Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

Practical text provides quick access to key diagnostic features of each virus encountered in clinical practice and their management.

This basic but comprehensive text covers both diagnostic and clinical aspects of medical virology, aimed at all healthcare professionals who need a clear understanding of viruses in the clinical setting. Organised into five main sections of individual viruses, related agents, clinical syndromes, diagnostic techniques and patient management.This basic but comprehensive text is aimed at all healthcare professionals who need a clear understanding of medical virology. Written by two highly experienced virologists, the book is divided into five sections: 1) Individual viruses; 2) Other related agents; 3) Clinical syndromes; 4) Diagnostic techniques; 5) Patient management. The individual virus chapters provide information on incubation period, infectivity, control of infection and management. The clinical syndrome chapters provide information on the clinical presentation of disease, thus enabling the reader to search according to patient symptoms rather than referring to several individual virus chapters. The standard chapter formats, simple language and liberal use of tables, figures and algorithms enable quick access to key information, and the comprehensive coverage of all viral agents is unique in a practical guide of this size.