Essentials of Tropical Infectious Diseases

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.

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.