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Essential travel medicine / / edited by Jane N. Zuckerman, Gary W Brunette, Peter A Leggat
| Essential travel medicine / / edited by Jane N. Zuckerman, Gary W Brunette, Peter A Leggat |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Travel - Health aspects
International travel - Health aspects Communicable diseases |
| ISBN |
1-118-59738-9
1-118-59725-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Basic epidemiology of infectious diseases / Mark J. Sotir and David O. Freedman -- Basic epidemiology of non-infectious diseases / Richard C. Franklin and Peter A. Leggat -- Pre-travel health risk assessment / Peter A. Leggat and Jane N. Zuckerman -- Setting up a travel clinic -- Marc T.M. Shaw and Claire S. Wong -- Travel medicine resources / Peter A. Leggat, Gary W. Brunette, Gilles Poumerol and Jane N. Zuckerman -- Travellers' diarrhoea / Charles D. Ericsson -- Vector borne diseases / Annelies Wilder-Smith -- Yellow fever / Mark D. Gershman and J. Erin Staples -- Malaria / Tomas Jelinek -- Respiratory disease and travel / Regina Larocque and Edward T. Ryan -- Sexually transmitted infections in travellers / Alberto Matteelli, Anna Cristina Carvalho and Patricia Schlagenhauf -- Tropical skin infections / Fransisco Vega-Lopez and Sara Ritchie -- Rabies / Mary Warrell -- Vaccine-preventable disease / Joseph Torresi, Abinash Virk and Jane N. Zuckerman -- Women's health and travel / I. Dale Carroll -- Children's health and travel / Karl Newman and Phil Fischer -- Travelers with underlying medical conditions / Anne McCarthy and Kathy Suh -- The older traveler and traveling with disability / Kathy Suh and Anne McCarthy -- Visiting friends and relatives / Karin Leder and Sarah McGuinness -- Migrants, refugees and travel medicine / Louis Loutan -- Study-abroad programs : student health and safety issues / Gary Rhodes and Gary W. Brunette -- Humanitarian aid workers, disaster relief workers, and missionaries / Brian D. Gushulak and Douglas W. MacPherson -- Long-term travelers / Claire Davies and Ted Lankester -- Aviation and travel medicine / Michael Bagshaw, Ian Cheng and Robert Bor -- Expedition and wilderness medicine / Sean Hudson, Will Smith, David Shlim, Caroline Knox, Karen Marienau -- Scuba and diving medicine / Karen J. Marienau -- Venomous and poisonous animals and toxins / Mark A. Read -- Cruise ships and travel medicine / Sally S.J. Bell and Eilif Dahl -- Mass gatherings and travel medicine / Joanna Gaines and Gary W. Brunette -- Emergency care whilst abroad / Peter A. Leggat and Marc T.M. Shaw -- The returning traveller / Tamar Lachish, Fons Van Gompel and Eli Schwartz. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140641003321 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Essential travel medicine / / edited by Jane N. Zuckerman, Gary W Brunette, Peter A Leggat
| Essential travel medicine / / edited by Jane N. Zuckerman, Gary W Brunette, Peter A Leggat |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Travel - Health aspects
International travel - Health aspects Communicable diseases |
| ISBN |
1-118-59738-9
1-118-59725-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Basic epidemiology of infectious diseases / Mark J. Sotir and David O. Freedman -- Basic epidemiology of non-infectious diseases / Richard C. Franklin and Peter A. Leggat -- Pre-travel health risk assessment / Peter A. Leggat and Jane N. Zuckerman -- Setting up a travel clinic -- Marc T.M. Shaw and Claire S. Wong -- Travel medicine resources / Peter A. Leggat, Gary W. Brunette, Gilles Poumerol and Jane N. Zuckerman -- Travellers' diarrhoea / Charles D. Ericsson -- Vector borne diseases / Annelies Wilder-Smith -- Yellow fever / Mark D. Gershman and J. Erin Staples -- Malaria / Tomas Jelinek -- Respiratory disease and travel / Regina Larocque and Edward T. Ryan -- Sexually transmitted infections in travellers / Alberto Matteelli, Anna Cristina Carvalho and Patricia Schlagenhauf -- Tropical skin infections / Fransisco Vega-Lopez and Sara Ritchie -- Rabies / Mary Warrell -- Vaccine-preventable disease / Joseph Torresi, Abinash Virk and Jane N. Zuckerman -- Women's health and travel / I. Dale Carroll -- Children's health and travel / Karl Newman and Phil Fischer -- Travelers with underlying medical conditions / Anne McCarthy and Kathy Suh -- The older traveler and traveling with disability / Kathy Suh and Anne McCarthy -- Visiting friends and relatives / Karin Leder and Sarah McGuinness -- Migrants, refugees and travel medicine / Louis Loutan -- Study-abroad programs : student health and safety issues / Gary Rhodes and Gary W. Brunette -- Humanitarian aid workers, disaster relief workers, and missionaries / Brian D. Gushulak and Douglas W. MacPherson -- Long-term travelers / Claire Davies and Ted Lankester -- Aviation and travel medicine / Michael Bagshaw, Ian Cheng and Robert Bor -- Expedition and wilderness medicine / Sean Hudson, Will Smith, David Shlim, Caroline Knox, Karen Marienau -- Scuba and diving medicine / Karen J. Marienau -- Venomous and poisonous animals and toxins / Mark A. Read -- Cruise ships and travel medicine / Sally S.J. Bell and Eilif Dahl -- Mass gatherings and travel medicine / Joanna Gaines and Gary W. Brunette -- Emergency care whilst abroad / Peter A. Leggat and Marc T.M. Shaw -- The returning traveller / Tamar Lachish, Fons Van Gompel and Eli Schwartz. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830026403321 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Principles and practice of travel medicine / / edited by Jane N. Zuckerman
| Principles and practice of travel medicine / / edited by Jane N. Zuckerman |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (678 p.) |
| Disciplina |
613.6/8
613.68 |
| Soggetto topico | Travel - Health aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-39205-1
1-299-15885-4 1-118-39208-6 1-118-39207-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Contributor list; Preface; Section I: Travel medicine; Chapter 1: Trends in travel; Introduction; Growth of tourism; Where are international tourists going?; Outbound tourism; The economics of tourism; Trends in travel types; Future trends; References; Chapter 2: Tourism, aviation and the impact on travel medicine; Introduction; The relationship between tourism and travel medicine; Changing patterns and types of tourism; The impact of tourism trends on travel medicine; The impact of aviation trends on travel medicine; Conclusions; References
Chapter 3: Epidemiology of health risks and travelGlobal burden of infectious diseases; Significance of infectious diseases in developed countries; Significance of infectious diseases in developing countries; Dimensions of international travel and migration; Tropical infectious diseases and travel; Health risks to travellers; Cohort studies; Field studies; Post-travel illnesses; Travel-associated mortality; References; Chapter 4: Fitness to travel; Introduction; The traveller's personal health and impact on fitness to travel; 'Traveller of size'; Diabetes; Cardiorespiratory problems Food allergiesPregnancy; The elderly traveller; The epileptic traveller; Travellers with psychiatric conditions; The immunocompromised traveller; Vaccines; Environmental risks; Special topics; Special situations; Contagious diseases; Insurance; Conclusion; References; Additional resources; Chapter 5: Management of a travel clinic; Introduction; Travel clinic models; Travel clinic staff; Information resources; Travel clinic operations; Approach to trip risk assessment; The three basic topics; Health status of the traveller; Review of itinerary; Patient information brochures; Conclusion ReferencesSection II: Infectious diseases and travel; Chapter 6: Epidemiology and surveillance of travel-related diseases; Introduction; Systematic observations; Malaria; Dengue fever; Risk estimates; Detection of sentinel events; Falciparum malaria in the Dominican Republic; African trypanosomiasis from Tanzania; Falciparum malaria in illegal Chinese immigrants; Falciparum malaria in travellers to Gambia; Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Virus infections in travellers; Viral hepatitis; Introduction and definitions; Hepatitis A; Introduction and definitions; Nature of the virus Epidemiology and geographical distributionReservoir of infection; Pathology; Clinical features; Diagnosis; Management and treatment; Protective measures and prevention; Hepatitis B; Introduction and definitions; Nature of the virus; Surface antigen epitopes; Surface antigen mutants; HBV precore mutants; Replication of HBV; Epidemiology and geographical distribution; Reservoir of infection; Pathology; Immune responses; Clinical features and diagnosis; Management and treatment; Prevention of hepatitis B; Hepatitis B and the traveller; Hepatitis D; Introduction and definitions Nature of the infectious agent |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141484803321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Principles and practice of travel medicine / / edited by Jane N. Zuckerman
| Principles and practice of travel medicine / / edited by Jane N. Zuckerman |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (678 p.) |
| Disciplina |
613.6/8
613.68 |
| Soggetto topico | Travel - Health aspects |
| ISBN |
1-118-39205-1
1-299-15885-4 1-118-39208-6 1-118-39207-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Contributor list; Preface; Section I: Travel medicine; Chapter 1: Trends in travel; Introduction; Growth of tourism; Where are international tourists going?; Outbound tourism; The economics of tourism; Trends in travel types; Future trends; References; Chapter 2: Tourism, aviation and the impact on travel medicine; Introduction; The relationship between tourism and travel medicine; Changing patterns and types of tourism; The impact of tourism trends on travel medicine; The impact of aviation trends on travel medicine; Conclusions; References
Chapter 3: Epidemiology of health risks and travelGlobal burden of infectious diseases; Significance of infectious diseases in developed countries; Significance of infectious diseases in developing countries; Dimensions of international travel and migration; Tropical infectious diseases and travel; Health risks to travellers; Cohort studies; Field studies; Post-travel illnesses; Travel-associated mortality; References; Chapter 4: Fitness to travel; Introduction; The traveller's personal health and impact on fitness to travel; 'Traveller of size'; Diabetes; Cardiorespiratory problems Food allergiesPregnancy; The elderly traveller; The epileptic traveller; Travellers with psychiatric conditions; The immunocompromised traveller; Vaccines; Environmental risks; Special topics; Special situations; Contagious diseases; Insurance; Conclusion; References; Additional resources; Chapter 5: Management of a travel clinic; Introduction; Travel clinic models; Travel clinic staff; Information resources; Travel clinic operations; Approach to trip risk assessment; The three basic topics; Health status of the traveller; Review of itinerary; Patient information brochures; Conclusion ReferencesSection II: Infectious diseases and travel; Chapter 6: Epidemiology and surveillance of travel-related diseases; Introduction; Systematic observations; Malaria; Dengue fever; Risk estimates; Detection of sentinel events; Falciparum malaria in the Dominican Republic; African trypanosomiasis from Tanzania; Falciparum malaria in illegal Chinese immigrants; Falciparum malaria in travellers to Gambia; Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Virus infections in travellers; Viral hepatitis; Introduction and definitions; Hepatitis A; Introduction and definitions; Nature of the virus Epidemiology and geographical distributionReservoir of infection; Pathology; Clinical features; Diagnosis; Management and treatment; Protective measures and prevention; Hepatitis B; Introduction and definitions; Nature of the virus; Surface antigen epitopes; Surface antigen mutants; HBV precore mutants; Replication of HBV; Epidemiology and geographical distribution; Reservoir of infection; Pathology; Immune responses; Clinical features and diagnosis; Management and treatment; Prevention of hepatitis B; Hepatitis B and the traveller; Hepatitis D; Introduction and definitions Nature of the infectious agent |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830669503321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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