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Emerging Infections #7
Emerging Infections 7
This new volume is the seventh in a series of books based on ICAAC Symposia on Emerging Infections. It offers an updated review of new and emerging infectious diseases, including Avian Influenza (H5N1), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), West Nile fever, and many others. The editors are experts in their respective fields of research and are active in the scientific and clinical communities that deal with emerging pathogens. The Emerging Infections series is a valuable resource for a wide range of people working in microbiology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health, and clinical medicine.
381 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
W. Michael Scheld
12 booksW Michael Scheld—President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Scheld graduated from Cornell University Medical College in 1973. From 1973–1979 he completed his internship, residency, and fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Virginia Medical Centre. He continued his academic career at the University of Virginia, where today he is the Wyeth Professor of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine and Neurosurgery. His research interests include meningitis, central nervous infections, sepsis, septic shock, systemic mycoses, antimicrobial resistance, and HIV/AIDS.
Scheld has received numerous awards, is the author of more than 300 publications, and is the editor of the textbook Infections of the Central Nervous System as well as the section editor for The Cecil Textbook of Medicine. He sits on the editorial and advisory boards of many leading infectious disease journals, and is also the chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine subspecialty board on infectious diseases. He is active in several professional societies, most notably as the President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), President–elect of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, and is one of the founding members of the Academic Alliance for AIDS Care And Prevention in Africa.
Scheld graduated from Cornell University Medical College in 1973. From 1973–1979 he completed his internship, residency, and fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Virginia Medical Centre. He continued his academic career at the University of Virginia, where today he is the Wyeth Professor of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine and Neurosurgery. His research interests include meningitis, central nervous infections, sepsis, septic shock, systemic mycoses, antimicrobial resistance, and HIV/AIDS.
Scheld has received numerous awards, is the author of more than 300 publications, and is the editor of the textbook Infections of the Central Nervous System as well as the section editor for The Cecil Textbook of Medicine. He sits on the editorial and advisory boards of many leading infectious disease journals, and is also the chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine subspecialty board on infectious diseases. He is active in several professional societies, most notably as the President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), President–elect of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, and is one of the founding members of the Academic Alliance for AIDS Care And Prevention in Africa.
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