Eli Schwartz

Tropical Diseases in Travelers

Ed by Eli Schwartz

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first book to deal with the increasing issue of tropical diseases in travelers, this text is supported and endorsed by the International Society of Travel Medicine with contributors from around the world. It covers all the major tropical diseases that present a health risk to travelers, with emphasis on clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment.

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Covering all the major tropical diseases that present a health risk to travelers, this book is an invaluable resource for all practitioners who encounter the post travel patient. With emphasis on clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment, it is the first book to summarize the knowledge of post travel presentations in the otherwise non-immune and non-endemic population and will aid clinicians to evaluate travelers' symptoms.
The book is divided into three parts. The first is an overview of key aspects of travel medicine; the second contains a detailed discussion of multiple viral, bacterial and parasitic infections. The third part provides a syndromic approach to patients with common travel complaints such as diarrhea, fever and respiratory infections. It also includes useful appendices with lists of anti-parasitic drugs and available diagnostic tests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405184410
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 201mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1400g
• ISBN-13: 9781405184410
• ISBN-10: 1405184418
• Artikelnr.: 25650168

Autorenporträt

Eli Schwartz, MD, DTMH, Head of The Center for Geographic Medicine, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Part I: Tropical Diseases in Travelers: General Aspects:. 1.
Introduction: Eli Schwartz. 2. The Art of Travel Medicine a Century Ago:
Eli Schwartz. 3. Epidemiology of Post-Travel Illness: Pamela Rendi-Wagner
and Eli Schwartz. 4. Travelers as Sentinels for Disease Occurrence in
Destination Countries: David O. Freedman and Eli Schwartz. 5. VFR (Visiting
Friends and Relatives) Travelers: Phyllis E. Kozarsky and Jay S. Keystone.
6. Post-Tropical Screening: Joanna Herman and Peter L. Chiodini. Part II:
Specific Infections:. 7. Dengue Fever: Eli Schwartz. 8. West Nile Fever:
Michal Chowers. 9. Japanese Encephalitis in Travelers: John Simon. 10.
Yellow Fever, and Yellow Fever Vaccine-Associated Disease: Elizabeth D.
Barnett. 11. Chikungunya: An Emerging Disease in Travelers: Fabrice Simon,
Elodie Vivier and Philippe Parola. 12. Ross River Virus: Joseph Torresi.
13. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: Annelies Wilder-Smith. 14: Rabies and the
Traveler: Henry Wilde and Thiravat Hemachudha. 15: Hepatitis A and E: The
Enterically Transmitted Hepatitis: Nancy Piper Jenks and Eli Schwartz. 16.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever: Eli Schwartz. 17. Bacterial Diarrhea:
Herbert L. DuPont. 18. Rickettsial Diseases: Mogens Jensenius and Philippe
Parola. 19: Relapsing Fever: Gil Sidi and Eli Schwartz. 20. Leptospirosis:
Eyal Leshem and Eli Schwartz. 21. Malaria in Travelers: Epidemiology,
Clinical Aspects and Treatment: Eli Schwartz. 22. Malaria Diagnosis in
Travelers: R. Scott Miller. 23. Malaria-Prevention: Eli Schwartz. 24.
Schistosomiasis: Eli Schwartz. 25. Filarial Infections: Thomas B. Nutman.
26. Human Trypanosomiasis: African and American Tryponasomiasis (Chagas):
Johannes A. Blum. 27. Cystic Echinococcosis: Enrico Brunetti. 28.
Neurocysticercosis: Eli Schwartz. 29. Histoplasmosis and and Other Endemic
Fungal Infections: Michael J. Segel and Eli Schwartz. 30. Intestinal
Protozoa: Giardia, Amebiasis, Cyclospora, Blastocsystis Hominis,
Dientamoeba Fragilis and Cryptosporidium Parvum: Karin Leder. 31.
Intestinal Helminths: Strongyloides stercoralis, Ascaris Lumbricoides,
Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiuria, Enterobius Vermicularis, Trichinella,
Intestinal Tapeworms and Liver Flukes: Karin Leder. 32. Leishmaniasis: Eli
Schwartz. 33. Ectoparasites: Myiasis, Tungiasis, Scabies: Eli Schwartz and
Eric Caumes. 34. Helminthic Skin Diseases in Travelers: Eric Caumes. 35.
Delusional Parasitosis: Eli Schwartz, Jay Keystone and Henry Abramovitch.
Part III: Syndromic Approach: . 36. An Approach to the Patient with
Post-travel Diarrhea: Eli Schwartz and Bradley A. Connor. 37. Approach to
the Patient with Fever: Eli Schwartz. 38. Approach to Returning Travelers
with Skin Lesions: Eric Caumes. 39. Approach to Travel-Related
Eosinophilia: Eyal Meltzer and Eli Schwartz. 40. Approach to Patients with
Protracted Rheumatological Manifestations: Eli Schwartz and Michael
Ehrenfeld. 41. Travel Related Respiratory Infections: Eyal Meltzer and Eli
Schwartz. 42: Neurological Signs and Symptoms in Travelers: Einar P.
Wilder-Smith and Annelies Wilder-Smith. 43. Closing Remarks: Eli Schwartz.
Appendixes. A. Useful Anti-Parasitic Drugs. B. Diagnostic Tests Available
for Tropical Diseases. Index