Book Review: Immunological Aspects of Infectious Diseases

Book Review The social ecology of infectious diseases

Too often we hear about ‘bad bugs’ and too little do we contemplate the role that society and the environment play in struggles with the vast microbial world. No question that biomedical research remains important for solving problems, but we should be cautious not to rely too heavily on technology – vaccines and pharmaceuticals, for example. Surely amplification resulting from, and adaptation ...

Immunological synapses in infectious diseases.

Rodrigo Siqueira-Batista1, Mauro Geller2 and Andréia Patrícia Gomes3 1Professor of Internal Medicine, Neuroscience and Immunology/Microbiology, Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (UNIFESO); 2Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (UNIFESO); Coordinator of Genodermatosis, Genetic Services, Instituto Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG), F...

Immunological Aspects of Gastrointestinal Diseases

Psychiatric Aspects of Infectious Diseases

Psychiatric symptoms can be associated with several systemic and central nervous system infections and they can be the initial presenting symptoms, occurring in the absence of neurological symptoms in some disorders as in some cases of viral encephalitis. They could also be part of the clinical picture in other cases such as psychosis or mood symptoms secondary to brucellosis or toxoplasmosis. ...

Book Review: Infectious Disease Epidemiology

This handbook is divided into two sections. Section 1 is composed of seventeen chapters which summarize the basic methods and principles used for the study of infectious disease epidemiology. On the other hand, Section 2 discusses the most important infectious diseases worldwide, grouped in ten separate chapters according to their way of transmission, with an emphasis on their ability to cause ...