostrongylus Cantonensis Infections

      • Ronald C. Neafie, Ann M. Nelson, Michael R. Lewin-Smith
      Pages 23-26

    9. Angiostrongylus Costaricensis Infections

      • Ronald C. Neafie, Ann M. Nelson, Michael R. Lewin-Smith
      Pages 27-30

    10. Anisakiasis

      • Ronald C. Neafie, Ann M. Nelson, Michael R. Lewin-Smith
      Pages 30-32

    11. Arthropods

      • Paul Hofman
      Pages 32-35

    12. Artifacts

      • Paul Hofman
      Pages 35-38

    13. Ascaridiasis

      • Pierre Marty
      Pages 38-40

    14. Aspergillosis

      • Catherine Butori
      Pages 40-44

  3. B

    1. Bacillary Angiomatosis

      • Paul Hofman
      Pages 45-47

    2. Bacterial Infections

      • Homa Adle-Biassette
      Pages 47-53

    3. Balantidiasis

      • Ronald C. Neafie, Ann M. Nelson, Michael R. Lewin-Smith
      Pages 53-55

    4. Bartonellosis

      • Jean-Yves Scoazec
      Pages 55-60

    5. Bilharziasis

      • Paul Hofman
      Pages 60-63
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About this book

This book covers the complete field of the pathology of infectious disease and parasites- from Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease to Zygomycosis. The alphabetically arranged entries, each of which provides a detailed description of a specific pathological disease pattern, allow readers to quickly and easily find the information they need.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology and Pasteur Hospital, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

    Paul Hofman

About the editor

Professor Paul Hofman received his MD in 1989 and his PhD in 1994. From 1993-1995, he had a postdoctoral position in the department of pathology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. From 1996-1997, he worked at the institute for microbiology, Max-Planck-Institute, Tbingen, Germany. Since 2003, Professor Hofman is the head of the laboratory of Clinical and Experimental pathology and head of the Human Biobank Unit, Pasteur Hospital, Nice, France.

Since 1988, he has been a reviewer for 21 journals. Professor Hofman is the senior author of more than 240 publications.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Infectious Disease and Parasites

  • Editors: Paul Hofman

  • Series Title: Encyclopedia of Pathology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30009-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Reference Module Medicine

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30008-5Published: 06 June 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30009-2Published: 23 June 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2366-6269

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-6277

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 344

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 370 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pathology, Infectious Diseases

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