Infectious Diseases – A Geographic Guide 2e
A Geographic Guide
Samenvatting
The second edition of this concise and practical guide describes infections in geographical areas and provides information on disease risk, concomitant infections (such as co–prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis) and emerging bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in a given geographical area of the world.
Geographic approach means that it’s the only book to guide the health care worker towards a diagnosis based on the location of symptoms and travel history by encouraging the question where have you been?
New content covering MERS, Ebola, Zika, and infections transmitted during air and maritime travel
Covers the major infectious disease outbreaks framed in their geographic setting such as H7N9 bird flu influenza, H1N1, Ebola, and Zika
Outstanding international editor team with vast experience on various international infectious disease and as journal editors and key leaders in infection surveillance
Specificaties
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<p>Foreword to the first edition by Alan J. Magill (deceased), xv</p>
<p>Foreword to the second edition by Jay S. Keystone, xvii</p>
<p>Preface, xix</p>
<p>Envoi, xxi</p>
<p>1 Historical overview of global infectious diseases and geopolitics, 1<br />Francis. E.G. Cox and Frank J. Bia</p>
<p>2 Nontraditional infectious diseases surveillance systems, 12<br />Davidson H. Hamer, Kamran Khan, Matthew German, and Lawrence C. Madoff</p>
<p>3 Air travel which infectious disease control measures are worthwhile?, 25<br />Karen J. Marienau</p>
<p>4 Infectious illnesses on cruise and cargo ships, 35<br />Joanna J. Regan, J. Scott Vega, and Clive M. Brown</p>
<p>5 Microbes on the move: prevention, required vaccinations, curtailment, outbreak, 45<br />Patricia Schlagenhauf–Lawlor, Giles Poumerol, and Francisco Santos–O Connor</p>
<p>6 Diagnostic tests and procedures, 55<br />Eskild Petersen and Tom Boyles</p>
<p>7 Central Africa, 78<br />Gerd D. Burchard and Martin P. Grobusch</p>
<p>8 East Africa: Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands, 93<br />Philippe Gautret and Philippe Parola</p>
<p>9 Eastern Africa, 104<br />Andreas Neumayr and Christoph Hatz</p>
<p>10 North Africa, 124<br />Philippe Gautret, Nadjet Mouffok, and Philippe Parola</p>
<p>11 Southern Africa, 137<br />Marc Mendelson, Olga Perovic, and Lucille Blumberg</p>
<p>12 West Africa, 154<br />Boubacar Maiga and Patrick Ayeh–Kumi</p>
<p>13 East Asia, 167<br />Bin Cao, Fei Zhou, and Mikio Kimura</p>
<p>14 South Central Asia, 185<br />Holy Murphy, Gulzhan Abuova, and Prativa Pandey</p>
<p>15 South–east Asia, 203<br />Daniel H. Paris and Nicholas J. White</p>
<p>16 Western Asia and the Middle East, 220<br />Jaffar A. Al–Tawfiq, Seif S. Al–Abri, and Ziad A. Memish</p>
<p>17 Eastern Europe, 235<br />Natalia Pshenichnaya, Malgorzata Paul, and Alexander Erovichenkov</p>
<p>18 Northern Europe, 257<br />Birgitta Evengard, Audrone Marcinkute, and Eskild Petersen</p>
<p>19 Southern Europe, 269<br />Francesco Castelli, Androula Pavli, and Pier Francesco Giorgetti</p>
<p>20 Western Europe, 278<br />Peter J. de Vries and Eric Caumes</p>
<p>21 The Caribbean, 302<br />Elizabeth A. Talbot and Laura E. Shevy</p>
<p>22 Central America, 317<br />Larry I. Lutwick and Alfonso J. Rodriguez–Morales</p>
<p>23 South America, 335<br />Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Luiz Jacintho da Silva, and Alfonso J. Rodriguez–Morales</p>
<p>24 Northern America, 356<br />Barbra M. Blair, Philip R. Fischer, Michael Libman, and Lin H. Chen</p>
<p>25 Australia, New Zealand, 375<br />Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, and Marc Shaw</p>
<p>26 Oceania, 390<br />Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, and Marc Shaw</p>
<p>27 Arctic and Antarctica, 404<br />Anders Koch, Michael G. Bruce, and Karin Ladefoged</p>
<p>28 The immunosuppressed patient, 419<br />Brian T. Montague, Christopher M. Salas, Terri L. Montague, and Maria D. Mileno</p>
<p>29 Emerging infections, 446<br />Mary E. Wilson</p>
<p>30 Migration and the geography of disease, 459<br />Rogelio López–Vélez, Francesca F. Norman, and José–Antonio Pérez–Molina</p>
<p>31 Climate change and the geographical distribution of infectious diseases, 470<br />Ashwin Swaminathan, Elvina Viennet, Anthony J. McMichael, and David Harley</p>
<p>List of abbreviations, 481</p>
<p>Index, 484</p>