Common Cold [electronic resource]

• Tác giả: Ronald Eccles, Olaf Weber
• ISBN-13: 978-3764399122
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 616.9041 Other diseases
• Thông tin xuất bản: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2009.
• Mô tả vật lý: X, 358 p. , online resource.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 290386
• Chủ đề: 1. Biology-Research; 2. Medical microbiology; 3. Medicine-Research; 4. Medical Microbiology; 5. Biomedical Research

Tóm tắt

The common cold is unlike any other human disease. It seems impossible to defeat and affects all of us on a regular basis. Due to the large number of viruses causing colds any specific cure is a major challenge. This unique book brings together a wide range of topics, from our ancestors' views about disease, followed by the questions why and how we sneeze, cough and get a runny nose, to the intricacies of host-virus interactions and immunological phenomena on the molecular level. Popular treatments, "over the counter" medicines and interventions are reviewed. Finally recent developments and new treatment options are highlighted.