Tropical Medicine A Clinical Text, 8th Edition, Revised and Expanded

by Cahill, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780823240616
• ISBN10: 0823240614
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-02
• Publisher: Fordham University Press

Summary

The history of tropical medicine is as dramatic as the story of mankind--with its own myths and legends, with tales of epidemics destroying whole civilizations; and, still today, with silent stealth, these diseases claim more lives than all the current wars combined. Having had the privilege of working throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as in the great medical centers of Europe and the United States, the author presents the essential details for understanding pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, therapy, and prevention of the major tropical diseases. The text, now in its seventh edition, has been used for a half-century by medical students, practicing physicians, and public health workers around the world. This fascinating book should also be of interest to a broad, nonmedical readership interested in world affairs.

Author Biography

Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., is University Professor and Director of Fordham University's Institute for International Humanitarian Affairs and Clinical Professor of Tropical Medicine and Molecular Parasitology at New York University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. l
Malaria	p. 4
Hyperactive Malarial Splenomegaly	p. 22
Babesiosis	p. 24
The Trypanosomatidae	p. 26
African Trypanosomiasis	p. 28
American Trypanosomiasis	p. 34
Visceral Leishmaniasis	p. 43
Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis	p. 49
Amebiasis	p. 57
Amebic Dysentery	p. 58
Amebic Liver Abscess	p. 66
Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases	p. 69
Typhoid Fever	p. 69
Brucellosis	p. 74
Q Fever	p. 75
Tick Typhus	p. 76
Scrub Typhus	p. 77
Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever	p. 78
Plague	p. 79
Anthrax	p. 80
Leptospirosis	p. 81
Melioidosis	p. 83
Bartonellosis	p. 84
Tuberculosis	p. 85
Rabies	p. 91
Leprosy	p. 96
Treponemal and Fungal Infections	p. 105
Yaws	p. 105
Pinta	p. 108
Cutaneous Fungal Infection	p. 109
Subcutaneous Fungal Infection	p. 110
Deep Fungal Infections	p. 112
Diarrheal Diseases	p. 115
Cholera	p. 115
Shigellosis	p. 119
Diarrhea in Children	p. 122
Pig Bel	p. 123
Traveler's Diarrhea	p. 124
Giardiasis	p. 125
Tropical Enteropathy	p. 125
Tropical Sprue	p. 125
Miscellaneous Malabsorptive Syndromes	p. 129
Viral Infections of the Tropics	p. 130
Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever	p. 130
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever	p. 136
Lassa Fever	p. 139
Argentine; Hantan; Ebola and Marburg	p. 140
Crimean-CongoHemorrhagic Fever	p. 141
Japanese B Encephalitis	p. 141
Viral Hepatitis in the Tropics	p. 143
HIV and Other Retroviral Infections	p. 146
Intestinal Nematode Infections	p. 151
Ascariasis	p. 151
Trichuriasis	p. 154
Hookworm Disease	p. 155
Strongyloidiasis	p. 159
Prevention of Geohelminth Infections	p. 162
Other Intestinal Nematodes	p. 162
Intestinal Cestode Infections	p. 165
Taenia saginata	p. 165
Taenia solium; Hymenolepis nana	p. 166
Diphyllobothrium latum	p. 167
Intestinal Trematode Infections	p. 168
Fasciolopsis buski	p. 168
Metagonimus yokogawi and Heterophyes heterophyes	p. 168
Larval Helminth Infections	p. 170
Trichinosis	p. 170
Cysticercosis	p. 172
Hydatidosis	p. 175
Coenurus	p. 180
Cutaneous larva migrans; Visceral larva migrans	p. 180
Gnathostomiasis	p. 181
Angiostrongyliases; Sparganosis	p. 182
Filariasis	p. 184
Wuchereria bancrofti infection	p. 184
Brugia malayi infection	p. 192
Loaiasis	p. 193
Onchocerciasis	p. 195
Other Filarial Infections of Humans	p. 199
Dracontiasis	p. 200
Schistosomiasis	p. 203
Schistosoma haematobium	p. 205
Schistosoma mansoni	p. 208
Schistosoma japonicum	p. 212
Other Schistosomal Infections	p. 213
The Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis	p. 214
Other Trematode Infections	p. 215
Fascioliasis	p. 216
Clonorchiasis	p. 216
Opisthorchiasis	p. 218
Paragonimiasis	p. 218
Malnutrition	p. 221
Marasmus	p. 221
Kwashiorkor	p. 223
Hereditary Anemias	p. 227
The Thalassemias	p. 228
Beta Thalassemia	p. 228
Alpha Thalassemia	p. 231
Hemoglobinopathies	p. 232
Other Causes of Sickle Cell Disease	p. 236
G6PD Deficiency	p. 237
Familial Mediterranean Fever	p. 239
Miscellaneous	p. 240
Tropical Tumors	p. 240
Snake Bite	p. 243
Eye Diseases	p. 250
Heart Diseases	p. 255
Effects of Heat	p. 259
Bioterrorism	p. 261
Advising Tropical Travelers	p. 264
Epilogue: The Evolution of a Tropicalist	p. 278
References	p. 287
Index	p. 289
About the ClHC	p. 303
About the Author	p. 305
Fordham University Press International Humanitarian Affairs Series	p. 306
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