Evolutionary nursing: The case of infectious diseases

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-172

  Purssell, Edward ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary nursing; Infectious diseases; Pathogenicity; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MODEL; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL; VIRULENCE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 12344328833     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03276.x     Document Type: Article

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