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ATTENTION: medical students, dental students, graduate students, and advanced college students....Take a look at this Title now available on our website!

12th Ed. 2011 Peter J. Delves, Seamus J. Martin, Dennis R. Burton, Ivan M. Roitt, © Wiley-Blackwell

 

Roitt's Essential Immunology - the textbook of choice for students and instructors of immunology worldwide

Bringing you fully up-to-date with the latest knowledge and concepts about the workings of the immune system, the hallmark easy-reading style of Roitt's Essential Immunology clearly explains the key principles needed by medical and health sciences students, from the basis of immunity to clinical applications.

Beautifully presented, with brand new illustrations, the pedagogy has been strengthened throughout, and includes “just to recap…” sections at the beginning of each chapter, reminding the reader of key findings and principles, and summary sections at the end of each chapter that are ideal for quick study and revision.

Features:

• Interactive MCQs and SBA questions for each chapter, with feedback on all answers selected
• Animations and videos showing key concepts
• Fully down-loadable figures and illustrations, further reading and useful links
• Extracts from the Encyclopedia of Life Science
• Podcasts to reinforce the key principles explained in the text: ideal for revision on the go

 

Doody's Reviews:

DCT/EPT

Score/Stars: 96/4

 

E. Coli Outbreak and STAT!Ref Research...

 
Manfred Rohde/Getty Images - a closeup view of the E. coli bacterium behind the foodborne diseases outbreak centered in Germay.

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STAT!Ref offers a powerful, user-friendly search engine that provides relevant information - fast!  Following is an example of the research and the resources readily available.

RESEARCH -

A search on E. coli generated 76,569 matches among 3,675 documents in 393 titles.  (NOTE: The search took only 0.017 seconds.)  Below are examples of 4 of the titles:

Clinical Infectious Disease

© 2008 Cambridge Press

Doody Rating: 5 STARS; CORE TITLE

 

 

Red Book®: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases

28th Ed / © 2009 American Academy of Pediatrics

Doody Rating: 4 STARS; CORE TITLE

 

 

Emerging Infections Series

© 2010-1988 American Society for Microbiology Press 

Doody Rating: 4 STARS

 

 

Pathogens and Toxins in Foods: Challenges and Interventions 

© 2010-1988 American Society for Microbiology Press 

Doody Rating: 3 STARS; CORE TITLE 

 

 

VALUE ADDED RESOURCES -

2 examples of the MANY tools available with every STAT!Ref subscription are Evidence Alerts and Medical News Feeds.

I.  Evidence Alerts - Gives you access to customized evidence-based medicine information from current research of over 130 premier clinical journals.  These alerts are pre-rated for clinical relevance and news-worthiness by a panel of practicing physicians through McMaster University. 

An example of an article that was generated as an "Alert" regarding the subject E. coli:

Systematic review: are antibiotics deterimental or benefical for the treatment of patients Escherichia coli 0157:H7 infection?  - PubMed.gov-U.S. National Library of Medicine  / National Institutes of Health

II.  Medical News Feeds - In conjunction with Reuters Health Medical News, the news feeds keep health professionals ahead of the curve with the latest key developments in the world of medicine and pharmaceuticals. 

An example of a related News Feed regarding E. coli:

Germany pins down E. coli: "It's the bean sprouts" by Brian Rohan