04355nam 22005894a 450 991082981520332120170816120813.01-282-46114-197866124611491-4443-1684-21-4443-1685-0(CKB)1000000000822293(EBL)470725(OCoLC)554857804(SSID)ssj0000343944(PQKBManifestationID)11272830(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343944(PQKBWorkID)10307081(PQKB)11323342(MiAaPQ)EBC470725(PPN)194571157(EXLCZ)99100000000082229320081230d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTropical diseases in travelers[electronic resource] /edited by Eli SchwartzChichester, West Sussex ;Hoboken, NJ Wiley-Blackwell20091 online resource (517 p.)Includes index.1-4051-8441-8 Tropical Diseases in Travelers; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I Tropical Diseases in Travelers-General Aspects; 1 Introduction; 2 The Art of Travel Medicine a Century Ago; 3 Epidemiology of Post-Travel Illnesses; 4 Travelers as Sentinels for Disease Occurrence in Destination Countries; 5 VFR (Visiting Friends and Relatives) Travelers; 6 Post-Tropical Screening; Part II Specific Infections; 7 Dengue Fever; 8 West Nile Fever; 9 Japanese Encephalitis in Travelers; 10 Yellow Fever and Yellow Fever Vaccine-Associated Disease; 11 Chikungunya: An Emerging Disease in Travelers12 Ross River Virus13 Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers; 14 Rabies and the Traveler; 15 Enterically Transmitted Hepatitis: Hepatitis A and E; 16 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever; 17 Bacterial Diarrhea; 18 Rickettsial Diseases; 19 Relapsing Fever; 20 Leptospirosis; 21 Malaria in Travelers: Epidemiology, Clinical Aspects, and Treatment; 22 Malaria Diagnosis in Travelers; 23 Malaria-Prevention; 24 Schistosomiasis; 25 Filarial Infections; 26 Human Trypanosomiasis: African and American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease); 27 Cystic Echinococcosis; 28 Neurocysticercosis29 Histoplasmosis and Other Endemic Fungal Infections30 Intestinal Protozoa: Giardia, Amebiasis, Cyclospora, Blastocystis hominis, Dientamoeba fragilis,and Cryptosporidium parvum; 31 Intestinal Helminths: Strongyloides stercoralis, Ascaris lumbricoides, Hookworm, Trichuris trichiuria, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichinella, Intestinal Tapeworms, and Liver Flukes; 32 Leishmaniasis; 33 Ectoparasites: Myiasis, Tungiasis, Scabies; 34 Helminthic Skin Diseases in Travelers; 35 Delusional Parasitosis; Part III Syndromic Approach; 36 Approach to Patients with Post-Travel Diarrhea37 Approach to Patients with Fever38 Approach to Returning Travelers with Skin Lesions; 39 Approach to Travel-Related Eosinophilia; 40 Approach to Patients with Protracted Rheumatological Manifestations; 41 Travel-Related Respiratory Infections; 42 Neurological Signs and Symptoms in Travelers; 43 Closing Remarks; Appendixes; Appendix A: Drugs for Parasitic Infections; Appendix B: Laboratory Tests for Tropical Diseases; Index; Color plate section follows page 274Covering all the major tropical diseases that present a health risk to travelers, this book is an invaluable resource for all practitioners who encounter the post travel patient. With emphasis on clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment, it is the first book to summarize the knowledge of post travel presentations in the otherwise non-immune and non-endemic population and will aid clinicians to evaluate travelers' symptoms. The book is divided into three parts. The first is an overview of key aspects of travel medicine; the second contains a detailed discussion of multiple viral, bacterial andTropical medicineTravelHealth aspectsTropical medicine.TravelHealth aspects.616.9/883616.9883Schwartz EliDr.108443MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829815203321Tropical diseases in travelers3998740UNINA