The travel and tropical medicine manual / [edited by] Elaine C. Jong, Russell McMullen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jong, Elaine C.

McMullen, Russell.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tropical medicine--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Tropical medicine.

Travel--Health aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Travel.

Travel--Health aspects.

Tropical Medicine.

Medical Subjects:

Tropical Medicine.

Travel.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xviii, 644 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, [2003]

Summary:

Revised and expanded, the third edition of this respected manual offers the latest advice on preventing, evaluating, and managing diseases that can be acquired in tropical environments and foreign countries. New content includes information on lyme disease, HIV, infants and children, women, air travel, and more.

Contents:

Section I Pre-Travel Advice

1 Health Concerns of International Travelers / Elaine C. Jong 3

2 Air Carrier Issues in Travel Medicine / Thomas N. Bettes, Larry Thirstrup 18

3 Emerging Diseases and the International Traveler / Jonathan D. Mayer 26

4 Immunizations for Travelers / Elaine C. Jong 34

5 Malaria Prevention / Kevin C. Kain, Elaine C. Jong 52

6 Traveler's Diarrhea: Prevention and Self-Treatment / Matthew J. Thompson, Elaine C. Jong 75

7 Water Disinfection / Howard D. Backer 87

8 Disequilibrium: Jet Lag, Motion Sickness, and Heat Illness / Stephen A. Bezruchka 112

Section II Advice for Special Travelers

9 Altitude Illness / Stephen A. Bezruchka 129

10 Diving Medicine / Alan Spira 142

11 Travel Advice for Pediatric Travelers: Infants, Children, and Adolescents / Sheila M. Mackell 167

12 Travel Advice for Women / Susan Anderson 186

13 Travel and HIV Infection / Mary E. Wilson, Vito R. Iacoviello 220

14 Travel with Chronic Medical Conditions / Mari C. Sullivan, Elaine C. Jong 234

15 The Business Expatriate / William H. Shoff, Amy J. Behrman, Suzanne M. Shepherd 246

16 Health Screening in Immigrants, Refugees, and Internationally Adopted Orphans / Thomas R. Hawn, Elaine C. Jong 255

Section III Fever

17 Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment / Matthew J. Thompson, Nicholas J. White, Elaine C. Jong 269

18 Travel-Acquired Illnesses Associated with Fever / W. Conrad Liles, Wesley C. Van Voorhis 289

19 Viral Hepatitis in Travelers and Immigrants / Russell McMullen, Elaine C. Jong 317

20 Leptospirosis / Vernon E. Ansdell 335

21 Lyme Disease / David H. Spach 345

22 Tuberculosis in Travelers and Immigrants / Charles M. Nolan 357

23 Chagas' Disease / Martin S. Cetron, Anne C. Moore 372

24 African Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis) / Carter D. Hill, Russell McMullen, Matthew J. Thompson 383

Section IV Diarrhea

25 Approach to Diarrhea in Returned Travelers / Matthew J. Thompson, Elaine C. Jong 397

26 Amebiasis, Giardiasis, and Other Intestinal Protozoal Infections / Abinash Virk, Elaine C. Jong 415

27 Food Poisoning / Elaine C. Jong 433

28 Fish and Shellfish Poisoning: Toxic Syndromes / Elaine C. Jong 437

Section V Skin Lesions

29 Approach to Tropical Dermatology / M. Sean Strother, Roy Colven 445

30 Acute Skin Lesions / Roy Colven, M. Sean Strother 449

31 Ectoparasites, Cutaneous Parasites, and Cnidarian Envenomation / M. Sean Strother, Roy Colven 459

32 Bacterial Skin Infections / M. Sean Strother, Roy Colven 471

33 Superficial and Deep Fungal Skin Infections / M. Sean Strother, Roy Colven 478

34 Leishmaniasis / M. Sean Strother, Roy Colven 492

35 Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) / M. Patricia Joyce 498

Section VI Sexually Transmitted Diseases

36 Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Foreign Travel / Jeanne M. Marrazzo 513

37 Gonococcal and Chlamydial Genital Infections, and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Jeanne M. Marrazzo 520

38 Syphilis / Connie Celum 527

39 Genital Ulcer Disease / Elaine C. Jong, H. Hunter Handsfield 537

Section VII Worms

40 Common Intestinal Roundworms / Christopher Sanford, Elaine C. Jong 547

41 Cestodes: Intestinal and Extraintestinal Tapeworms, Including Echinococcus and Cysticercus / Christopher Sanford, Elaine C. Jong 558

42 Filarial Infections / Thomas B. Nutman 565

43 Schistosomiasis, Paragonimiasis, and Other Flukes / Thomas R. Hawn, Elaine C. Jong 581

44 The Eosinophilic Patient with Suspected Parasite Infection / Christopher Sanford, Elaine C. Jong 592.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0721676782

OCLC:

51333766