Exotic Viral Diseases: A Global Guide

摘要

Exotic Viral Diseases: A GlobalGuide by Berger et al. is a small, soft-cover, 252-page handbook organizedby disease or disease group. Itaddresses 55 viral pathogens, includ-ing a few broad groupings, such as"New World hantaviruses."Because of increasing travel,which is eroding geographic barriersto disease transmission, and becauseof the emergence and reemergence ofuncommon infectious diseases, front-line clinicians are increasingly morelikely to encounter patients with exot-ic viral infections. The arrival of WestNile virus and monkeypox virus inNorth America demonstrates thepotential for importation of unusualviral pathogens