Viral Infections in Children, Volume I

Robin J Green is Director of Paediatric Services and Paediatric Pulmonology, Paediatric Intensive Care and Allergy Services at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health within the School of Medicine at the University of Pretoria. He holds a PhD and DSc, and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American College of Chest Physicians. He is Past President of the College of Paediatricians of South Africa and Immediate Past Chairman of the Allergy Society of South Africa. The National Research Foundation rates him as an established researcher, specialising in paediatric pulmonology. Robin has published 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications and given over 300 national and international lectures to medical audiences.

Congenital Viral Infections.- Influenza.- HIV Infection in Children and Adolescents.- Tuberculosis and Other Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Children.- Emerging Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Viral Diseases.- Diagnosis of Viral Infections.- The Microbiome in Healthy Children.- Viral-Bacterial Interactions in Childhood Respiratory Tract Infections.

"An updated text reviews knowledge on present and emerging viral infections. Each of the 8 chapters reviews epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical management and prevention. With many very useful tables and illustrations. For pediatricians and epidemiologists." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 15 (2), December, 2017)

“An updated text reviews knowledge on present and emerging viral infections. Each of the 8 chapters reviews epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical management and prevention. With many very useful tables and illustrations. For pediatricians and epidemiologists.” (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 15 (2), December, 2017)