Saliva Protection and Transmissible Diseases

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-12-813681-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 122 Seiten, Format (B × H): 228 mm x 151 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Saliva Protection and Transmissible Diseases provides a review of saliva protection, raising debate on micro-organisms potentially transmissible in saliva, and also considering the evidence on diseases that may be transmitted by kissing. Saliva is a complex body fluid essential to health, especially mastication, swallowing and speech, and hyposalivation can lead to dysfunction and even infection. More serious pathogens, such as herpes viruses and papillomaviruses can be conveyed by kissing, as can potentially lethal micro-organisms present in some saliva, such as meningococci, fungal organisms and Ebola viruses.

Zielgruppe

<p>microbiologists, immunologists, virologists, researchers in dentistry, professionals in biomedical research</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scully, Crispian

Limeres Posse, Jacobo

Diz Dios, Pedro

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Immunologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Virologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Biomedizin, Medizinische Forschung, Klinische Studien
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Mikrobiologie & Virologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Zahnmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Pathophysiology of saliva and the paradoxal protective role of saliva2. Oral bacteria transmissible by saliva and kissing3. Systemic bacteria transmissible by kissing4. Viral diseases transmissible by kissing5. Fungi, protozoa and other infective agents transmissible by kissing

Über Autor(innen)

Scully, Crispian
Professor Scully was a Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Health-General Health; King James IV Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Emeritus Professor, University College London (UCL). He was a Specialist in Oral Medicine, in Special Care Dentistry and in Oral Surgery. He was a Founder member of European Association for Oral Medicine and a Founder member of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. He has the distinction of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and he has been awarded several University Doctorates (Athens, Granada, Helsinki, Pretoria, Santiago de Compostela). Professor Scully was an Editor of Oral Diseases, and Medicina Oral Cirugía Oral Patología Bucal Associate Editor and was on the Editorial Boards of Acta-Oto-Laryngologica and Dental Update. He founded and was Editor of Oral Oncology. Professor Scully has presented continuing education programmes throughout the world and has published over 1000 scholarly works and 45 books (34 authored and 11 edited).

Limeres Posse, Jacobo
Jacobo Limeres graduated in Dentistry at the Santiago de Compostela University (USC) and got the PhD degree afterwards. He is the Director of the Stomatology Department of the School of Medicine and Dentistry (USC). Also he is the Coordinator of the Exchange Program for Dental Studies in the USC and the Coordinator of the Program for Dental Care of severely handicapped patients, developed in the Special Needs Unit of the USC in agreement with the Galician Healthcare Service. He is the Co-director of the Postgraduate course, Master in Dentistry for Medically compromised patients at the USC and currently is the President of the Spanish Society of Dentistry for Handicapped and Special Needs Patients. He is also member of the council of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health (iADH). He has written about 70 peer-reviewed papers and co-authored several books.