The goal is for this eighth edition of Magill’s Medical Guide is to provide easy access to the full range of medical and heath care concerns with ample resources for further research. The authors anticipate that readers will either have experience with one of the topics covered here, or have a loved one who has. To reach their goal, the contributors have reviewed the majority of entries from the previous edition, updated and revised many of them, and added a significant number of new topics.

This second edition of Salem Health: Infectious Diseases & Conditions presents essays on a variety of topics in infectious, or communicable, diseases. Original articles have been updated and new articles added to bring the content up to date. This A-Z encyclopedia arranges 632 essays covering all aspects of infectious diseases, including pathogens and pathogenicity, transmission, the immune system, vaccines, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, drug resistance, epidemiology, history, organizations, research, and social concerns such as aging, poverty and disease, children and disease, stress, quarantine, and bioterrorism. The essays were written for non-specialists by medical professionals such as doctors, nurses, clinical practitioners, researchers, and therapists, as well as professors in science and medicine and professional medical writers.

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