Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Conceptions of Infection and Infectious Disease

1.2 The Host Response to Infection

1.3 Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease

1.4 Major Manifestations of Infection

1.5 Prevention and Control of Infection

1.6 Diagnosis of Infectious Disease

1.7 Principle Management of Infection

Chapter 2 Prion Diseases

2.1 Etiology

2.2 Epidemiology

2.3 Pathogenesis and Pathology

2.4 Clinical Manifestations

2.5 Laboratory Examinations

2.6 Diagnosis

2.7 Differential Diagnosis

2.8 Prognosis

2.9 Treatment

2.10 Prophylaxis

Chapter 3 Viral Infections

3.1 ViralHepatitis

3.2 Dengue Fever

3.3 Epidemic Encephalitis

3.4 Rabies

3.5 Influenza

3.6 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

3.7 Mumps

3.8 Measles

3.9 Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome

3.10 Poliomyelitis

3.11 Chickenpox and Herpes Zoster

3.12 Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease

3.13 AIDS

Chapter 4 Rickettsiae Infections

4.1 Epidemic Typhus

4.2 EndemicTyphus

Chapter 5 Bacterial Infections

5.1 Scarlet Fever

5.2 Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis

5.3 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever

5.4 Bacterial Food Poisoning

5.5 ShigeUosis

5.6 Cholera

5.7 Diphtheria

5.8 Pertussis

5.9 Anthrax

5.10 Brucellosis

5.11 Plague

Chapter 6 Spirochete Infection

6.1 Leptospirosis

Chapter 7 Protozoon Infections

7.1 Amebiasis

7.2 Malaria

Chapter 8 Helminth Infection

8.1 Schistosomiasts