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Sexual health

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to sexual health -- Health promotion -- Sexually acquired infections -- HIV/AIDS -- Contraception including emergency contraception -- Abortion -- Consent and confidentiality -- Sexual assault : managing disclosures of abuse -- Teenage pregnancy -- Female genital mutilation -- Cervical screening and HPV vaccines.…”
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Leeuwenhoek's Legatees and Beijerinck's Beneficiaries : A History of Medical Virology in The Netherlands / by Doornum, Gerard van, Sankaran, Neeraja

Table of Contents: “…Origins in the dark -- Redefining viruses -- On the fringes -- From cell culture to the molecular revolution -- Medical virology in the Netherlands after 1950 -- Techniques and instruments -- Dutch virology in the tropics -- From cancer mice in the roaring 1920s to oncogenes and signalling molecules in the booming 1990s -- Virus vaccines and immunization programmes.…”
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Leeuwenhoek's Legatees and Beijerinck's Beneficiaries : A History of Medical Virology in The Netherlands / by Doornum, Gerard van, Sankaran, Neeraja

Table of Contents: “…Origins in the dark -- Redefining viruses -- On the fringes -- From cell culture to the molecular revolution -- Medical virology in the Netherlands after 1950 -- Techniques and instruments -- Dutch virology in the tropics -- From cancer mice in the roaring 1920s to oncogenes and signalling molecules in the booming 1990s -- Virus vaccines and immunization programmes.…”
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Parasitic flatworms molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology and physiology /

Table of Contents: “…Greenberg -- Cestode vaccine development / M.W. Lightowlers -- The development of a schistosome vaccine / R.A. …”
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Parasitic flatworms molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology and physiology /

Table of Contents: “…Greenberg -- Cestode vaccine development / M.W. Lightowlers -- The development of a schistosome vaccine / R.A. …”
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Dr. Golem how to think about medicine / by Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Medicine as science and medicine as succor -- The hole in the heart of medicine: the placebo effect -- Faking it for real: bogus doctors -- Tonsils: diagnosing and dealing with uncertainty -- Alternative medicine: the cases of vitamin C and cancer -- Yuppie flu, fibromyalgia, and other contested diseases -- Defying death: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- The AIDS activists -- Vaccination and parents' rights: measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), and pertussis -- Conclusion: the themes revisited.…”
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Dr. Golem how to think about medicine / by Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Medicine as science and medicine as succor -- The hole in the heart of medicine: the placebo effect -- Faking it for real: bogus doctors -- Tonsils: diagnosing and dealing with uncertainty -- Alternative medicine: the cases of vitamin C and cancer -- Yuppie flu, fibromyalgia, and other contested diseases -- Defying death: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- The AIDS activists -- Vaccination and parents' rights: measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), and pertussis -- Conclusion: the themes revisited.…”
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HIV and the pathogenesis of AIDS by Levy, Jay A.

Table of Contents: “…Discovery, structure, heterogeneity, and origins of HIV -- Features of HIV transmission -- Steps involved in HIV: cell interaction and virus entry -- Acute HIV infection and cells susceptible to HIV infection -- Intracellular control of HIV replication -- Cytopathic properties of HIV -- Viral proteins determining biologic features of HIV -- Effect of HIV on various tissues and organ systems in the host -- Innate immune responses in HIV infection -- Humoral immune responses to HIV infection -- T-lymphocyte immune responses in HIV infection -- HIV infection and development of cancer -- Overall features of HIV pathogenesis: prognosis for long-term survival -- Antiviral therapies -- Vaccine development.…”
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Confronting the challenge poverty, gender and HIV in South Africa / by Mulligan, Suzanne

Table of Contents: “…-- The ethics of AIDS vaccine trials in South Africa -- An alternative approach to development and poverty reduction : contributions from Amartya Sen and Muhammad Yunus -- A new starting point? …”
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HIV and the pathogenesis of AIDS by Levy, Jay A.

Table of Contents: “…Discovery, structure, heterogeneity, and origins of HIV -- Features of HIV transmission -- Steps involved in HIV: cell interaction and virus entry -- Acute HIV infection and cells susceptible to HIV infection -- Intracellular control of HIV replication -- Cytopathic properties of HIV -- Viral proteins determining biologic features of HIV -- Effect of HIV on various tissues and organ systems in the host -- Innate immune responses in HIV infection -- Humoral immune responses to HIV infection -- T-lymphocyte immune responses in HIV infection -- HIV infection and development of cancer -- Overall features of HIV pathogenesis: prognosis for long-term survival -- Antiviral therapies -- Vaccine development.…”
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Confronting the challenge poverty, gender and HIV in South Africa / by Mulligan, Suzanne

Table of Contents: “…-- The ethics of AIDS vaccine trials in South Africa -- An alternative approach to development and poverty reduction : contributions from Amartya Sen and Muhammad Yunus -- A new starting point? …”
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Pathogenesis of human pulmonary tuberculosis insights from the rabbit model / by Dannenberg, Arthur M.

Table of Contents: “…Stages in the pathogenesis of human and rabbit tuberculosis -- Types of human pulmonary tuberculosis -- Liquefaction of caseous foci and cavity formation -- Delayed-type hypersensitivity, cell-mediated immunity, and antibodies in tuberculosis -- Macrophages and other cells in tuberculous lesions -- Structural components of tuberculous lesions -- Microvascular density in tuberculous lesions -- Early pulmonary lesions in rabbits -- Macrophage turnover, division, and activation in tuberculous lesions -- Lurie's pulmonary Tubercle-count method -- Natural airborne infection -- Response of rabbits to inhaled tubercle bacilli including BCG-- Characteristics of resistance and susceptibility to tuberculosis in Lurie's inbred rabbits -- Comparisons of tuberculosis in rabbits, mice, and guinea pigs -- Effects of cortisone and adrenocorticotropic hormone on tuberculosis -- Effects of estrogen, chorionic gonadotropin, and thyroid hormone on tuberculosis -- Effects of whole-body X-irradiation on tuberculosis -- Cytokine production in primary BCG lesions -- Cytokine production in reinfection bcg lesions and in tuberculin reactions -- Vascular adhesion molecules in tuberculous lesions -- Principles and guidelines for developing better tuberculosis vaccines -- Characteristics of rabbit BCG lesions and efficacies of BCG and mycobacterium microti vaccines.…”
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On-farm strategies to control foodborne pathogens

Table of Contents: “…Smith and Amanda R. Vogstad -- Vaccination as a method of reducing foodborne pathogens in swine / Filip Boyen, Frank Pasmans, and Freddy Haesebrouck -- Phytochemicals as a preharvest pathogen reduction strategy / Jeff A. …”
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Pathogenesis of human pulmonary tuberculosis insights from the rabbit model / by Dannenberg, Arthur M.

Table of Contents: “…Stages in the pathogenesis of human and rabbit tuberculosis -- Types of human pulmonary tuberculosis -- Liquefaction of caseous foci and cavity formation -- Delayed-type hypersensitivity, cell-mediated immunity, and antibodies in tuberculosis -- Macrophages and other cells in tuberculous lesions -- Structural components of tuberculous lesions -- Microvascular density in tuberculous lesions -- Early pulmonary lesions in rabbits -- Macrophage turnover, division, and activation in tuberculous lesions -- Lurie's pulmonary Tubercle-count method -- Natural airborne infection -- Response of rabbits to inhaled tubercle bacilli including BCG-- Characteristics of resistance and susceptibility to tuberculosis in Lurie's inbred rabbits -- Comparisons of tuberculosis in rabbits, mice, and guinea pigs -- Effects of cortisone and adrenocorticotropic hormone on tuberculosis -- Effects of estrogen, chorionic gonadotropin, and thyroid hormone on tuberculosis -- Effects of whole-body X-irradiation on tuberculosis -- Cytokine production in primary BCG lesions -- Cytokine production in reinfection bcg lesions and in tuberculin reactions -- Vascular adhesion molecules in tuberculous lesions -- Principles and guidelines for developing better tuberculosis vaccines -- Characteristics of rabbit BCG lesions and efficacies of BCG and mycobacterium microti vaccines.…”
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On-farm strategies to control foodborne pathogens

Table of Contents: “…Smith and Amanda R. Vogstad -- Vaccination as a method of reducing foodborne pathogens in swine / Filip Boyen, Frank Pasmans, and Freddy Haesebrouck -- Phytochemicals as a preharvest pathogen reduction strategy / Jeff A. …”
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Quantitative evaluation of HIV prevention programs

Table of Contents: “…Costs and Benefits of Imperfect HIV Vaccines: Implications for Vaccine Development and Use Douglas K Owens, Donna M. …”
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Quantitative evaluation of HIV prevention programs

Table of Contents: “…Costs and Benefits of Imperfect HIV Vaccines: Implications for Vaccine Development and Use Douglas K Owens, Donna M. …”
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Diseased relations epidemics, public health, and state-building in Yucatán, Mexico, 1847-1924 / by McCrea, Heather L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : region, ethnography, and medicine in Yucatán, Mexico -- The politics of prevention : the Maya, smallpox, and vaccination campaigns -- On sacred ground : cholera, burial rites, and cemetery management -- Cholera and the caste war : civilizing campaigns and disease prevention -- Modernizing the periphery : henequen, the caste war, and yellow fever -- Disease prevention, the Rockefeller Foundation, and revolution in Yucatán, 1915-24 -- Conclusion : outsiders, disease, and public health in modern Yucatán, Mexico -- Afterword : H1N1 and the legacy of uncertainty.…”
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Squalene current knowledge and potential therapeutical uses /

Table of Contents: “…Antioxidant properties in vivo and in vitro -- Bioavailability of squalene in animal models and in human -- Squalene may neutralize different xenobiotics -- Squalene as an anti-inflammatory agent -- Squalene and atherosclerosis -- Anti-neoplastic properties of squalene -- Mechanisms of squalene action in cancer chemoprevention and regression -- A component of skin lipids and with a role in skin ageing and pathology -- Its use to boost antigenicity of several vaccines -- Other properties -- Toxicity at high levels of intake (neuropathy and pneumonia) -- Antibodies against squalene in certain individuals.…”
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Diseased relations epidemics, public health, and state-building in Yucatán, Mexico, 1847-1924 / by McCrea, Heather L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : region, ethnography, and medicine in Yucatán, Mexico -- The politics of prevention : the Maya, smallpox, and vaccination campaigns -- On sacred ground : cholera, burial rites, and cemetery management -- Cholera and the caste war : civilizing campaigns and disease prevention -- Modernizing the periphery : henequen, the caste war, and yellow fever -- Disease prevention, the Rockefeller Foundation, and revolution in Yucatán, 1915-24 -- Conclusion : outsiders, disease, and public health in modern Yucatán, Mexico -- Afterword : H1N1 and the legacy of uncertainty.…”
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