Tropical Diseases in Travelers [Hardcover]

Tropical Diseases in Travelers

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.

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 VaccineAssociated Disease: ElizlS'