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Edited by Hal B. Jenson and Robert S. Baltimore, with Richard I. Markowitz and A. Brian West. 1593 pp., illustrated. Norwalk, Conn., Appleton and Lange, 1995. $175. ISBN 0-8385-2474-5.

The publication of another major textbook on pediatric infectious diseases reflects the continuing growth of a subspecialty whose existence has recently been validated by the American Board of Pediatrics with the establishment of certification for its practitioners and a professional organization, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. Infectious diseases are so common in children that knowledge of this field continues to be of major importance for pediatricians and family-medicine physicians. The editors, Drs. Jenson and Baltimore, have acknowledged this point in their objective: this book should be "a practical and useful resource for both consultants in pediatric infectious diseases and primary . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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