LEADER 04355nam 22005894a 450 001 9910829815203321 005 20170816120813.0 010 $a1-282-46114-1 010 $a9786612461149 010 $a1-4443-1684-2 010 $a1-4443-1685-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000822293 035 $a(EBL)470725 035 $a(OCoLC)554857804 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000343944 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11272830 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343944 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10307081 035 $a(PQKB)11323342 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470725 035 $a(PPN)194571157 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000822293 100 $a20081230d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTropical diseases in travelers$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Eli Schwartz 210 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aHoboken, NJ $cWiley-Blackwell$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (517 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4051-8441-8 327 $aTropical 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 Travelers 327 $a12 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 Neurocysticercosis 327 $a29 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 Diarrhea 327 $a37 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 274 330 $aCovering 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 and 606 $aTropical medicine 606 $aTravel$xHealth aspects 615 0$aTropical medicine. 615 0$aTravel$xHealth aspects. 676 $a616.9/883 676 $a616.9883 701 $aSchwartz$b Eli$cDr.$0108443 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829815203321 996 $aTropical diseases in travelers$93998740 997 $aUNINA