Subjects:  1. Cancer Research    2. Diseases - Viral    3. Immunology    4. Infectious Diseases    5. Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Oncology    9. Medical / Oncology    10. Medical research   

Subjects:  1. Health/Fitness    2. History    3. Medical / Diseases / Viral    4. Medical / History    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical Microbiology    7. Microbiology    8. Research Personnel    9. Diseases - Viral    10. Medicine    11. Prevention & control    12. Virus diseases   

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An excellent overview
As with the rest of the Secrets series, this book covers the subject matter broadly (although not at great depth) in a useful Q&A format. The material is practical and relevant, covering both inpatient and outpatient scenarios.
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Subjects:  1. Communicable Diseases    2. Diseases - Viral    3. Infection    4. Infectious Diseases    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Miscellanea    8. examination questions    9. Infectious & contagious diseases    10. Medical microbiology & virology   

Subjects:  1. Case Report    2. Diseases - Viral    3. Examinations, questions, etc    4. Immunity    5. Immunology    6. Infectious Diseases    7. Medical    8. Medical / Nursing    9. Outlines, syllabi, etc    10. Test Preparation & Review   

Subjects:  1. AIDS & HIV    2. AIDS (Disease)    3. Acquired Immunodeficiency Synd    4. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome    5. Atlases    6. Diagnosis, Differential    7. Diseases - Viral    8. Infectious Diseases    9. Medical    10. Medical / Nursing    11. diagnosis    12. HIV / AIDS    13. Medical / Infectious Diseases   

Subjects:  1. Agent Orange    2. Diseases - Viral    3. Health aspects    4. Health risk assessment    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Public Health    9. Reference    10. Toxicology    11. United States    12. Veterans    13. Vietnam War, 1961-1975    14. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975   

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The dramatic and chilling story of an Ebola virus outbreak in a surburban Washington, D.C. laboratory, with descriptions of frightening historical epidemics of rare and lethal viruses. More hair-raising than anything Hollywood could think of, because it's all Read more

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A true life horror story
A really compelling read! I could not put this book down. Before I read 'The Hot Zone' I had never really taken much interest in virology. Richard Preston writes his account very effectively in the style of a novel, but the fact that the horrors of Marburg and Ebola that he describes are actually true, gave me many sleepless nights. A frightening aspect of these filoviruses is that their source has still not been found. If only all non-fictional books were as readable as this!
Truly terrifying from the start to the end
I am someone who loves classics... so I never read this kind. But I happened to read it on my trip to east coast. I finished within 2 days. At first, I was scared, then i accept the truth... it became better. And it's so good from the start to end... So realistic, u can touch the grip of it... feel like it's happening around the corner.
Sub-par
I've been wanting to read this novel for several years now.Taking Virology during my undergraduate career only peaked my interest in reading about Ebola in a novel-style context.There's not much known about the Ebola virus, even to this day, and I was intrigued to see how Preston would incorporate this knowledge (or lackthereof) into his book.While the subject matter is extremely interesting and engaging, I will have to agree that his writing style is sub-par.I found myself skimming through whole paragraphs because of his mundane and repetitive diction and syntax.If it had been written by someone else, I think I could have immensely enjoyed this book (I'm a major science nerd, and I love reading science books).The only thing that kept me going to the finish was the fact that the entire novel was riding on the subject matter Ebola itself.The virus was what kept the novel going (I actually enjoyed all the factual paragraphs about Ebola...reminded me of the course I took in college! Haha, that, and I like seeing how factually correct Preston was).Overall, it seems like most of his facts are correct (there are a few things that I would contest, but that's besides the point), but honestly, the book was a bore...which is a shame, because it's written on such a fascinating subject.
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Subjects:  1. Africa    2. Diseases - Viral    3. Ebola virus disease    4. Epidemiology    5. Infectious Diseases    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Primates as laboratory animals    9. Public Health    10. Reston    11. Virginia    12. Science: General Issues    13. True Stories   

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Concise book for reading
This handbook is easy to approach. It provides general information about infectious diseases, although not comprehensive in detail. For medical students and those who are not specialists of infectious diseases, this book is the one that you can buy and read.

Useful information readily available
A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases offers the medical resident and ID fellow a thorough yet accessible and practical resource for dealing with commonly encountered ID problems.The section of STD's isparticularly informative as are the sections on Bone and Joint Infectionsand UTI's.Read more

Subjects:  1. Communicable Diseases    2. Diseases - Viral    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Health/Fitness    5. Infectious Diseases    6. Medical / Nursing    7. handbooks    8. Infectious & contagious diseases    9. Medical microbiology & virology   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Infectious Diseases    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Science    6. DNA    7. Genetics    8. Medical / Diseases / Viral    9. Medical-Infectious Diseases    10. Science / General   

Subjects:  1. Clinical Chemistry    2. Diagnostic immunohistochemistr    3. Diagnostic immunohistochemistry    4. Diseases - Viral    5. Immunohistochemistry    6. Immunologic Techniques    7. Immunologic Tests    8. Immunopathology    9. Infectious Diseases    10. Medical / Nursing    11. Pathology    12. Science/Mathematics    13. Immunology    14. Infectious & contagious diseases    15. Medical microbiology & virology    16. Oncology    17. Transplant surgery   

Subjects:  1. AIDS & HIV    2. Diseases - Viral    3. Family & General Practice    4. Infectious Diseases    5. Internal Medicine    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing   

Subjects:  1. AIDS (Diseases)    2. Dermatology    3. HIV (Viruses)    4. Immunology    5. Infectious Diseases    6. Langerhans cells    7. Medical    8. Medical / Nursing    9. Medical Virology    10. Pathophysiology    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Virus diseases    13. Medical / Diseases / Viral   

Subjects:  1. Diseases - Viral    2. Enzymology    3. Infectious Diseases    4. Life Sciences - Biochemistry    5. Life Sciences - Biology - General    6. Proteins    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Medical microbiology & virology    10. Science / Biology   

Subjects:  1. AIDS & HIV    2. Diseases - Viral    3. Infectious Diseases    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Infectious & contagious diseases   

Subjects:  1. Congresses    2. Diseases    3. Diseases - Viral    4. Gene Therapy    5. General    6. Genetics    7. Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics    8. Medical    9. Medical / Nursing    10. Oncology    11. trends    12. Medical / Oncology   

Subjects:  1. Classification    2. Diseases - Viral    3. Infectious Diseases    4. Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology    5. Microbiology    6. Nomenclature    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Virology    10. Viruses    11. Medical / Infectious Diseases    12. Reference works    13. Taxonomy & systematics   

Subjects:  1. Cellular Pathology    2. Diseases - Viral    3. Infectious Diseases    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Microbiology    6. Pathogenesis    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Viral Diseases    9. Virus Diseases    10. Viruses    11. etiology    12. pathogenicity    13. Medical microbiology & virology   

Subjects:  1. Infectious Diseases    2. Life Sciences - Biochemistry    3. Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Pharmacy    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Viral proteins    10. Medical / Diseases / Viral    11. Proteins   

Subjects:  1. Antiviral Agents    2. Chemotherapy    3. Congresses    4. Infectious Diseases    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Pharmacology    8. Viral Diseases    9. Virus Diseases    10. drug therapy    11. therapeutic use    12. Medical / Infectious Diseases    13. Medical microbiology & virology   

Subjects:  1. Medical microbiology & virology    2. Medical / Diseases / Viral