Book Review: Exotic Viral Infections

Book Review: Manual of Childhood Infections

The fourth edition of this manual appears nearly five years after the third edition was published. It has been updated and re-written with the aim of improving the evidence-based management of pediatric infections. Emerging infections, nosocomial infections and antimicrobial resistance are covered in new chapters and updated existing ones. The new edition is also aimed at increasing the interna...

Exotic viral diseases.

Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, monkeypox, and Ebola virus diseases of humans have all been recognized since 1967. These are examples of some of the exotic virus diseases which through importation may present a potential public health problem in the United States. Some of these viruses are also highly hazardous to laboratory and medical personnel. This paper is a review of the general chara...

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Viral infections and bovine mastitis: a review.

This review deals with the role of viruses in the aetiology of bovine mastitis. Bovine herpesvirus 1, bovine herpesvirus 4, foot-and-mouth disease virus, and parainfluenza 3 virus have been isolated from milk from cows with clinical mastitis. Intramammary inoculations of bovine herpesvirus 1 or parainfluenza 3 virus-induced clinical mastitis, while an intramammary inoculation of foot-and-mouth ...

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