DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/221f30/infectious_disease) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide" to their offering.
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.
"Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide" is divided according to United Nations world regions and addresses geographic disease profiles, 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 (e.g. antibiotic resistance in Salmonella infections in Southeast Asia).
For the clinician, this book is a tool to generate differential diagnoses by considering the geographical history, as well 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.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Historical overview of global infectious diseases and geopolitics 2. Detection of infectious diseases using unofficial sources 3. Microbes on the move: prevention, curtailment, outbreak 4. Diagnostic tests and procedures 5. East Africa: Madagascar and Indian Ocean islands 6. Eastern Africa 7. Central Africa 8. North Africa 9. Southern Africa 10. West Africa 11. Eastern Asia 12. South Central Asia 13. South-eastern Asia 14. Western Asia and the Middle East: Part 1 15. Western Asia and the Middle East: Part 2 16. Eastern Europe 17. Northern Europe 18. Southern Europe 19. Western Europe 20. Caribbean 21. Central America 22. South America 23. Northern America 24. Australia and New Zealand 25. Oceania 26. Arctic and Antarctica 27. The immunosuppressed patient 28. Emerging infections 29. Migration and the geography of disease 30. Climate change and the geographical distribution of infectious diseases
Author:
- Eskild Petersen, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
- Lin Hwei Chen, Mount Auburn Hospital, MA, USA
- Patricia Schlagenhauf, University of Zurich WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Zurich, Switzerland
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