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9781405184410

Tropical Diseases in Travelers

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405184410

  • ISBN10:

    1405184418

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-06-22
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Summary

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. Useful appendices contain lists of anti-parasitic drugs and available diagnostic tests.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Preface
Tropical Diseases in Travelers: General Aspects:
Introduction
The Art of Travel Medicine a Century Ago
Epidemiology of Post-Travel Illness
Travelers as Sentinels for Disease Occurrence in Destination Countries
VFR (Visiting Friends and Relatives) Travelers
Post-Tropical Screening
Specific Infections:
Dengue Fever
West Nile Fever
Japanese Encephalitis in Travelers
Yellow Fever, and Yellow Fever Vaccine-Associated Disease
Chikungunya: An Emerging Disease in Travelers
Ross River Virus
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Rabies and the Traveler
Hepatitis A and E: The Enterically Transmitted Hepatitis
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever
Bacterial Diarrhea
Rickettsial Diseases
Relapsing Fever
Leptospirosis
Malaria in Travelers: Epidemiology, Clinical Aspects and Treatment
Malaria Diagnosis in Travelers
Malaria-Prevention
Schistosomiasis
Filarial Infections
Human Trypanosomiasis: African and American Tryponasomiasis (Chagas)
Cystic Echinococcosis
Neurocysticercosis
Histoplasmosis and and Other Endemic Fungal Infections
Intestinal Protozoa: Giardia, Amebiasis, Cyclospora, Blastocsystis Hominis, Dientamoeba Fragilis and Cryptosporidium Parvum
Intestinal Helminths: Strongyloides stercoralis, Ascaris Lumbricoides, Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiuria, Enterobius Vermicularis, Trichinella, Intestinal Tapeworms and Liver Flukes
Leishmaniasis
Ectoparasites: Myiasis, Tungiasis, Scabies
Helminthic Skin Diseases in Travelers
Delusional Parasitosis
Syndromic Approach:
An Approach to the Patient with Post-travel Diarrhea
Approach to the Patient with Fever
Approach to Returning Travelers with Skin Lesions
Approach to Travel-Related Eosinophilia
Approach to Patients with Protracted Rheumatological Manifestations
Travel Related Respiratory Infections
Neurological Signs and Symptoms in Travelers
Closing Remarks
Appendixes
Useful Anti-Parasitic Drugs
Diagnostic Tests Available for Tropical Diseases
Index
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