Tropical medicine Books
Oxford University Press Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine
Book SynopsisThe new edition of this unique handbook continues to provide an accessible and comprehensive, signs-and-symptoms based source of information on medical problems commonly seen in the tropics. A practical guide to diagnosis and management for medical practitioners and students, it provides vital information at the reader's fingertips.Trade ReviewThis is a highly useful handbook for clinicians in tropical disease environments. The topics are presented with tremendousclarity and economy of language. * Kenneth Schaefle, MD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Doody's *Review from previous edition This book presents information in a simple manner combined with updated current knowledge, making it a useful adjunct for its intended readers. * BMA Book Awards 2014. Highly Commended *This is a useful resource for healthcare providers who work in limited-resource settings and/or in tropical areas. * Doody's *Overall, this book is well written, easy to read and practical, providing easy access to crucial information, from common problems to rare diseases. * Dipti Patel , Occupational Medicine Book Review *Table of Contents1: Management of the sick child 2: Malaria 3: HIV medicine 4: Tuberculosis 5: Chest medicine 6: Gastroenterology 7: Cardiovascular 8: Renal Medicine 9: Neurology 10: Haematology 11: Endocrine disorders 12: Ophthalmology 13: Dermatology 14: Bone, joint and soft tissue infections 15: Sexually Transmitted Infections 16: Nutrition 17: Multi-system diseases and infections 18: Mental health 19: Trauma 20: Poisoning and envenoming 21: Immunization 22: Health emergencies in humanitarian crises 23: Obstetric emergencies 24: Healthcare-associated infection, antimicrobial prescribing, and antimicrobial resistance
£34.19
Johns Hopkins University Press The Making of a Tropical Disease
Book SynopsisA global history of malaria that traces the natural and social forces that have shaped its spread and made it deadly, while limiting efforts to eliminate it. Malaria sickens hundreds of millions of peopleand kills nearly a half a millioneach year. Despite massive efforts to eradicate the disease, it remains a major public health problem in poorer tropical regions. But malaria has not always been concentrated in tropical areas. How did malaria disappear from other regions, and why does it persist in the tropics? From Russia to Bengal to Palm Beach, Randall M. Packard's far-ranging narrative shows how the history of malaria has been driven by the interplay of social, biological, economic, and environmental forces. The shifting alignment of these forces has largely determined the social and geographical distribution of the disease, including its initial global expansion, its subsequent retreat to the tropics, and its current persistence. Packard argues that efforts to control and eliminTable of ContentsForeword, by Charles E. RosenbergPreface: MulandaIntroduction: Constructing a Global Narrative1. Beginnings2. Malaria Moves North3. A Southern Disease4. Tropical Development and Malaria5. The Making of a Vector-Borne Disease6. Malaria Dreams7. Malaria Realities8. Rolling Back Malaria9. Malaria Eradication ReduxConclusion: Ecology and PolicyAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£35.88
Oxford University Press Tapeworms Lice and Prions A compendium of
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary range of infectious agents affect humans, from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. Looking at the curious nature of each, David I. Grove explores their life history, the people who discovered them, and how they were identified, in this fascinating exploration of infections around the globe.Trade ReviewAt £25.00, this book is a snip and should be on everyone's reading list * Dr Alan Pike, Biologist *This book will be a great read for biologists interested in the history of infectious disease. * Quarterly Review of Biology vol 91 no.3 *Fascinating. * Northern Echo *Table of ContentsINFECTION: THE SEARCH FOR ITS CAUSES; WORMS; ARTHROPODS; FUNGI; PROTOZOA; BACTERIA; VIRUSES; PRIONS; IX. UNDE VENIS ET QUO VADIS?; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY AND PRONUNCIATION; FURTHER READING; PERSON INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
£28.49
Elsevier Science Natural Products in VectorBorne Disease
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Vector borne diseases Natural product Manangement : Current and Future perspectives 2. Evidence-based review of natural products for the management Onchocerciasis 3. Plant-derived compounds as potential treatment for arboviruses 4. Natural products in the management of Onchocerciasis 5. Combating the vectors and management of vector - borne diseases with essential oil nanoemulsions 6. Natural product for management of babesiosis 7. Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanocarrier systems, and Databases: Therapeutic Platform against Leishmaniasis 8. Marine Organisms as Natural Drug Leads in Combating Vector-Borne Diseases 9. Plant and Marine-Derived Antimalarial Agents 10. Natural products in the management of Schistosomiasis 11. An update on Antileishmanial Agents from Natural Resources 12. Plants with anti-dengue properties: A systematic review 13. Natural Products in Japanese Encephalitis 14. Algae natural products for potential vector borne disease management 15. Natural products in the management of Trypanosomiasis 16. Role of Ayurveda in vector born disease management 17. Medically important vector borne disease control through seaweeds against the virus disease Chikungunya 18. "Nano-biomaterials as novel modules in the delivery of Artemisinin and its derivatives for effective management of malaria" 19. Scientific and ethnopharmacological evidence of Carica papaya for the effective management of vector-borne disease 20. Nanoemulsion as a promising carrier of plant-derived repellents for mosquito-borne malaria control: Nanotechnology aspects 21. Insect repellent plants: A recent update 22. Natural Products Employed in the Management of Malaria
£103.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Modern Parasitology
Book SynopsisThis is a thorough revision and update of the highly successful first edition, which which achieved sales in excess of 4,500. The text serves as a comprehensive introduction to parasitology for both undergraduate and beginning graduate students. In this edition, particular emphasis is placed on parasites of human and veterinary importance. The first three chapters in the text are concerned with how parasites ''work,'' their biochemistry, molecular and cell biology and physiology. The remaining chapters cover ecology and epidemiology, immunology and chemotherapy, with the final chapter covering integrated control. This new edition contains new material on cell and molecular biology, vectors and control, which is in contrast to the general biological approach of the first edition. The second edition will succeed the first as the major text on parasitology for students in biology, zoology, microbiology, medicine, veterinary medicine, tropical medicine and public health.Table of ContentsParasitic protozoa; Parasitic helminths; Vectors; Epidemiology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology and molecular genetics; Physiology and nutrition; Immunology; Chemotherapy; Control
£74.66
Elsevier Health Sciences Peters Atlas of Tropical Medicine and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This seventh edition, last published in 2007, offers current information on tropical diseases with hundreds of new illustrations for reference." -Marvin J. Bittner, MD, MSc, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA (Creighton University Medical Center) Doody's Review ServiceTable of ContentsPreface Dedication 1. Arthropod-borne diseases Mosquito Vectors The Arboviruses: Arthropod-Borne Viral Infections Arthropod-Borne Bacterial Infections The Relapsing Fevers Arthropod-Borne Parasitic Infections Nematodes: Filarial Diseases 2. Infections acquired percutaneously Soil Water Sex Bacterial Other Cutaneous or Mucous Membrane Contact 3. Infections acquired through the gastrointestinal tract Viral Infections Bacterial Infections Protozoal Infections Fungi Helminth Infections Parasitic Crustaceans 4. Infections acquired through airborne transmission Viral Infections Bacterial Infections Fungal Infections 5. Ectoparasites Mites Lice Bed Bugs Fleas Myiasis 6. Bites, stings, venoms, toxins Marine Invertebrates Marine Vertebrates Terrestrial Invertebrates Terrestrial Vertebrates Plants 7. Nutrition Malnutrition Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies Toxin Ingestion 8. Non-communicable disease 9. Diseases of unusual or uncertain aetiology Index
£95.39
Duke University Press Colonial Pathologies
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s.Trade Review“Colonial Pathologies does the work that many colonial histories profess to do but rarely carry out: it provides us with a meticulous, dynamic, and grounded analysis of how political rationalities were honed and colonial and colonized subjectivities were formed through the changing medical perceptions and practices of U.S. imperial policy. Not least, it demonstrates how Philippines colonial public health regimes provided the template for subsequent healthcare in the Philippines, in the United States, and in international health services more broadly.”—Ann Laura Stoler, editor of Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History“An imaginative and well-informed study of what might be called the bodily dimension of imperial relationships in the Philippines. Warwick Anderson explores the subjective and multidimensional aspects of the formally humane and objective realm of tropical public health, illuminating the American colonial experience and foreshadowing ambiguities and paradoxes in what we have come to call global health.”—Charles E. Rosenberg, author of No Other Gods: On Science and American Social Thought“It’s difficult to overstate the significance of this book. Its account of hygiene as the means for establishing ‘biomedical citizenship’ in the Philippines under U.S. rule is carefully crafted and powerfully argued. Sympathetically deconstructing the assertiveness and delusions of white colonial medical practitioners beset by the specters of native bodily excess, Warwick Anderson shows how race and biology defined civic identities in the colony and the metropole alike. A path-breaking work on imperial medicine, it is certain to attract a wide readership.”—Vicente L. Rafael, author of The Promise of the Foreign: Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines“Colonial Pathologies is a highly original work that, through the anxious eyes of its American architects, successfully illuminates the multidimensional U. S. colonial-medical state in the early twentieth-century Philippines. It has much to teach scholars about U. S. empire building, colonial medicine, race, and gender.” -- Paul Kramer * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *“Colonial Pathologies is a path-breaking study of an aspect of late colonialism that is all too frequently neglected: imperial medicine. Anderson demonstrates how hygiene and sanitation became the hallmarks of a distinctly Americanised ‘civilising process’ that attempted to impose foreign rule over an archipelago of subjects and protect those entrusted with its mission from the baneful effects of having to do so in a tropical setting.” -- Greg Bankoff * Anthropological Forum *“Anderson has done an extraordinarily thorough job of research, and he skillfully employs the rich material he found regarding several key players. . . . Colonial Pathologies helps us understand just how complex and changing the reciprocal interactions between various imperial projects—in this case, the American project in the Philippines—and Western medical thinking really were.” -- James C. Mohr * Pacific Historical Review *“Anderson's achievement . . . One of the finest and most finely nuanced accounts yet of colonial medicine in Asia (or, indeed, its sister continents), Colonial Pathologies provides an accessible narrative which students of European and American public health would read with profit.” -- David Arnold * Social History of Medicine *“Warwick Anderson’s scholarship is well known for its intellectual rigor and its stimulating originality. . . . Without ignoring the particularities of the colonial history of the Philippines or of ‘American way’ of public health, Anderson offers above all, in my view, a fine reflection on the culture of biomedicalization, the questions of power and the negotiations that are part of the process, and the unexpected results that emerge, both locally and globally.” -- Laurence Monnais * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. American Military Faces West 13 2. The Military Basis of Colonial Public Health 45 3. “Only Man is Vile” 74 4. Excremental Colonialism 104 5. The White Man’s Psychic Burden 130 6. Disease and Citizenship 158 7. Late-Colonial Public Heath and Filipino “Mimicry” 180 8. Malaria Between Race and Ecology 207 Conclusion 227 Abbreviations 235 Notes 237 Bibliography 299 Index 343
£75.65
Duke University Press Colonial Pathologies
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s.Trade Review“Colonial Pathologies does the work that many colonial histories profess to do but rarely carry out: it provides us with a meticulous, dynamic, and grounded analysis of how political rationalities were honed and colonial and colonized subjectivities were formed through the changing medical perceptions and practices of U.S. imperial policy. Not least, it demonstrates how Philippines colonial public health regimes provided the template for subsequent healthcare in the Philippines, in the United States, and in international health services more broadly.”—Ann Laura Stoler, editor of Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History“An imaginative and well-informed study of what might be called the bodily dimension of imperial relationships in the Philippines. Warwick Anderson explores the subjective and multidimensional aspects of the formally humane and objective realm of tropical public health, illuminating the American colonial experience and foreshadowing ambiguities and paradoxes in what we have come to call global health.”—Charles E. Rosenberg, author of No Other Gods: On Science and American Social Thought“It’s difficult to overstate the significance of this book. Its account of hygiene as the means for establishing ‘biomedical citizenship’ in the Philippines under U.S. rule is carefully crafted and powerfully argued. Sympathetically deconstructing the assertiveness and delusions of white colonial medical practitioners beset by the specters of native bodily excess, Warwick Anderson shows how race and biology defined civic identities in the colony and the metropole alike. A path-breaking work on imperial medicine, it is certain to attract a wide readership.”—Vicente L. Rafael, author of The Promise of the Foreign: Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines“Colonial Pathologies is a highly original work that, through the anxious eyes of its American architects, successfully illuminates the multidimensional U. S. colonial-medical state in the early twentieth-century Philippines. It has much to teach scholars about U. S. empire building, colonial medicine, race, and gender.” -- Paul Kramer * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *“Colonial Pathologies is a path-breaking study of an aspect of late colonialism that is all too frequently neglected: imperial medicine. Anderson demonstrates how hygiene and sanitation became the hallmarks of a distinctly Americanised ‘civilising process’ that attempted to impose foreign rule over an archipelago of subjects and protect those entrusted with its mission from the baneful effects of having to do so in a tropical setting.” -- Greg Bankoff * Anthropological Forum *“Anderson has done an extraordinarily thorough job of research, and he skillfully employs the rich material he found regarding several key players. . . . Colonial Pathologies helps us understand just how complex and changing the reciprocal interactions between various imperial projects—in this case, the American project in the Philippines—and Western medical thinking really were.” -- James C. Mohr * Pacific Historical Review *“Anderson's achievement . . . One of the finest and most finely nuanced accounts yet of colonial medicine in Asia (or, indeed, its sister continents), Colonial Pathologies provides an accessible narrative which students of European and American public health would read with profit.” -- David Arnold * Social History of Medicine *“Warwick Anderson’s scholarship is well known for its intellectual rigor and its stimulating originality. . . . Without ignoring the particularities of the colonial history of the Philippines or of ‘American way’ of public health, Anderson offers above all, in my view, a fine reflection on the culture of biomedicalization, the questions of power and the negotiations that are part of the process, and the unexpected results that emerge, both locally and globally.” -- Laurence Monnais * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. American Military Faces West 13 2. The Military Basis of Colonial Public Health 45 3. “Only Man is Vile” 74 4. Excremental Colonialism 104 5. The White Man’s Psychic Burden 130 6. Disease and Citizenship 158 7. Late-Colonial Public Heath and Filipino “Mimicry” 180 8. Malaria Between Race and Ecology 207 Conclusion 227 Abbreviations 235 Notes 237 Bibliography 299 Index 343
£21.59
Fordham University Press Tropical Medicine
Book SynopsisHaving 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.Trade Review"Diplomats who must deal with the after-effects of man-made and natural disasters are well aware that epidemic diseases flourish as societies collapse, and that more people usually die in such circumstances from preventable illnesses than from armed conflicts. This is an essential book for those who seek to restore peace and stability in war-torn and disaster areas. It considers the critical interrelationships of medicine and statesmanship, and it is one of the reasons why I have asked the author to serve as my Chief Adviser on Humanitarian and Public Health issues." -- -H.E. Nassir Al Nasser President, United Nations General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session "This revised and expanded edition of Tropical Medicine: A Clinical Text reflects the personal experience of the author over many years of direct and intimate contact with countries in the Third World, ranging from those in Africa to those in South America. It has been the standard textbook used by many generations of both medical students and postgraduate physicians studying tropical medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and in other academic centers around the world. It is a practical and very readable textbook." -- -Herbert Gilles, M.D., C.M.G. Professor Emeritus, The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; Past President, The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene "... A 'must' for any medical collection. It provides a world history of tropical medicine approaches and comes from a doctor who himself has worked throughout the world in both Third World and developed countries." -California Bookwatch
£82.65
Fordham University Press Tropical Medicine
Book SynopsisHaving 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.Trade Review"Diplomats who must deal with the after-effects of man-made and natural disasters are well aware that epidemic diseases flourish as societies collapse, and that more people usually die in such circumstances from preventable illnesses than from armed conflicts. This is an essential book for those who seek to restore peace and stability in war-torn and disaster areas. It considers the critical interrelationships of medicine and statesmanship, and it is one of the reasons why I have asked the author to serve as my Chief Adviser on Humanitarian and Public Health issues." -- -H.E. Nassir Al Nasser President, United Nations General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session "This revised and expanded edition of Tropical Medicine: A Clinical Text reflects the personal experience of the author over many years of direct and intimate contact with countries in the Third World, ranging from those in Africa to those in South America. It has been the standard textbook used by many generations of both medical students and postgraduate physicians studying tropical medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and in other academic centers around the world. It is a practical and very readable textbook." -- -Herbert Gilles, M.D., C.M.G. Professor Emeritus, The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; Past President, The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene "... A 'must' for any medical collection. It provides a world history of tropical medicine approaches and comes from a doctor who himself has worked throughout the world in both Third World and developed countries." -California Bookwatch
£31.50
CABI Publishing Parasitology for the 21st Century
Book SynopsisThis volume provides a reflective summary of research in parasitology in the late 20th Century combined with a vision of the major challenges and potential successes in the 21st Century. It has been compiled from selected papers presented at the Eighth International Congress of Parasitology. A wide variety of topics are covered including medical, veterinary, and plant parasitology, by contributors from many different countries. Chapters within the book consider current research on the biology of parasites, and new strategies in the transmission and control of parasitic diseases. This book represents an invaluable resource for all parasitologists; not only is it an up-to-date summary of research, but it is also a thought provoking look at the future.Table of Contents1: New Dimension for parasitology in the 21st century, T Godal 2: Training in parasitology, R Houin 3: Immunity to Human Leishmaniasis, E M Carvalho 4: Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis and its control, R C Mahjajan and K Mohan 5: Vaccination against visceral leishmaniasis using a pure parasite protein, C L Jaffe, N Rachamim and R Sarfstein 6: Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in Iran and the role of scatological tests in the diagnosis and epidemiological studies, Gh H Edrissian 7: Differential cause of T-cell non-responsiveness to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in healthy individuals and in acutely II malaria patients, L Hviid 8: Iron, oxidant stress and malaria, J Golenser 9: Immunogenicity of multiple peptides (MAPs) containing T- and B-cell epitopes of plamodium falciparum CS proteins, E H Nardin et al. 10: Cell biology of the Giardia lamblia life cycle, F D Gilin et al. 11: Metabolic disturbances in children with chronic Giardiasis, N N Taneli 12: Amoebae in relationship with bacteria in their environment, C Harf 13: Molecular and cellular biology of invasion by Entamoeba histolytica, S R Reed etal. 14: Multidrug resistance gene family in Entamoeba histolytica, P Ayala et al. 15: Cytoskelton activities in pathogenic entamoebal histolytica, N Guillen et al. 16: Infection sources, reservoir and transmission of Pneumocystosis, E Dei-Cas etal. 17: Schistosomiasis and foodborne trematode infections: diseases of social dimensions, K E Mott 18: Genetic variability in parasitic helminths, D P McManus 19: Allergic reactivity and helminthic infection, N R Lynch 20: Protective immune mechanisms against Echinococcus multilocularis, B Gottstein 21: Host-Metacesteode Interplay: the Role of Macrophages, J B Dixon 22: Epidmiology and epidemiologic research methods - their application in parasitic disease investigation, K C Shekhar 23: Importance of abdominal Angiostrongylosis in the Americas, P Morera 24: PCR-based detection and typing of parasites, G L McLaughlin et al."
£116.68
CABI Publishing Biology of Mosquitoes Volume 1
Book SynopsisA detailed account of the embryology, growth and metamorphosis of mosquitoes, the nutrition of larvae and adults, and egg production by the adult females. Physiological adaptations of larvae to their aquatic environment are also described. Written in a manner to be comprehensible to any informed biologist, the book has received glowing reviews.Table of Contents1: Aspects of genetics 2: Embryology 3: The egg shell 4: Larval feeding 5: Larval nutrition, excretion and respiration 6: Osmotic and ionic regulation 7: Growth and development 8: Metamorphosis 9: The circulatory system 10: The endocrine system and hormones 11: Adult food and feeding mechanisms 12: The adult salivary glands and their secretions 13: Structure of the adult alimentary canal 14: Adult digestion 15: Adult energy metabolism 16: Adult diuresis, excretion and defaecation 17: Structure of the gonads and gonoducts 18: Spermatogenesis and the structure of spermatozoa 19: Oogenesis 20: Vitellogenesis 21: Hormonal regulation of ovarian development in anautogenous mosquitoes 22: Nutrition and fertility of anautogenous mosquitoes 23: Autogeny -: Published by Chapman and Hall in 1992, this volume is now available from CABI Publishing
£133.06
Cambridge University Press Medical Entomology for Students
Book SynopsisDespite numerous scientific investigations on vector-borne human infections such as malaria, Lyme disease and typhus these diseases continue to threaten human health. Understanding the role of vectors in disease transmission, and the most appropriate control strategies, is therefore essential. This book provides information on the recognition, biology, ecology and medical importance of the arthropods that affect human health. The fifth edition of this popular textbook is completely updated and incorporates the latest strategies for controlling insects, ticks and mites. Numerous illustrations, with new colour photographs of some of the most important vectors, aid recognition. A glossary of entomological and epidemiological terms is included, along with a list of commonly used insecticides and their trade names. Clearly presented in a concise style, this text is aimed at students of medical entomology, tropical medicine, parasitology and pest control. It is also essential reading for phyTrade ReviewReviews of the third edition: '… a very well written book that is well suited for its purpose as an introduction for students … it would serve well as a quick refresher to the subject even for experienced medical entomologists.' The Lancet'… undergraduate and postgraduate masters students can continue to rely on this affordable and reliable basic introduction to the discipline of medical entomology.' Parasitology'This is an easy to understand introduction to the field of medical entomology for more readers than just students of biology and entomology … [another] appropriate title might be 'Medical Entomology for Health Care Providers and Public Health Practitioners'.' Doody's Review Service'… a 'must have' for those studying the discipline … a continuing strength is its frequent updating cycle and the helpful addition and revision of the further reading section.' Richard D. Ward, Keele UniversityTable of ContentsPreface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the fourth edition; Preface to the fifth edition; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to mosquitoes (Culicidae); 2. Anopheline mosquitoes (Anophelinae); 3. Culicine mosquitoes (Culicinae); 4. Black flies (Simuliidae); 5. Phlebotomine sand flies (Phlebotominae); 6. Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae); 7. Horse flies (Tabanidae); 8. Tsetse flies (Glossinidae); 9. House flies and stable flies (Muscidae) and latrine flies (Fanniidae); 10. Flies and myiasis; 11. Fleas (Siphonaptera); 12. Sucking lice (Anoplura); 13. Bedbugs (Cimicidae); 14. Triatomine bugs (Triatominae); 15. Cockroaches (Blattaria); 16. Soft ticks (Argasidae); 17. Hard ticks (Ixodidae); 18. Scabies mites (Sarcoptidae); 19. Scrub typhus mites (Trombiculidae); 20. Miscellaneous mites; Appendix: names of some chemicals and microbials used in vector control; Glossary of common terms relevant to medical entomology; Select bibliography; Index.
£49.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Rapid Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
Book SynopsisThis new pocket guide provides rapid facts for everyday use in clinical practice and is an ideal resource for exam preparation.Trade ReviewPublished Reviews of the First Edition "This book is a brief and quick source for key features to common infectious diseases. It can be used for a brief overview, nothing more. It is easy to read and has somewhat helpful tables to assist with categorizing pathogens." MD, Creighton University Medical Center Doody's Book ReviewsTable of ContentsForeword. List of Abbreviations. Rapid Series Mnemonic. Part 1: Signs & Symptoms. Fever. Sepsis. Cardiovascular. Upper Respiratory Tract / ENT. Lower Respiratory Tract. Gastrointestinal. Hepatitis. Urinary Tract infection. Genitourinary. Central Nervous System. Eyes. Skin and soft tissue infection. Bone and joint infetcion. Immunocompromised host. Part 2: Aetiological Agents. Viruses. Bacteria. Mycobacteria. Fungi. Protozoa. Helminths. Spirochetes. Other organisms. Higher organisms. Ectoparasites. Part 3: Diseases (A-Z). Notifiable diseases. Actinomycosis. Adenovirus. Alphaviruses. Amoebiasis. Anaerobes. Anthrax. Aspergillosis. Atypical mycobacteria. Babesiosis. Bacillus cereus. Bacterial vaginosis. Bartonellosis. Blastomycosis. Botulism. Brucellosis. Campylobacter jejuni. Candidiasis. Capnocytophaga. Chlamydiae. Chickenpox, shingles. Cholera. Coccidiomycosis. Common cold. Coxsackie & Echoviruses. Cryptococcosis. Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Isospora, Microspora. Dengue. Dermatophytes. Diphtheria. Ectoparasites. Ehrlichosis. Filiariasis, Dracunculiasis, Trichinosis. Gangrene. Giardia. Glandular fever. Gonorrhoea. Gram negative bacteria. Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (E. coli O157). Haemophilus spp. Hantaviruses. Helicobacter pylori. Hepatitis A. Hepatitis B & D. Hepatitis C. Hepatitis E. Herpes viruses. Histoplasmosis. HIV 1 & 2. HTLV1 & 2. Influenza & Parainfluenza viruses. Japanese B encephalitis. Legionellosis. Leishmaniasis. Leprosy. Leptospirosis. Listeriosis. Lyme disease. Malaria. Measles. Meningococcus. Molluscum contagiosum. Mucormycosis. Mumps. Mycoplasma spp. Nocardia. Papillomavirus. Parvovirus B19. Pasteurella. Plague. Pneumocystis carinii. Polio. Polyoma viruses. Prions. Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Q fever. Rabies. Rat bite fevers. Respiratory syncitial virus. Roundworms. Rubella. Salmonellosis. Schistosomiasis. Scrub typhus. Shigellosis. Smallpox. Sporothrix. Spotted fevers. Staphylococcus spp. Streptococcus spp. Syphilis. Tapeworms. Tetanus. Tick borne encephalitis. Toxoplasmosis. Treponema. Trichomoniasis. Trypanosomiasis. Tuberculosis. Tuleraemia. Viral gastroenteritis. Viral haemorrhagic fevers. Visceral larva migrans. Whooping cough. Yellow fever. Yersiniosis. Appendix I: Immunisations and Malaria prophylaxis. Appendix II: Antibiotics (therapy and prophylaxis) and needlestick prophylaxis. Sources and Further Reading
£30.56
Johns Hopkins University Press Under the Big Tree
Book SynopsisPowerful stories of the debilitating effects of neglected tropical diseases throughout the world, highlighting the successes and challenges of those fighting to eliminate them. Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion of the world's poorest people. More than 170,000 people die from NTDs each year, and many more suffer from blindness, disability, disfigurement, cognitive impairment, and stunted growth. Yet NTDs are treatable and preventable, and the annual cost of treatment is incredibly low. In Under the Big Tree, public health leader Ellen Agler and award-winning writer Mojie Crigler tell the moving stories of those struggling with these diseases and the life-saving work that can beand has beendone to combat NTDs. They introduce readers to people from all walks of lifefrom car washers in Lake Victoria and surgeons on motorbikes to under-resourced local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and Big Pharma scientistsas they chronicle what has been called the largestTable of ContentsForeword, by Bill Gates Preface, by William C. Campbell List of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Crisis and Collaboration Chapter 2. Modern Approaches to Ancient Diseases Chapter 3. Big Consequences from Small Things Chapter 4. Empowerment and Humility Chapter 5. Worms, Maps, and Money Chapter 6. A New Normal Chapter 7. Stone Soup Chapter 8. Unfrozen Moment Chapter 9. Strengthening Health Systems Chapter 10. The Last Twenty Centimeters Chapter 11. Homegrown Philanthropy Acknowledgments Note on Sources Bibliography Index
£22.50
Nova Science Publishers Inc Mosquitos: Species, Distribution and Disease
Book SynopsisMosquitos: Species, Distribution and Disease opens with a discussion on the potential use of plant-derived saponins as a natural larvicide to help prevent and control disease outbreaks in mosquito-infested areas. The general background of saponins, examples of saponin-containing plants and the uses of crude saponins are furthermore discussed. The authors develop practical perspectives on controlling tropical disease vectors in an eco-friendly manner. The authors also provide updated lists of the mosquito species present in the eastern states of the Arabian Peninsula, with information on their collection sites and distribution. New records of some adults are published for the first time from Qatar. An investigation of the morbidity of epidemic vector-borne diseases is also considered. Intracellular population dynamics of viruses under a set of biologically sound parameter values are studied, and statistical tools are used to quantify the estimability of model parameters under distinct scenarios. The resulting mathematical model can also be applied in clinical settings where there is a growing body of work on the within-host dissemination of flaviviruses.
£113.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Chikungunya: Epidemiology, Transmission and
Book SynopsisChikungunya (CHIKV) is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes that can cause symptoms such as fever, joint pain, muscle pain, headache, fatigue, and rash, which can become severe. While symptoms generally subside within a week or two, the disease nonetheless imposes a burden on societies around the world and carries a death risk of 1 in 1,000 infections. Chapter One details the history and evolution of the virus, including its epidemiology and extensive spread, and discusses disease prevention and vector control measures. Chapter Two describes the geographical distribution, transmission, and alternative hosts of Chikungunya. Chapter Three provides an insight into the different immunotherapy and immunoprophylaxis strategies that have demonstrated promising results so far for the treatment of this disease. Lastly, Chapter Four provides an overview of the potential therapeutics that have been proposed and developed for CHIKV.Table of ContentsPreface; Chikungunya Virus: History, Evolution, Current Epidemiology and Its Burden to the World; Geographical Distribution, Transmission, and Alternative Hosts of Chikungunya Virus; Recent Progress on Immunotherapy and Immunoprophylaxis of Chikungunya Virus; Recent Advances in Chikungunya Virus Therapeutics: An Overview; Index.
£58.39
Nova Science Publishers Inc Antimalarial Drugs: Costs, Safety & Efficacy
Book SynopsisMalaria is the leading parasitic infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in terms of morbidity, hospitalisation and mortality. Pregnant women and children under the age of five years, especially infants, are the most vulnerable. In SSA where 90% of the global burden of malaria is concentrated, at least one child dies of malaria every 40 seconds. Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) describes the administration of a full course of anti-malarial drugs to the population at risk at specified time intervals, irrespective of whether or not one is infected. Drug resistance, especially multi-drug resistance, and difficulties in eradicating the mosquito vector have been the basis of malaria resurgence over the past 30 years. In addition, massive problems with logistics, planning, allocation of resources and a lack of operational research have contributed greatly to the failure of malaria eradication. This book gathers the latest research from around the globe in this field.
£86.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Understanding Malaria & Lyme Disease
Book SynopsisMalaria is a disease caused by a parasite that lives part of its life in humans and part in mosquitoes. Malaria remains one of the major killers of humans world-wide, threatening the lives of more than one-third of the world''s population. It thrives in the tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and Central and South America, where it strikes millions of people. In the early 1970''s, a mysterious clustering of arthritis cases occurred among children in Lyme, Connecticut, and surrounding towns. While scientists were busy describing signs and symptoms of Lyme disease to help doctors diagnose patients, they discovered that antibiotics were effective in its treatment and that the bite of the deer tick was the key to the spread of the disease. This book presents the most current research on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of both malaria and Lyme disease.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Cholera: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment
Book SynopsisCholera is a life-threatening diarrhoeal disease that can spread rapidly and in explosive epidemics from one region to another, affecting large numbers of people. V cholerae, a gram-negative motile bacterium, is the causative agent of this intestinal disease. This book presents topical research from across the globe in the study of cholera; its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Some topics discussed, herein, include emergence of new virulence factors of vibrio cholera as potential vaccine candidates; possible targets for quorum quenching of vibrio cholerae; the environmental reservoirs and vector of vibrio cholerae; and current African perspectives of cholera.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Historical Overview of Chromatography & Related
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Tropical Pediatrics: A Public Health Concern of
Book SynopsisTropical medicine is a branch of medicine focusing on disorders usually found in subtropical and tropical areas of the world. Tropical paediatrics is a branch of tropical medicine focusing on children in these areas. The current process of global warming and the widespread issue of international travel are bringing these conditions to many places of the globe. This book highlights selective concepts of tropical paediatrics that are of importance to clinicians caring for children and adolescents.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Chagas Disease: Still a Threat to our World?
Book SynopsisChagas disease is a parasitosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, that affects approximately 10 million people around the world, mainly in Latin America. There are different types of transmission, and in the last few years, due to the increase in human migration, this pathology has been detected in other continents. Awareness that this disease is now found in places far from endemic areas is relevant since it leads to the development of strategies to prevent potential sources of transmission. The disease was discovered 100 years ago, and until now, no vaccine has been developed and the drugs currently in use, benznidazole and nifurtimox, have limited efficacy and potentially serious side effects. Chagas disease patients can have gastrointestinal, heart and nervous system related complications, requiring precise and rapid methods of diagnosis. The biology of T. cruzi has been intensively studied allowing for the translation of basic scientific knowledge into a number of selected drug candidates for the development of a more specific treatment. Coverage of the latest research techniques and advances in the topics mentioned above, and, most importantly, the new therapeutic targets noted for the development of an improved therapy will be discussed.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Recent Advances in Toxoplasmosis Research
Book SynopsisToxoplasmosis is one of the most important food-borne illnesses and foetal maternal inflammatory syndromes. Currently, there is no safe and effective approved therapy against foetal maternal complication or persistent chronic infection. Toxoplasma is an intracellular organism. About 1.5 billion people world-wide are predicted to have toxoplasmosis, frequently with unknown lifelong health consequences. Toxoplasma is classified as "Category B pathogen" according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and National Institute of Health (NIH). The organisms reside in muscles and brain in cyst forms for the lifetime of the host awaiting reactivation. This book discusses several topics which include foetal and maternal toxoplasmosis; toxoplasma gondii and suicide and homicide; toxoplasmosis in several animals including cattle, goats, swine, dogs, and kittens; and molecular diagnosis in toxoplasmosis.
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American Medical Publishers Amebiasis: Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
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Foster Academics Malaria: Immune Response to Infection and
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CABI Publishing Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
Book SynopsisContinued geographic expansion of dengue viruses and their mosquito vectors has seen the magnitude and frequency of epidemic dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever (DF/DHF) increase dramatically. Recent exciting research on dengue has resulted in major advances in our understanding of all aspects of the biology of these viruses, and this updated second edition brings together leading research and clinical scientists to review dengue virus biology, epidemiology, entomology, therapeutics, vaccinology and clinical management.Table of ContentsI: History & Epidemiology 1: Dengue Viruses: their evolution, history and emergence as a global public health problem 2: Mapping the Epidemiology of Dengue 3: Economic and Disease Burden of Dengue 4: Surveillance for Dengue 5: Dengue Infections in Travelers 6: A review of transmission models of dengue: a quantitative and qualitative analysis of model features II: The Disease 7: Clinical Features of Dengue 8: Neurological Manifestations of Dengue Virus Infection 9: The Southeast Asia Regional Office (WHO) Guidelines for Clinical management of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever 10: Laboratory Diagnosis of Dengue 11: Dengue Pathogenesis - Host Factors 12: Dengue Pathogenesis – Viral Factors 13: The acquired immune response in dengue virus infection 14: Innate Immune Responses to Dengue Infection 15: Pathology of Dengue Virus Infection 16: Dengue Drug Development III: The virus 17: Taxonomy and Evolutionary Relationships of Flaviviruses 18: Molecular Virology of Dengue Virus 19: The structural biology of dengue virus 20: The Non-Structural Proteins of Dengue Virus IV: Virus-host interaction 21: The Interface between Dengue Virus and the Human Host 22: Dengue Virus-Mosquito Interactions and Molecular Methods of Vector Control 23: Animal Models of Dengue Infection and Disease V: Dengue prevention 24: Dengue vector bionomics: Why Aedes aegypti is such a good vector 25: Surveillance and control of urban dengue vectors 26: Dengue Vector Control - New Approaches 27: Biological control of dengue and Wolbachia-based strategies 28: Dengue Vaccines 29: Dengue Virus Neutralization and Surrogates of Protection
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IGI Global Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on
Book SynopsisClimate change and environmental pollution remain two primary areas of concern in today's world. These detrimental influences continue to have a strong impact on various aspects of humanity, specifically public health in tropical regions. Researchers have seen neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affected by climate change and anthropogenic impacts.Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Neglected Tropical Diseases is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the association of environmental pollutants and global warming with viruses in tropical regions. While highlighting topics such as pathogenicity, travel impact, and economic impacts, this publication explores the developments and trends in these areas of medicine and ecology, as well as prevention strategies to be used for educational and sensitization purposes. This book is ideally designed for doctors, medical practitioners, ecologists, epidemiologists, environmentalists, world health organizations, researchers, biologists, policymakers, academicians, and students.
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Liverpool University Press Tropical World of Samuel Taylor Darling:
Book SynopsisSamuel Taylor Darling (1872-1925), one of the world's leading experts in tropical diseases in the early twentieth century, investigated malaria, hookworm, amebiasis and other tropical diseases in Panama, the Far East, South Africa, Brazil and the southern United States. As a pathologist, he performed more than four-thousand autopsies among employees of the Panama Canal Company who died between 1905 and 1914. This experience gave him a singular perspective on the anatomical pathology of tropical diseases. The results of his innovative work helped him to develop new concepts about diagnosis and treatment of malaria (spleen index and species-specific mosquito control); amebic dysentery (modified life cycle using rectal inoculation of parasites in kittens); and intestinal parasitosis (improved detection and treatment); tuberculosis (epidemiology among Panama Canal workers); and other diseases common in tropical regions. Darling is also credited with discovering histoplasmosis. For his pioneering work he was named an honorary member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Andrew Balfour, first Director of the Wellcome Laboratories in Khartoum, considered him "America's foremost tropical al parasitologist and pathologist." This book is the first full-length biography of this remarkable scientist. Primary research was conducted at the Rockefeller Archives, National Archives, Library of Congress in the United States, and libraries in Panama and the former Canal Zone. This work is essential reading for medical historians, and those interested in the history of sanitation and public health, malaria, and yellow fever; and provides a better understanding of the Panama Canal experience, and Rockefeller philanthropy in tropical medicine and hygiene.Table of ContentsPart I: Formative Years, 1872-1905; Part II: Panama Years, 1905-1915; Part III: Rockefeller Years, 1915-1925; Index.
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Imperial College Press Dengue
Book SynopsisThis unique volume presents an up-to-date review of one of the world's major health problems — diseases caused by the four dengue viruses. It begins with an insightful story of the origin of dengue disease outbreaks, including the emergence of severe and fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever. The nature, structure and biology of the four dengue viruses are described, and a major portion of the book is focused on the epidemiology of dengue as a mosquito-borne disease. This is complemented by critiques of existing mosquito control programs by three groups of outstanding authorities. The strongest element of the volume is its comprehensive description of the current understanding of dengue disease pathogenesis, followed by an analysis of the pros and cons of five of the most controversial areas in the field: the WHO DEF case definition, secondary dengue infections, virulent viruses, the role of abnormal T cells and autoimmunity.
£156.60
American Nurses Association, Nursing Knowledge Center Travel Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of
Book SynopsisTravel health nursing has evolved as a distinct and increasingly complex specialty over the past three decades, and in 2020, ANA officially recognized travel health nursing as a nursing specialty for the first time. This first edition of ANA and ATHNA’s Travel Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice is an important professional resource for nurses who strive to advance the well-being of all domestic and international travellers, and the communities to which they travel and return. Travel health nurses are specially educated and trained to promote the health and safety of travellers through comprehensive risk analysis, assessment, immunizations, health education, and therapeutic interventions. Nurses in this specialty provide services in three different clinical encounters: pre-travel, during travel (“in-transit”), and post-travel in a variety of settings that include college health, occupational health, public health, the military, primary care, and nurse-managed travel health clinics, among others.
£30.56
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Global Orthopedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal
Book SynopsisNow in a revised and expanded second edition, this unique text discusses the opportunities and challenges to the practice of orthopedic surgery in resource-limited environments around the world. Sensibly divided into thematic sections, part I examines barriers to care, from the poorly recognized global burden of orthopedic conditions and the less than ideal equipment to the cultural considerations and ethical dilemmas inherent in such situations. General clinical topics are covered in part II, such as non-surgical approaches and anesthesia, while the remaining sections discuss adult and pediatric trauma, presented in an anatomical format for easy reference with a focus on the natural history and the best treatment methods within existing limitations, followed by musculoskeletal infections, non-infectious pediatric conditions, reconstruction, and amputations. Topics new to this edition include the management of non-unions by induced membrane techniques, autologous bone grafting, bone growth and burn charts, the management of neck and back pain, and principles of orthopedic rehabilitation. Written and edited by experts with years of experience working in austere settings, this second edition of Global Orthopedics is a seamless transition from the original and expands the range of possible management strategies in places desperate for orthopedic care, making it a must for all surgeons and practitioners planning to work in such challenging settings.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Infectious Tropical Diseases and One Health in
Book SynopsisThis book covers current aspects of important infectious diseases affecting human and animal health in Latin American countries. Readers are equipped with details on arthropod vectors as well as on neglected health problems. Diseases covered include Neglected Tropical Diseases such as Chagas Disease, schistosomiasis, tungiasis, myiasis and leishmaniasis, but also Zika and Chikungunya viral infections, plague and yellow fever. One focus is given on parasitic transmission routes.In addition, the authors describe current therapeutic options and sustainable control measures, considering both human and animal health. By highlighting options within the interdisciplinary One Health approach, they round off this work into a cutting-edge reference for diverse expert readers. Scientists and clinicians concerned on public health, entomology, tropical medicine and parasitology not only in Latin America will find this collection particularly valuable.Finally, these contributions are essential in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals and the targets of SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) in order to combat and end epidemics of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Table of ContentsFinal Table of Contents 1. Yellow fever2. Chikungunya3. Zika virosis: a known, but long time underestimated disease that got new and high attention before, during and after the Olympic Games in Brazil 20164. Plague5. Trypanosoma cruzi: an ancient and successful enzootic parasite6. The social and environmental determinants of the leishmaniases in the Americas7. Toxoplasmosis in South America8. Tunga spp. and Tungiasis in Latin America9. Human myiasis on the South American continent10. Schistosomiasis control: present situation and perspectives11. Hookworms in South America – a constant threat especially to children12. One Health Approach to Control Human and Zoonotic Hookworm Infections
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Springer Emerging and Reemerging Infections in Travellers
Book Synopsis1. Filovirus Disease.- 2. Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic fever.- 3. Dengue.-4. Chikungunya.- 5. Yellow fever.- 6. West Nile Virus infection.- 7. Zika virus.- 8. Alkhumra haemorrhagic fever.- 9. Emerging and re-emerging infections in travellers rift valley fever in travellers.-10. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.- 11. Middle East respiratory syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).- 12. Influenza in travellers.- 13. Viral Hepatitis.- 14. Meningococcal disease.- 15. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.- 16. Malaria in travelers, diagnosis and management.- 17. Emergence and spread of resistant microorganisms, related to travel.- 18. Mass gathering and infectious diseases.- 19. Health tourism and infectious diseases.- 20. Advice for humanitarian aid workers.- 21. Approach to fever in the returning traveller.- 22. Preparedness and Response for Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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Peter Lang AG Von „Tropenmedizin“ zu „Global Public Health“:
Book SynopsisWas hat die „Tropenmedizin" im „Globalen Norden" zu suchen? Was kann eine Universität, ein „Tropeninstitut", im „Globalen Norden" zur Verbesserung der Gesundheitssituation im „Globalen Süden" beitragen? Die Antwort: „Tropenmedizin" muss sich zu „Globaler Medizin" hin entwickeln. Das heutige Heidelberg Institute of Global Health an der Universität Heidelberg ist diesen Weg von seinen Anfängen als Institut für Tropenhygiene 1962 bis heute konsequent gegangen. Hans Jochen Diesfeld hat diesen Weg aktiv gestaltet und begleitet. Er zeichnet ihn in diesem Band nach und zeigt dabei die verschiedenen Einflussfaktoren und Herausforderungen auf. Er erweist damit all denen Referenz, die über vier akademische Generationen hinweg dazu beigetragen haben. Table of ContentsEinleitung: Wie alles begann. - Heidelberg – 1966 bis 1997 und als Emeritus bis 2022 - Externe Faktoren - Institutsentwicklung - Arbeitsbereiche und Forschungsgruppen - Lehrkonzept der Abteilung Tropenhygiene 1970 bis 1997 ff. - Von „Tropenmedizin" zu „Global Public Health" Entwicklung in Bildern - Originalbeiträge zu Themenkomplexen von gesundheits- und entwicklungspolitischer Relevanz in Forschung und Lehre - And the show goes on - ein Nachwort vom Nachfolger - Quellenverzeichnis
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Die Parasiten des Menschen: Erkrankungen erkennen, bekämpfen und vorbeugen
Book SynopsisIm Zuge der Globalisierung, bei der Container und Menschen von einem Kontinent zum anderen transportiert werden, landen täglich Erreger oder Krankheitsüberträger in Europa an und können sich schnell ausbreiten. Daher ist es notwendig, das Wissen um die Übertragungswege von Parasiten auf den Menschen stets aktuell zu halten und die Gefahren einer Einschleppung und Ausbreitung rechtzeitig einzudämmen.Dieses Buch bietet eine aktuelle Übersicht über die wichtigsten einheimischen und tropischen Parasiten des Menschen und ihre potenziellen Überträger. Es wendet sich an Ärzte, Pharmazeuten, Laborpersonal und Studierende der Humanmedizin und Biologie, aber auch an alle, die sich über Vorbeuge- und Bekämpfungsmaßnahmen informieren wollen. Informationen zu den einzelnen Parasiten werden jeweils in 11 Abschnitten komprimiert dargestellt:1. Namensgebung - 2. Weltweite Verbreitung und epidemiologische Daten - 3. Lebenszyklen und Aussehen - 4. Symptome der Erkrankung - 5. Diagnosemöglichkeiten - 6. Infektionswege - 7. Vorbeugemaßnahmen - 8. Inkubationszeiten - 9. Zeiten bis zur Weiterübertragung - 10. Dauer eines Befalls - 11. TherapiemaßnahmenIn Tabellen, zahlreichen Schemata und auf 200 farbigen Abbildungen werden die wichtigsten Aspekte eines Parasitenbefalls sowie die aktuellen Bekämpfungsmaßnahmen dargestellt. Fragen helfen zudem bei der Überprüfung des eigenen Wissens.Die Neuauflage wurde um weitere Erreger ergänzt und durch Änderungen bei den Therapien aktualisiertTable of Contents1 Das Phänomen Parasitismus.- 2 Welche Parasiten gibt es?.- 2.1 Die Organe des Menschen und ihr Parasitenbefall.- 3 Einzeller beim Menschen.- 3.1 Was sind Einzeller (Protozoa/Protisten)?.- 3.2 Trichomonas vaginalis (Trichomoniasis).- 3.3 Flagellaten des Darms.- 3.4 Giardia lamblia (syn. G. duodenalis bzw. intestinalis; Giardiasis).- 3.5 Trypanosoma brucei-Gruppe (Afrikanische Trypanosomiasis).- 3.6 Südamerikanische Trypanosomen.- 3.7 Leishmania-Arten (Erreger der Haut-, Schleimhaut- und Amerikanischen Leishmaniasis).- 3.8 Leishmania donovani-Komplex (Viszerale Leishmaniasis).- 3.9 Entamoeba histolytica (Entamoebiasis, Amöbenruhr, Rote Ruhr).- 3.10 Fakultativ pathogene Amöben.- 3.11 Isospora belli (Isosporiasis).- 3.12 Cyclospora cayetanensis (Cyclosporiasis).- 3.13 Cryptosporidium-Arten (Cryptosporiasis).- 3.14 Sarkosporidien.- 3.15 Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmose).- 3.16 Plasmodium-Arten (Malaria).- 3.17 Babesia-Arten (Babesiose).- 3.18 Balantidium coli (Balantidiasis).- 3.19 Pneumocystis carinii (Pneumocystose).- 3.20 Blastocystis-Arten (Blastocystose).- 3.21 Mikrosporidien.- 4 Würmer beim Menschen.- 4.1 Was sind Würmer?.- 4.2 Saugwürmer (Trematoda).- 4.3 Bandwürmer (Cestoda).- 4.4 Fadenwürmer (Nematoda).- 4.5 Würmer aus anderen Tierstämmen.- 5 Giftige Arthropoden und Ektoparasiten.- 5.1 Skorpione (Scorpiones).- 5.2 Spinnen (im engeren Sinne).- 5.3 Zecken.- 5.4 Milben.- 5.5 Insekten (Insecta, Hexapoda).- 5.6 Schutz vor Insektenbefall.- 5.7 Vampirfische.- 5.8 Vampire (Fledermäuse).- Fragen zur Überprüfung des Wissens.- Literatur.- Reiseinformationen.
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Spektrum Akademischer Verlag Die Parasiten der Tiere: Erkrankungen erkennen,
Book Synopsis1 Was ist ein Parasit?.- 2 Welche Parasiten gibt es?.- 3 Wo finden sich welche Parasiten?.- 4 Methoden zur Parasitendiagnose.- 5 Parasiten in Fäzes bzw. im Darmtrakt.-6 Parasiten im Blut.- 7 Parasiten im Speichel.- 8 Parasiten in der Lymphe.- 9 Parasiten im Urin.- 10 Parasiten in/auf Schleimhäuten.- 11 Parasiten in/auf Geweben.- 11.1 Parasiten in Makrophagen.- 11.2 Parasiten in Leber/Milz.- 11.3 Parasiten in der Muskulatur.- 11.4 Parasiten in der Lunge/Luftröhre bzw. in den Kiemen.- 11.5 Parasiten in Geschlechtsorganen.- 11.6 Parasiten in Knochen.- 11.7 Parasiten in der Niere.- 11.8 Parasiten in der Schwimmblase.- 11.9 Parasiten im Gehirn.- 11.10 Parasiten im Auge.- 11.11 Parasiten in der Haut.- 12 Parasiten auf der Haut, im Fell und/oder im Gefieder.- 13 Einzeldarstellungen von einzelligen Parasiten (Protozoa).- 13.1 Trichomonaden.- 13.2 Giardia-Arten.- 13.3 Trypanosomen-Arten.- 13.4 Leishmania-Arten.- 13.5 Amoeben.- 13.6 Apicomplexa (Sporozoa).- 13.7 Ziliaten.- 13.8Mikrosporidien-Arten.- 13.9 Myxozoa.- 13.10 Blastocystis-Arten.- 13.11 Pneumocystis-Arten.- 14 Würmer (Helminthes).- 14.1 Saugwürmer (Trematodes).- 14.2 Bandwürmer (Cestodes).- 14.3 Faden-, Rundwürmer (Nematodes).- 14.4 Zungenwürmer (Pentastomidae).- 14.5 Kratzer (Acanthocephala).- 14.6 Blutegel (Hirudinea, Annelida).- 15 Ektoparasiten (Arthropoda, Acari, Insecta, Hexapoda, Crustacea).- 15.1 Spinnentiere, Cheliceraten.- 15.2 Insekten.- 15.3 Krebse (Crustacea).- Anhang A Antiparasitika bei Tieren in tabellarischer Übersicht.- Anhang B Bildtafeln mit Parasitenstadien.- Literaturhinweise.- Hilfen, Adressen.- 100 Fragen zur Wissensüberprüfung.
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High Frequency LLC Kratom: The Super Plant: Cure For Stress,
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Bohn,Scheltema & Holkema,The Netherlands Reizen En Ziekte
Book SynopsisAlgemeen.- Epidemiologie van reizigersziekten en gezondheidsrisico's op reis.- Reizigersconsult in zeven stappen.- Keuring voor en na de reis.- De vertrekkende reiziger.- Vaccinaties en malariaprofylaxe.- Preventie van reizigersdiarree.- De reisapotheek.- Verzekeringen.- Kleine kwalen.- Specifi eke groepen reizigers.- De patiënt met ademhalingsproblemen.- De reiziger met cardiovasculaire aandoeningen.- Diabetes.- Afweerstoornissen.- Slaapstoornissen.- Trombose en stollingsstoornissen.- Problemen met het houdings- en bewegingsapparaat.- Zwangerschap.- Ouderen.- Kinderen en zuigelingen.- Hadj-gangers.- De thuiskomende reiziger.- Laboratoriumbepalingen.- Koorts.- Reizigersdiarree en buikklachten.- Zweren en vlekken; jeuk.- Longaandoeningen.- Wormaandoeningen en eosinofilie.- Moeheid.- Neurologische aandoeningen.- Seksueel overdraagbare aandoeningen.- Late ziekten na verblijf in de tropen.- Medische problemen bij migranten en adoptiekinderen.- Ziekten bij migranten.- Onderzoek van buitenlandse adoptiekinderen.
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World Health Organization Entomological Field Techniques for Malaria
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£13.30
World Health Organization Good Laboratory Practice Training Manual for the
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£42.43
World Health Organization Agir Pour Réduire l'Impact Mondial Des Maladies
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£28.64
World Health Organization Vector Surveillance and Control at Ports,
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£28.50
IARC Schistosomes, liver flukes and Heliobacter pylori
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£55.61
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers IAP Textbook of Tropical Diseases
Book SynopsisThis book has been made as comprehensive as possible with 14 sections which deals with different aspects of tropical diseases with special reference to India. It covers all the important topics, arranging them systematically starting from epidemiology, nutritional disorders, neonatal problems, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, pediatric subspecialties, accident and poisoning, emergencies and intensive care, environmental issues and certain neglected tropical diseases of our country. First ever comprehensive textbook on Tropical Diseases in Pediatrics from India. More than 85 state-of-the-art chapters covering all the aspects of tropical pediatric diseases. Authored by more than 80 national and international clinicians and experts in subject. Systematically arranged chapters in 14 sections such as epidemiology, nutritional disorders, neonatal problems, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases, pediatric subspecialties, accidents and poisoning, emergencies and intensive care, environmental issues and certain neglected tropical diseases of our country. Infectious disease section covers, bacterial, mycobacterial, viral, parasitic, protozoal and fungal diseases. Neonatal problems in tropics extensively cover all the issues. Noncommunicable diseases, accidents and poisonings, emergencies and accidental issues are also covered. Special emphasis on environmental issues, pediatric ophthalmology and pediatric oral health. Table of ContentsSECTION 1 Epidemiology of Tropical Diseases SECTION 2 Nutritional Disorders in the Tropics SECTION 3 Tropical Neonatal Problems SECTION 4 Bacterial and Rickettsial Infections SECTION 5 Mycobacterial Infections SECTION 6 Viral Infections SECTION 7 Parasitic and Protozoal Infections/Infestations SECTION 8 Fungal Infections SECTION 9 Noncommunicable Diseases in the Topics SECTION 10 Pediatric Subspecialties in Tropics SECTION 11 Accidents and Poisoning in the Tropics SECTION 12 Emergencies and Intensive Care in the Tropics SECTION 13 Environmental Issues SECTION 14 Miscellaneous Issues
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Springer Child Health in the Tropics: Leuven, 18–21 October 1983
Book SynopsisIt is almost twenty years ago since under Nutricia's auspices the first Nutricia Symposium took place. Professor Jonxis was mainly responsible for the organiza- tion of the earlier symposia, whilst Professor Visser organized the fifth Nutricia Symposium in 1978. This book is the commitment to paper of the lectures given during the sixth Nutricia/Cow & Gate Symposium held in Louvain in 1983. Both Professor Eeckels and Professor Ransome-Kuti succeeded in collecting a panel of experts on 'Child Health in the Tropics'. We hope, in fact we are sure, that you will consider the contents of this book a daily stimulation in your medical profession. October 1984 Contents Preface...V List of authors ...XI List of participants...XIV SESSION I FEEDING, FEEDING PRACTICES AND GROWTH Chairman: Chap-Yung Yeung A. Omololu, The practice of breastfeeding ...3 M. G. M. Rowland, S. G. l. Goh, S. Tullock, D. T. Dunn and R. l. Hayes, Growth and weaning in urban Gambian infants...9 W. Klaver, Some considerations on the formulation of weaning mixes. . 19 R. G. Hendrickse, The influence of mycotoxins on child health in the tropics...29 V. S. Tanphaichitr, C. Tuchinda, V. Suvatte and S. Tuchinda, Bodily growth in thalassemia ...43 L. Sinisterra, Ecological evaluation of human development: the case of the child in the tropics...51 SESSION II DIARRHOEAL DISEASES Chairman: o. Ransome-Kuti A. M. Molla, S. A. Sarker, A. Molla, M. Kathoon, W. B.Table of ContentsSession I Feeding, Feeding Practices and Growth Chairman: Chap-Yung Yeung.- The practice of breastfeeding.- Growth and weaning in urban Gambian infants.- Some considerations on the formulation of weaning mixes.- The influence of mycotoxins on child health in the tropics.- Bodily growth in thalassemia.- Ecological evaluation of human development: the case of the child in the tropics.- Session II Diarrhoeal Diseases Chairman: O. Ransome-Kuti.- Rice based oral rehydration therapy in acute diarrhoea: a superior therapy and a medium for calorie supplementation.- Acute infantile gastroenteritis in Hong Kong.- Diarrhoeal diseases in children and oral rehydration in Nigeria.- Diarrhoeal diseases in Pakistani children.- Diarrhoeal diseases and mortality in infants and children.- Acute diarrhea in the Dominican Republic.- Effect of nutritional status of children on intake and absorption of nutrients.- Session III Nutrition Chairman: J.H.P. Jonxis.- Methods for evaluating nutrition and health status.- Assessing nutrition at village level.- A study of some aspects of marginal malnutrition amongst Egyptian infants and young children.- Epidemiology and clinical assessment of vitamin deficiencies in Thai children.- Some aspects of protein-energy malnutrition in the highlands of Central Africa.- Perspectives on world malnutrition.- Session IV The Newborn Infant Chairman: O.P. Ghai.- Sources of excess low birth weight in developing countries.- Some aspects of perinatal growth: can perinatal health be measured in kilograms?.- Maturity of the Nigerian newborn infant.- Neonatal intensive care in the developing countries: conservative or agressive approach.- Determinants of fetal growth and early-postnatal growth in a rural area of Indonesia.- The pregnancy monitoring chart: an approach to reduce the prevalence of low birth weight by village cadres.- The mother-infant dyad in Madura, Indonesia: nutritional aspects.- Erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia.- Session V Training and Teaching — Primary Health Care Systems Chairman: R.G. Hendrickse.- Training of overseas paediatricians in the U.K.: relevance to primary child health care.- Nutrition in primary health care: functional analysis.- Primary health care in the hospital.- Utilisation of child health services in developing countries.- What has medicine in the Western World learned from work in developing countries?.- Summing up and conclusions.- Index of subjects.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Manual of Travel Medicine
Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of this well received book provides an authoritative and up-to-date resource to support good practice in travel medicine, a field that has evolved substantially in recent years. Concretely, there has been intensified monitoring of health problems among travelers, as well as extensive research efforts, which have led to the development of evidence-based approaches to the field. The book includes expert recommendations regarding e.g. immunizations, malaria prophylaxis, travelers’ diarrhea, altitude sickness, emerging infections, and non-infectious health issues encountered by travelers. It provides a practical approach to the pre-travel consultation and management of most issues that arise in medical care for travelers. In addition, it provides expert advice for high-risk travelers, e.g. those with immunosuppression, the elderly, pregnant women and young children. The text offers a user-friendly, practical handbook for healthcare practitioners during their clinical consultations, as well as nurses and pharmacists.Trade ReviewTable of ContentsPrinciples of pre-travel health care.- Pre-travel immunisation for various diseases.- Malaria prevention in travellers.- Arboviral infections in travellers.- Traveller’s diarrhoea.- Non-vaccine preventable infectious problems in travellers.- Non-infectious problems in travellers.- Travellers with special needs.- Illness in returned travellers.- Resources for travel health information.
£75.99
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Handling Global Health Problems with North Sumatra Local Wisdom
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