Description
Book SynopsisTourists and professionals such as military personnel, journalists, aid workers, and businesspeople need the tools provided here to stay healthy during their trip and after they return home.
Trade ReviewDavis... provides advice about what to do before, during, and after a trip to prevent infection and explains options if an illness does occur... VERDICT: Essential for international travelers. Library Journal A best new travel read... lists the essentials of a travel medical kit, outlines basic food and water practices, and details the viruses, bacteria, and parasites that may be encountered around the world. -- Scott Podmore Courier-Mail Follow his 'Considerations for ALL travelers' advice before zipping your suitcase shut and heading for the airport... and follow his 7 most important travel medical kit considerations to ensure the safest and healthiest travel experience possible. -- Timothy Boyer EmaxHealth This book is amazing and explains all the different types of infections worldwide... I will recommend this book to all my friends and family. Cybertron Reviews This work offers much practical and sound medical advice to travelers. Reference and Research Book News Fine health coverage for travelers who want the latest guidelines for avoiding common and uncommon infection around the world, and provides the latest recommendations... Any travel or international health collection must have this! Midwest Book Review This book is remarkable in its capacity to deliver essential knowledge that will enable travelers to be well informed and well prepared but also to cover a wide range of travel-related infections in suitable detail interspersed with historical anecdotes and facts... This book will be of great benefit to the 'worried well' traveler. -- Irani Ratnam Clinical Infectious Diseases This book is remarkable in its capacity to deliver essential knowledge that will enable travelers to be well informed and well prepared. Clinical Infections Diseases The International Traveler's Guide to Avoiding Infections presents well-written and well-organized information on geographic infectious diseases. JAMA Once I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down. Dr. Davis has written a book that will serve as an incredibly valuable travel resource for many types of travelers... A must read book for anyone traveling to tropical areas, sub-Saharan Africa and developing nations. -- Nancy Parode About.com
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables
Preface
Part I: Sources of Travel Advice
1. Personal Physicians and Travel Clinics
2. Websites for Travelers
3. Medical and Evacuation Insurance
4. Overseas Medical Care and Medical Tourism
Part II: Pre-Travel Planning
5. Devising a Prevention Strategy
6. The Geographic Distribution of Major Travelers' Infections
7. Immunizations
8. Personal Protection Measures
9. Drug Prophylaxis and Self-Treatment
10. Special Circumstances
11. Travel Medical Kits
Part III: Bacterial Infections
12. What You—and Your Doctor—Need to Know about Bacteria
13. Typhoid Fever
14. Plague
15. Cholera
16. Leptospirosis
17. Typhus and Other Rickettsial Infections
18. Oroya, Trench, and Q Fevers
19. Relapsing Fevers
20. Anthrax, Brucellosis, and Listeriosis
21. Bacterial Meningitis
22. Tuberculosis
Part IV: Viral Infections
23. What You—and Your Doctor —Need to Know about Viruses
24. Arbovirus Infections: An Overview
25. Yellow Fever
26. Dengue Fever
27. Other Arboviruses
28. Ebola and Other Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
29. Poliomyelitis
30. Acute Viral Hepatitis
31. Rabies
32. Influenza
Part V: Parasitic Infections
33. What You—and Your Doctor—Need to Know about Parasites
34. Malaria
35. Amebiasis
36. Leishmaniasis
37. African and American Trypanosomiasis
38. Intestinal Roundworm Infections
39. Tissue Roundworm Infections
40. Schistosomiasis and Other Flatworm Infections
Part VI: Infections Caused by Multiple Microbes
41. Sexually Transmitted Infections
42. Travelers' Diarrhea
43. Tropical Skin Infections and Infestations
Part VII: Post-Travel Considerations
44. Fever in Returning Travelers
45. Post-Travel Screening: Yes or No?
Glossary
References
Index
