TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Infectious Diseases A1 - Bloch, Karen C. A2 - Hammer, Gary D. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. PY - 2013 T2 - Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 7e AB - Infectious diseases remain one of the leading causes of death in both developed and developing countries. Infections cause significant morbidity and mortality, especially in individuals who are most vulnerable to illness: the very young, the elderly, the immunocompromised, and the disenfranchised. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/01 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100857739 ER -