{"product_id":"infectious-diseases-isbn-9781119085720","title":"Infectious Diseases","description":"The second edition of this concise and practical guide describes infections in geographical areas and provides information on disease risk, concomitant infections (such as co-prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis) and emerging bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in a given geographical area of the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGeographic approach means that it�s the only book to guide the health care worker towards a diagnosis based on the location of symptoms and travel history by encouraging the question �where have you been?�\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew content covering MERS, Ebola, Zika, and infections transmitted during air and maritime travel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the major infectious disease outbreaks framed in their geographic setting such as  H7N9 �bird flu� influenza, H1N1, Ebola, and Zika\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutstanding international editor team with vast experience on various international infectious disease and as journal editors and key leaders in infection surveillance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of contributors, viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword to the first edition by Alan J. Magill (deceased), xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword to the second edition by Jay S. Keystone, xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface, xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvoi, xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Historical overview of global infectious diseases and geopolitics, 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancis. E.G. Cox and Frank J. Bia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Nontraditional infectious diseases surveillance systems, 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavidson H. Hamer, Kamran Khan, Matthew German, and Lawrence C. Madoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Air travel−which infectious disease control measures are worthwhile?, 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren J. Marienau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Infectious illnesses on cruise and cargo ships, 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanna J. Regan, J. Scott Vega, and Clive M. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Microbes on the move: prevention, required vaccinations, curtailment, outbreak, 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor, Giles Poumerol, and Francisco Santos-O’Connor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Diagnostic tests and procedures, 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEskild Petersen and Tom Boyles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Central Africa, 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerd D. Burchard and Martin P. Grobusch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 East Africa: Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands, 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippe Gautret and Philippe Parola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Eastern Africa, 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndreas Neumayr and Christoph Hatz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 North Africa, 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippe Gautret, Nadjet Mouffok, and Philippe Parola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Southern Africa, 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarc Mendelson, Olga Perovic, and Lucille Blumberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 West Africa, 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoubacar Maiga and Patrick Ayeh-Kumi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 East Asia, 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBin Cao, Fei Zhou, and Mikio Kimura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 South Central Asia, 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoly Murphy, Gulzhan Abuova, and Prativa Pandey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 South-east Asia, 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel H. Paris and Nicholas J. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Western Asia and the Middle East, 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Seif S. Al-Abri, and Ziad A. Memish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Eastern Europe, 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatalia Pshenichnaya, Malgorzata Paul, and Alexander Erovichenkov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Northern Europe, 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBirgitta Evengard, Audrone Marcinkute, and Eskild Petersen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Southern Europe, 269\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancesco Castelli, Androula Pavli, and Pier Francesco Giorgetti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Western Europe, 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter J. de Vries and Eric Caumes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Caribbean, 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth A. Talbot and Laura E. Shevy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Central America, 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarry I. Lutwick and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 South America, 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Luiz Jacintho da Silva, and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Northern America, 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbra M. Blair, Philip R. Fischer, Michael Libman, and Lin H. Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Australia, New Zealand, 375\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarin Leder, Joseph Torresi, and Marc Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Oceania, 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarin Leder, Joseph Torresi, and Marc Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Arctic and Antarctica, 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnders Koch, Michael G. Bruce, and Karin Ladefoged\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The immunosuppressed patient, 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian T. Montague, Christopher M. Salas, Terri L. Montague, and Maria D. Mileno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Emerging infections, 446\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary E. Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Migration and the geography of disease, 459\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRogelio López-Vélez, Francesca F. Norman, and José-Antonio Pérez-Molina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Climate change and the geographical distribution of infectious diseases, 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshwin Swaminathan, Elvina Viennet, Anthony J. McMichael, and David Harley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of abbreviations, 481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex, 484\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is the second edition of the only book that currently approaches patients based on geography and type and duration of symptoms. It presents the information in an easy-to-read format and has many tables dividing the diseases into common, less common, and rare. This is a welcome update that covers several emerging diseases such as MERS and Zika viral infections and includes two new chapters describing infections acquired during sea and air travel\" \u003cb\u003eWinnie Ooi, MD, MPH, DMD, Harvard Medical School on belahlf of Doody’s\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Eskild Petersen MD, DMSc, DTM\u0026amp;H, \u003c\/b\u003eInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Lin H. Chen MD, FACP, FASTMH,\u003c\/b\u003e Director of the Travel Medicine Center at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor PhD, FFTM, RCPSS (Glasg), FISTM,\u003c\/b\u003e Senior Scientist and Professor, University of Zürich, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Zürich, Switzerland      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The second edition of this concise and practical guide describes infections in geographical areas and provides information on disease risk, concomitant infections (such as co-prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis) and emerging bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections in a given geographical area of the world.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Divided according to United Nations world regions, this book covers the geographic disease profile, presenting symptoms, and incubation periods of infections. Each chapter contains a section on the coverage of the childhood vaccination programs in the countries included in that region. Chapters also include descriptions of infectious disease risk and problems with resistant bacteria in each region.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For the clinician, this book provides an aid to generate differential diagnoses by considering the geographical history of their patient alongside the presenting symptoms and duration of illness. For the travel medicine specialist, this book provides information on risks of different diseases at various destinations and is particularly useful in advising long-term travelers.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOnly book on the market to include a mainly geographic, as opposed to disease-based approach\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGeographic approach means that it's the only book to guide the healthcare worker towards a diagnosis based on the location of symptoms and travel history by encouraging the question \"Where have you been?\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew content covering Ebola and Zika, and infections transmitted during air and maritime travel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the major infectious diseases framed in their geographic setting such as H7N9 \"bird flu\" influenza, H1N1, Ebola, and Zika\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutstanding international editor team with vast experience on various international infectious disease committees, journals, surveillance groups, and panels\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989419966693,"sku":"NP9781119085720","price":118.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119085720.jpg?v=1761784034","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/infectious-diseases-isbn-9781119085720","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}