Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens, and Practice

Heres a comprehensive resource on the diagnosis and treatment of tropical infectious diseases. 175 international authorities summarise general principles; provide state-of-the-art information on individual pathogens; and then detail specific approaches for evaluation and management. The text is conveniently organised into 3 practice-applicable sections; Principles, Pathogens and Practice.

Discusses the principles of parasite biology, epidemiology, and analyses diagnostic approaches to syndromes such as fever, rash, eosinophilia, and anaemia.

Covers a full range of tropical diseases including those caused by bacterial, mycobacterial, spirochetal, chlamydial, parasitic, rickettsial and viral infections.

Employs a consistent chapter organisation for each pathogen, beginning with the organism and its history, taxonomy and epidemiology, and progressing through its pathogenesis and immunology to diagnosis, treatment and prognosis, and prevention.

Visually clarifies the interrelationships between parasites, humans, and the ecology with 30 detailed life-cycle drawings.

Reviews all the latest developments on the immunology, pathogenesis, and genetics of virulence, as well as the newest molecular approaches to diagnosis and control.

Includes maps detailing specific diseases indigenous to certain parts of the world, and an abundance of figures, algorithms, and tables.

Enables further researching with over 14,000 references.

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.