Travelers' Malaria / Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor [editor].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schlagenhauf-Lawlor, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malaria.

Malaria--Prevention.

Travel--Health aspects.

Travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 p.)

Edition:

[2nd ed.].

Place of Publication:

Hamilton, Ont. : BC Decker Inc., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Travelers Malaria is considered an essential resource for practitioners of travel medicine. This updated book focuses on the epidemiology, prevention and treatment of malaria in non-immune travellers and immigrants. Each chapter is an up-to-date monograph (with an abstract) and contains detailed references to published literature as well as to appropriate web sites. The purpose of the book is to serve as a reference for specialists in the field and for any practitioner who may confront the complexities of caring for malaria-exposed travelers in both pre- and post-travel settings.

Contents:

""Title and Front matter""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Contents""; ""1. Travelers Malaria: People and Plasmodia: Some Historic Perspectives""; ""2. Global Epidemiology of Malaria""; ""3. Geographical Distribution at Traveler Destinations""; ""4. Evidence of Malaria Exposure in Travelers""; ""5. Network Surveillance of Malaria in Travelers""; ""6. The Parasite""; ""7. Malaria Drug Resistance""; ""8. The Vector and Measures against Mosquito Bites""

""9. Strategies of Malaria Prevention in Nonimmune Visitors to Endemic Countries""""10. Drugs Used for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis""; ""10.1 Chloroquine and Combinations""; ""10.2 Hydroxychloroquine""; ""10.3 Azithromycin""; ""10.4 Mefloquine""; ""10.5 Doxycyline""; ""10.6 Primaquine""; ""10.7 Atovaquone-Proguanil""; ""10.8 Tafenoquine""; ""11. Malaria Prevention for Particular Travelers""; ""11.1 Long-Term Travelers""; ""11.2 Brief Exposure Malaria Prevention""; ""11.3 Military Perspectives for Malaria Prevention""; ""11.4 Migrants""

""11.5 Special Groups: Pregnant Women, Infants, and Young Children""""11.6 Immunocompromised Travelers""; ""12. Plasmodium Vivax Malaria: Prevention and Treatment""; ""13. Determination of Antimalarial Drug Levels in Body Fluids""; ""14. Clinical Features of Malaria in Travelers and Migrants""; ""15. Diagnosis of Malaria in Returned Travelers""; ""16. Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests for and by Travelers""; ""17. Management of Malaria in Returned Travelers""; ""18. Stand-by Emergency Self-Treatment of Malaria by Travelers""; ""19. Malaria Deaths in Travelers""

""20. Counterfeit and Substandard Antimalarial Drugs""""21. Odyssean and Non-Mosquito-Transmitted Forms of Malaria""; ""22. The Changing Geography of Malaria""; ""23. Malaria Risk for Travelers to Southern Africa""; ""24. Prospects for a Travelers� Malaria Vaccine""; ""25. Imported Malaria""; ""26. Closing the Circle: Compliance and Adherence""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibilographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60795-135-5

OCLC:

923337332