Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide

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 INDICE: List of contributors, viii .Foreword to the first edition by Alan J. Magill (deceased), xv .Foreword to the second edition by Jay S. Keystone, xvii .Preface, xix .Envoi, xxi .1 Historical overview of global infectious diseases and geopolitics, 1Francis. E.G. Cox and Frank J. Bia .2 Nontraditional infectious diseases surveillance systems, 12Davidson H. Hamer, Kamran Khan, Matthew German, and Lawrence C. Madoff .3 Air travel which infectious disease control measures are worthwhile?, 25Karen J. Marienau .4 Infectious illnesses on cruise and cargo ships, 35Joanna J. Regan, J. Scott Vega, and Clive M. Brown .5 Microbes on the move: prevention, required vaccinations, curtailment, outbreak, 45Patricia Schlagenhauf–Lawlor, Giles Poumerol, and Francisco Santos–O Connor .6 Diagnostic tests and procedures, 55Eskild Petersen and Tom Boyles .7 Central Africa, 78Gerd D. Burchard and Martin P. Grobusch .8 East Africa: Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands, 93Philippe Gautret and Philippe Parola .9 Eastern Africa, 104Andreas Neumayr and Christoph Hatz .10 North Africa, 124Philippe Gautret, Nadjet Mouffok, and Philippe Parola .11 Southern Africa, 137Marc Mendelson, Olga Perovic, and Lucille Blumberg .12 West Africa, 154Boubacar Maiga and Patrick Ayeh–Kumi .13 East Asia, 167Bin Cao, Fei Zhou, and Mikio Kimura .14 South Central Asia, 185Holy Murphy, Gulzhan Abuova, and Prativa Pandey .15 South–east Asia, 203Daniel H. Paris and Nicholas J. White .16 Western Asia and the Middle East, 220Jaffar A. Al–Tawfiq, Seif S. Al–Abri, and Ziad A. Memish .17 Eastern Europe, 235Natalia Pshenichnaya, Malgorzata Paul, and Alexander Erovichenkov .18 Northern Europe, 257Birgitta Evengard, Audrone Marcinkute, and Eskild Petersen .19 Southern Europe, 269Francesco Castelli, Androula Pavli, and Pier Francesco Giorgetti .20 Western Europe, 278Peter J. de Vries and Eric Caumes .21 The Caribbean, 302Elizabeth A. Talbot and Laura E. Shevy .22 Central America, 317Larry I. Lutwick and Alfonso J. Rodriguez–Morales .23 South America, 335Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Luiz Jacintho da Silva, and Alfonso J. Rodriguez–Morales .24 Northern America, 356Barbra M. Blair, Philip R. Fischer, Michael Libman, and Lin H. Chen .25 Australia, New Zealand, 375Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, and Marc Shaw .26 Oceania, 390Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, and Marc Shaw .27 Arctic and Antarctica, 404Anders Koch, Michael G. Bruce, and Karin Ladefoged .28 The immunosuppressed patient, 419Brian T. Montague, Christopher M. Salas, Terri L. Montague, and Maria D. Mileno .29 Emerging infections, 446Mary E. Wilson .30 Migration and the geography of disease, 459Rogelio López–Vélez, Francesca F. Norman, and José–Antonio Pérez–Molina .31 Climate change and the geographical distribution of infectious diseases, 470Ashwin Swaminathan, Elvina Viennet, Anthony J. McMichael, and David Harley .List of abbreviations, 481 .Index, 484

• ISBN: 978-1-119-08572-0
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 520
• Fecha Publicación: 21/04/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés