Manual of travel medicine and health / Robert Steffen, Herbert L. DuPont, Annelies Wilder-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steffen, Robert.

Contributor:

DuPont, Herbert L., 1938-

Wilder-Smith, Annelies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Travel.

Tropical medicine--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Tropical medicine.

Medical geography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Medical geography.

Medical geography--Maps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (608 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Other Title:

Travel medicine and health

Place of Publication:

Hamilton, Ont. : BC Decker, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The third edition of this quick-reference manual is a companion to the Textbook of Travel Medicine by the same authors. The manual focuses on the diseases travelers face and how to provide them with information, such as immunizations, needed to reduce th

Contents:

""Title and Front matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the Third Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1: Basics""; ""1. Travelers and their Destinations""; ""2. Epidemiology of Health Risks in Travelers""; ""3. Principles of Pretravel Counseling""; ""4. Legal Issues""; ""5. Basics of Immunization""; ""6. Basics of Malaria Prophylaxis""; ""7. Options for Self-Therapy and Travel Medicine Kit""; ""8. Water Disinfection""; ""9. General Strategies in Environment-Related Special Risks""

""A. Duration of Exposure""""B. Essentials of Aviation Medicine""; ""C. Essentials of Maritime Medicine""; ""D. The Hajj: Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia""; ""10. General Strategies in Host-Related Special Risks""; ""A. Principles of Migration Medicine""; ""B. Female and Pregnant Travelers""; ""C. Male Travelers: Corporate Travelers""; ""D. Infants and Children""; ""E. Parents Planning International Adoption""; ""F. Athletes""; ""G. Preexisting Health Conditions and Elderly Travelers""; ""H. HIV Infection and Other Immunodeficiencies""; ""I. Handicapped Travelers""; ""J. Pets""

""Part 2: Infectious Health Risks and their Prevention""""Angiostrongyliasis""; ""Anthrax""; ""Arenaviral Hemorrhagic Fevers""; ""Avian Influenza""; ""Bartonellosis""; ""Botulism""; ""Brucellosis""; ""Chikungunya""; ""Cholera""; ""Dengue""; ""Dermatologic Infections""; ""Diphtheria""; ""Dracunculiasis""; ""Ebola Fever""; ""Echinococcosis""; ""Fasciola Hepatica""; ""Filariasis""; ""Filovirus Infections""; ""Gnathostomiasis""; ""Hantavirus""; ""Hepatitis""; ""Hepatitis A""; ""Hepatitis B""; ""Hepatitis C""; ""Delta Hepatitis""; ""Hepatitis E""; ""Hepatitis G""; ""Human Immunodeficiency Virus""

""Influenza, Seasonal""""Japanese Encephalitis""; ""Lassa Fever""; ""Legionellosis""; ""Leishmaniasis""; ""Leprosy""; ""Leptospirosis""; ""Lyme Borreliosis""; ""Malaria""; ""Measles""; ""Meningococcal Meningitis""; ""Monkeypox""; ""Norovirus/Norwalk Agent Disease""; ""Pertussis""; ""Plague""; ""Poliomyelitis""; ""Rabies""; ""Relapsing Fever""; ""Respiratory Tract Infection""; ""Rickettsial Infections""; ""Rift Valley Fever""; ""Sandfly Fever""; ""Schistosomiasis""; ""Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome""; ""Sexually Transmitted Diseases""; ""Smallpox""; ""Soil-Transmitted Helminths""

""Tetanus""""Tick-Borne Encephalitis""; ""Travelers' Diarrhea""; ""Trypanosomiasis, American (Chagas Disease)""; ""Trypanosomiasis, African (African Sleeping Sickness)""; ""Tuberculosis""; ""Tularemia""; ""Typhoid Fever""; ""Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease""; ""Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, Other""; ""West Nile Virus""; ""Yellow Fever""; ""Part 3: Noninfectious Health Risks and their Prevention""; ""Accidents""; ""Altitude""; ""Animal Bites and Stings""; ""Antarctic and Arctic Travel""; ""Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism""; ""Dermatologic Problems""; ""Diving""

""In-Flight Incidents""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-27426-0

9786612274268

1-60795-072-3

OCLC:

923337104