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Article: The Microbe-Host Interface in Respiratory Tract Infections.(Book Review)
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- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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The Microbe-Host Interface in Respiratory Tract Infections
Jan L.L. Kimpen and Octavio Ramilo, editors
Horizon Biosciences, Norfolk, UK, 2005 ISBN 0-8493-3646-5 Pages: 323, Price US $139.05
How thoroughly can 1 book address 2 complex aspects of the host-agent-environment triad, especially for a topic as broad as respiratory tract infections? Every author of an infectious disease topic assumes this task, at least implicitly. For example, the clinical aspects of adenovirus infection are hard to discuss without also highlighting the host factors that lead to greater susceptibility. The value of a book dedicated to the host-pathogen interaction ...