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" Meningitis / "
Brian R. Shmaefsky ; consulting editor, I. Edward Alcamo ; foreword by David Heymann.
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BL
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994337
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b748707
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| Main Entry
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Shmaefsky, Brian.
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| Title & Author
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Meningitis /\ Brian R. Shmaefsky ; consulting editor, I. Edward Alcamo ; foreword by David Heymann.
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Philadelphia :: Chelsea House Publishers,, ©2005.
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| Series Statement
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Deadly diseases and epidemics
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118 pages :: color illustrations ;; 23 cm.
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0791067017
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: 0791083446
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: 9780791067017
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: 9780791083444
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-110) and index.
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| Contents
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Panic: the silent epidemic -- Meningitis: attack on the nervous system -- Bacterial meningitis -- Viral meningitis -- Other types of meningitis -- Epidemiology -- Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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| Abstract
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This book describes the many forms and symptoms of meningitis, a disease that causes inflammation of the meninges (the protective covering that surrounds the brain and spinal cord), and explains the difficulties in identifying the microorganism before treatment can begin.
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Meningitis.
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Meningitis.
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Nervous system-- Diseases.
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Meningitis.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.8/2
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RC124.S54 2005
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Alcamo, I. Edward.
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