Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide, Second Edition
Editor(s):
- Eskild Petersen MD, DMSc, DTM&H,
- Lin H. Chen MD, FACP, FASTMH,
- Patricia Schlagenhauf‐Lawlor PhD, FFTM, RCPSS (Glasg), FISTM,
First published:20 February 2017
Print ISBN:9781119085720 |Online ISBN:9781119085751 |DOI:10.1002/9781119085751
© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
About this book
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
Reviews
"This is the second edition of the only book that currently approaches patients based
on geography and type and duration of symptoms. It presents the information in an
easy-to-read format and has many tables dividing the diseases into common, less common,
and rare. This is a welcome update that covers several emerging diseases such as MERS
and Zika viral infections and includes two new chapters describing infections acquired
during sea and air travel" Winnie Ooi, MD, MPH, DMD, Harvard Medical School on
belahlf of Doody’s
Author Bios
Eskild Petersen MD, DMSc, DTM&H, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Lin H. Chen MD, FACP, FASTMH, Director of the Travel Medicine Center at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor PhD, FFTM, RCPSS (Glasg), FISTM, Senior Scientist and Professor, University of Zürich, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Zürich, Switzerland
Table of Contents
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Air travel – which infectious disease control measures are worthwhile? (Pages: 25-34)
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