Essentials of Tropical Infectious Diseases - Hardcover

Guerrant MD, Richard L.; Walker MD, David H.; Weller, Peter F.

 
9780443079092: Essentials of Tropical Infectious Diseases
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0443079099 ISBN 13: 9780443079092
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2001

Synopsis

Written by the same internationally renown experts that produced the two-volume set, Tropical Infectious Diseases, this concise practice-oriented guide provides the clinically relevant information needed to evaluate, care for, and treat patients with a variety of diseases caused by infections and parasites found in the tropics. Divided into two sections for ease of reference, the first considers specific clinical syndromes and related issues for those traveling to or residing in the tropics. The second section addresses the diseases caused by specific bacterial, parasitic, viral, and fungal infections.

  • Includes contributions from over 180 international specialists who provide the latest therapeutic information for the most effective and beneficial management.
  • Covers diagnostic approaches to syndromes as well as pathogens to enable the reader to develop a differential diagnosis.
  • Contains information on the geographic and epidemiologic factors for each disease.
  • Features new life cycles for 30 parasites that visually clarify the interrelationships of parasite and vector biology and ecology with the pathogenesis and disease in humans.

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    About the Authors

    Richard L Guerrant MD

    Thomas H Hunter Professor of International Medicine

    Director, Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health

    University of Virginia School of Medicine

    Charlottesville

    VA

    USA



    David H Walker MD

    Carmage and Martha Walls Distinguished University Chair in Tropical Diseases

    Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases

    Professor and Chair,

    Department of Pathology

    University of Texas Medical Branch

    Galveston

    TX

    USA



    Peter F. Weller is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Co-Chief, Infectious Disease Division; Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

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    Publisher
    Churchill Livingstone
    Publication date
    2001
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    0443079099
    ISBN 13 
    9780443079092
    Binding
    Hardcover
    Edition number
    1
    Number of pages
    665