Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases, Includes Desktop Edition

by Wertheim, Heiman F. L.; Horby, Peter; Woodall, John P.

• ISBN13: 9781405184403
• ISBN10: 140518440X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases provides a much needed practical and visual overview of the current distribution and determinants of major infectious diseases of humans. The comprehensive full-colour maps show at a glance the areas with reported infections and outbreaks, and are accompanied by a concise summary of key information on the infectious agent and its clinical and epidemiological characteristics. Since infectious diseases are dynamic, the maps are presented in the context of a changing world, and how these changes are influencing the geographical distribution on human infections. This unique atlas, which is also available as a FREE enhanced Wiley Desktop Edition (upon purchase of the book) for fast online access, Contains more than 145 high quality full-color maps covering all major human infectious diseases Provides key information on the illustrated infectious diseases Has been compiled and reviewed by an editorial board of infectious disease experts from around the world The result is a concise atlas with a consistent format throughout, where material essential for understanding the global spatial distribution of infectious diseases has been thoughtfully assembled by international experts. Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases is an essential tool for infectious disease specialists, medical microbiologists, virologists, travel medicine specialists, and public health professionals.

Author Biography

Heiman F.L. Wertheim, MD, PhD

Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Peter Horby, MBBS, FFPH

Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

John P. Woodall, MA, PhD

ProMED-mail co-founder and Associate Editor; Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Centre for Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (retired)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents.Editorial board.Foreword.Acknowledgments.User's guide.Maps.1. General.Map 1 The world.Map 2 World population 2005-2025.Map 3 Tourism.Map 4 Climate.Map 5 GDP per capita.Map 6 Life expectancy-Child mortality.Map 7 Drinking water - Sanitation coverage.Map 8 Vaccination coverage.Map 9 Death from infectious diseases.Map 10 Outbreaks past 5 years.Map 11 Antibiotic use.1. Parasites.Map 12 Amoebiasis.Map 13 Angiostrongyliasis.Map 14 Anisakiasis.Map 15 Ascariasis.Map 16 Babesiosis.Map 17 Balantadiasis.Map 18 Clonorchiasis.Map 19 Coenurosis.Map 20 Cutaneous larva migrans.Map 21 Cyclospora.Map 22 Diphyllobothriasis.Map 23 Dracunculiasis.Map 24 Echinococcosis.Map 25 Fascioliasis 1.Map 26 Fascioliasis 2.Map 27 Filariasis 1.Map 28 Filariasis 2.Map 29 Filariasis 3.Map 30 Free living amebic inf (Naegl, Acantham, Balamuth.).Map 31 Gnathostomiasis.Map 32 Hookworm disease (Anc duodenale & N americanus).Map 33 Hymenolepsiasis.Map 34 Leishmaniasis, mucocutaneous.Map 35 Leishmaniasis, visceral...Map 36 Malaria 1.Map 37 Malaria 2.Map 38 Malaria 3.Map 39 Malaria, resistance.Map 40 Microsporidia.Map 41 Myiasis.Map 42 Opisthorchiasis.Map 43 Paragonimiasis.Map 44 Sarcocystosis.Map 45 Schistosomiasis 1.Map 46 Schistosomiasis 2.Map 47 Strongyloidiasis.Map 48 Taeniasis, cysticercosis.Map 49 Toxoplasmosis.Map 50 Trichinellosis.Map 51 Trichuriasis.Map 52 Trypanosomiasis, African/American.Bacteria.Map 53 Anthrax.Map 54 Bartonellosis/Oroya fever (Bart bacilliformis).Map 55 Botulism.Map 56 Brucellosis.Map 57 Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans).Map 58 Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi).Map 59 Cholera.Map 60 Non-cholera Vibrio infections.Map 61 Diarrhea, traveller's.Map 62 Diphteria.Map 63 Donovanosis.Map 64 Ehrlichiosis.Map 65 Endemic fleaborne typhus fever.Map 66 Enteric fever, typhus/paratyphus.Map 67 Glanders.Map 68 Gonorrhea.Map 69 Legionellosis.Map 70 Leprosy.Map 71 Leptospirosis.Map 72 Listeriosis.Map 73 Lyme disease.Map 74 Melioidosis.Map 75 Meningococcal meningitis.Map 76 Pinta, Yaws, nonvenereal Syphilis.Map 77 Plague (Yersinia pestis).Map 78 Pneumococci, Penicillin resistance.Map 79 Q fever..Map 80 Rat bite fever.Map 81 Relapsing fever, louse-borne and tick-borne.Map 82 Rickettsioses 1.Map 83 Rickettsioses 2.Map 84 Rickettsioses 3.Map 85 Rickettsioses 4.Map 86 Rickettsioses 5.Map 87 Salmonella, resistance.Map 88 Scrub typhus.Map 89 Sexual transmitted diseases, general.Map 90 Shigellosis.Map 91 Staphylococcus aureus, resistance.Map 92 Syphilis, venereal.Map 93 Trachoma.Map 94 Trench fever.Map 95 Tuberculosis.Map 96 Tularemia.Map 97 Yersiniosis.Viruses.Map 98 Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever.Map 99 Burkittlymphoma.Map 100 Chikungunya.Map 101 Filoviral disease: Ebola a