Manual of Travel Health and Medicine

Herbert L. DuPont, Robert Steffen (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

300 Seiten

1999
B.C. Decker Inc (Verlag)
978-1-55009-078-9 (ISBN)

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This manual is a companion to the "Textbook of Travel Medicine" by the same authors. The manual focuses on the diseases travellers face and how to provide them with the information and immunizations they need to reduce their risk from travel in risky areas. Infectious health risks are covered in-depth, from transmission and epidemiology through incubation and therapy. The health risks covered include anthrax, cholera, hantavirus, hepatitus, HIV, influenza, lassa fever malaria, plague, poliomylitis, rabies and tetanus.

Part 1 Basics: travelers and their destinations; overview of health risks in travelers; pretravel counseling; strategies in host-related special risks; strategies in environment-related special risks. Part 2 Infectious health risks: anthrax; arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers; botulism; brucellosis; cholera; dengue; dermatologic infections; diphtheria; filariasis; filovirus infections; hantavirus; hepatitis; hepatitis A; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; delta hepatitis; hepatitis E; hepatitis g; Human immunodeficiency virus; influenza; Japanese encephalitis; legionellosis; leishmaniasis; leprosy; leptospirosis; lyme borreliosis; malaria; measles; meningococal meningitis; monkeypox; plague; poliomyelitis; rabies; respiratory tract infections; rickettsial infections; Rift Valley fever; schistosomiasis; sexually transmitted diseases; smallpox; tetanus; tickborne encephalitis; traveler's diarrhea; trypanosomiasis; tuberculosis; typhoid fever; yellow fever. Section 3 Noninfectious health risks and their prevention: accidents; altitude; animal bites and stings; dermatologic problems; diving; environment; jet lag; motion sickness; poisoning; psychiatric problems; ultraviolet rays. Section 4 Diagnosis and management of illness after return: persistent diarrhea; fever without focal findings; dermatologic disorders; eosinophilia. Appendices: abbreviations; selected international and national information sources; country-specific malaria and vaccination recommendations (as per WHO); medical emergency abroad - calling an ambulance.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.1999
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, maps
Verlagsort	Ontario
Sprache	englisch
Maße	200 x 273 mm
Gewicht	269 g
Themenwelt	Reisen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Klinische Umweltmedizin
ISBN-10	1-55009-078-X / 155009078X
ISBN-13	978-1-55009-078-9 / 9781550090789
Zustand	Neuware