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Nosocomial infections are a source of growing concern among the medical community. A little known and usually underestimated share of such diseases is due to viruses and unconventional contagious agents, yet they represent a daily threat to hospital patients and particularly those most at risk: newborns, the elderly and those with low immunity – not to mention medical staff.
An understanding of ecology and of the properties of viruses and unconventional agents, which is still too recent to be acquired by everyone concerned, is essential for better preventive measures in hospitals.
This book, the only one of its kind, lists viruses and unconventional agents according to how they are transmitted, their epidemiological profile, diagnostic methods and the preventive and corrective measures recommended for combating them.
Entirely devoted to nosocomial infections that are due to viruses and unconventional agents, the book also provides a multidisciplinary summary of this major public health problem, which had not previously been tackled in its entirety. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field: hygienists, virologists, epidemiologists and other specialists have contributed complementary overviews of the questions dealt with.
Bringing together scientific and practical information, and accessible on several levels, Viral nosocomial infections and those due to unconventional contagious agents is a work of reference that will be of daily use to all medical staff who are confronted with the need to combat nosocomial infections.
Doctors, nurses, microbiologists, hygienists and public health decision-makers will find full and specific replies to the questions raised by infections that are due to viruses and unconventional agents in hospitals.