Screen LibraryPrinciples and practice of travel medicine
This second edition of Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine has been extensively updated to provide a comprehensive description of travel medicine and is an invaluable reference resource to support the clinical practice of travel medicine. This new edition covers the many recent advances in th...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118392058 |
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This second edition of Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine has been extensively updated to provide a comprehensive description of travel medicine and is an invaluable reference resource to support the clinical practice of travel medicine. This new edition covers the many recent advances in the field, including the development of new and combined vaccines; malaria prophylaxis; emerging new infections; new hazards resulting from travel to long haul destinations; health tourism; and population movements. The chapter on vaccine-preventable diseases includes new developments. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography: | ReferencesSection II: Infectious diseases and travel; Chapter 6: Epidemiology and surveillance of travel-related diseases; Introduction; Systematic observations; Malaria; Dengue fever; Risk estimates; Detection of sentinel events; Falciparum malaria in the Dominican Republic; African trypanosomiasis from Tanzania; Falciparum malaria in illegal Chinese immigrants; Falciparum malaria in travellers to Gambia; Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Virus infections in travellers; Viral hepatitis; Introduction and definitions; Hepatitis A; Introduction and definitions; Nature of the virus. |
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9781118392058 (electronic bk.) 1118392051 (electronic bk.) 9781299158856 (MyiLibrary) 1299158854 (MyiLibrary) 9781118392072 1118392078 9781118392089 (electronic bk.) 1118392086 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | RA783 |
| CLC: | R128 |
| Contents: | Section I: Travel Medicine. Trends in Travel / Thomas L Treadwell -- Tourism, Aviation and the Impact on Travel Medicine / Anne Graham -- Epidemiology of Health Risks and Travel / Hans D Nothdurft, Eric Caumes -- Fitness to Travel / Dominique Tessier -- Management of a Travel Clinic / Abinash Virk, Elaine C Jong -- Section II: Infectious Diseases and Travel. Epidemiology and Surveillance of Travel-Related Diseases / Tomas Jelinek -- Virus Infections in Travellers / Arie J Zuckerman -- Bacterial Infections in Travellers / Ann L N Chapman, Christopher J Ellis -- Vector-Borne Parasitic Diseases |