Viral and Rickettsial Diseases of the Skin, Eye and Mucous Membranes of Man

This small reference book covers an areaof clinical manifestation of viral and rickettsial diseases that has not previously been dealt with in one volume. The authors have had extensive research experience in the fields. The material is approached from the point of view of infectivity, the type and duration of immune response, and the lesions produced by the infecting organism. The first two chapters are devoted to the general principles of the nature of viruses and rickettsias and to the diagnosis of the infections from the laboratory point of view. Specific diseases are then discussed. The emphasis in the descriptions is on surface lesions, though many of the diseases, particularly those caused by rickettsias and the Chlamydozoaceae, which were formerly classed as large filterable viruses, produce systemic lesions of similar nature in internal organs. No attempt is made to cover diseases that are recognized to be systemic and that may