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Tropical diseases |
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Machine generated contents note: 1. History of Tropical Medicine, and Medicine in the Tropics / Gordon C. Cook -- Section 1 Public Health & Economics -- 2. Global Health / Anita Berlin -- 3. Global Health Governance and Tropical Diseases / Salal Humair -- 4. The Economic Case for Devoting Public Resources to Health / Gunther Fink -- Section 2 Health Research and Ethics -- 5. Ethics and Tropical Diseases: Some Global Considerations / Michael Parker -- Section 3 Epidemiology -- 6. Issues and Challenges of Public-Health Research in Developing Countries / John D. Clemens -- Section 4 Clinical Assessment -- 7. Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine in Resource-Poor Settings / Marcus J. Schultz -- 8. Ultrasound in Tropical Medicine / Enrico Brunetti -- Section 5 Viral Infections -- 9. HIV Epidemiology in the Tropics / Kevin M. De Cock -- 10. Clinical Features and Management of HIV/AIDS / Robin Wood -- 11. HIV/AIDS in Children / Mark Cotton -- 12. HIV/AIDS Prevention / Thomas C. Quinn. |
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Contents note continued: 13. Viral Hepatitis / M. Estee Torok -- 14. Arbovirus Infections / Cheryl A. Johansen -- 15. Dengue / Jeremy Farrar -- 16. Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers / Daniel G. Bausch -- 17. Rabies / Mary J. Warrell -- 18. Rotavirus and Other Viral Diarrhoea / Osamu Nakagomi -- 19. Respiratory Viruses and Atypical Bacteria / H. Roger Van Doorn -- 20. Viral Exanthems / Flor M. Munoz -- 21. Virus Infections of the Nervous System / Tom Solomon -- Section 6 Bacterial Infections -- 22. Tropical Rickettsial Infections / Nicholas P.J. Day -- 23. Sexually Transmitted Infections (Excluding HIV) / David C.W. Mabey -- 24. Bacterial Enteropathogens / Paul Shears -- 25. Salmonella Infections / Melita A. Gordon -- 26. Pneumococcal Disease / Neil French -- 27. Bacterial Meningitis / Diederik Van De Beek -- 28. Brucellosis / M. Monir Madkour -- 29. Noma, Actinomycosis and Nocardia / Sarah Wyllie -- 30. Bartonellosis, Cat-scratch Disease, Trench Fever, Human Ehrlichiosis / Didier Raoult. |
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Contents note continued: 31. Anthrax / Edward Eitzen -- 32. Tetanus / Lam Minh Yen -- 33. Plague / Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana -- 34. Melioidosis / David A.B. Dance -- 35. Diphtheria / Nicholas J. White -- 36. Endemic Treponematosis Including Yaws and Other Spirochaetes / Nicholas J. Bennett -- 37. Leptospirosis / Wirongrong Chierakul -- Section 7 Fungal Infections -- 38. Fungal Infections / Roderick J. Hay -- 39. Pneumocystis jirovecii Infection / Sarah R. Doffman -- Section 8 Mycobacterial Infections -- 40. Tuberculosis / Guy Thwaites -- 41. Leprosy / Diana N.J. Lockwood -- 42. Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease / Gerd Pluschke -- Section 9 Protozoan Infections -- 43. Malaria / Nicholas J. White -- 44. Babesiosis / Peter L. Chiodini -- 45. Human African Trypanosomiasis / Reto Brun -- 46. American Trypanosomiasis: Chagas Disease / Carlos Franco-Paredes -- 47. Leishmaniasis / Shyam Sundar -- 48. Toxoplasmosis / Oliver Liesenfeld -- 49. Intestinal Protozoa / Paul Kelly. |
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Contents note continued: 50. Pathogenic and Opportunistic Free-Living Amoebae: Agents of Human and Animal Disease / Govinda S. Visvesvara -- 51. Trichomonas vaginalis / Patricia Kissinger -- Section 10 Helminthic Infections -- 52. Schistosorniasis / Charles H. King -- 53. Food-borne Trematodes / Melissa R. Haswell -- 54. The Filariases / Gary J. Weil -- 55. Soil-transmitted Helminths (Geohelminths) / Donald A.P. Bundy -- 56. Echinococcosis / Thomas Junghanss -- 57. Other Cestode Infections: Intestinal Cestodes, Cysticercosis, Other Larval Cestode Infections / Hector H. Garcia -- Section 11 Ectoparasites -- 58. Scabies / James S. Mccarthy -- 59. Louse Infestation / James S. McCarthy -- 60. Other Ectoparasites: Leeches, Myiasis and Sand Fleas / Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu -- Section 12 Non-communicable Diseases in the Tropics -- 61. Non-communicable Diseases: Equity, Action and Targets / K. Srinath Reddy. |
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Contents note continued: 62. Cardiovascular and Vascular Disease in the Tropics Including Stroke, Hypertension and Ischaemic Heart Disease / Anselm J.M. Hennis -- 63. Diabetes in the Tropics / Fraser J. Pirie -- 64. Cancer in the Tropics / Freddie Bray -- 65. Haematological Diseases in the Tropics / Imelda Bates -- 66. Renal Disease in the Tropics / Dwomoa Adu -- 67. Ophthalmology in the Tropics and Sub-tropics / Andrew Bastawrous -- 68. Dermatological Problems / Sara Ritchie -- 69. Musculoskeletal Disorders / Thashi Chang -- 70. Respiratory Problems in the Tropics / Refiloe Masekela -- 71. Tropical Neurology / Ahmed I. Bhigjee -- 72. Psychiatry / Abebaw Fekadu -- 73. Tropical Oral Health / Crispian Scully -- Section 13 Environmental Disorders -- 74. Environmental Stress / Ken Zafren -- 75. Venomous and Poisonous Animals / David A. Warrell -- 76. Plant Poisons and Traditional Medicines / Jeffrey K. Aronson -- Section 14 Nutrition -- 77. Nutrition-associated Disease / John B.S. Coulter. |
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Contents note continued: 78. Obesity in the Tropics / Andrew M. Prentice -- Section 15 Maternal/Child Health -- 79. Obstetrics in the Tropics / Theonest Mutabingwa -- 80. Paediatrics in the Tropics / Zulfioar A. Bhutta -- Appendices -- A1. Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis / Janet Robinson -- A2. Parasitic Protozoa / Sitara S.R. Ajjampur -- A3. Medical Helminthology / Rodney A. Bray -- A4. Medical Acarology and Entomology / Christina Faust -- A5. Sources of Information in Tropical Medicine / Laura Merson. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Access to online version available for purchasers only. |
| ISBN | 9780702051012 |
| ISBN | 0702051012 |
| ISBN | 9780702051029 (international edition) |
| ISBN | 0702051020 (international edition) |
| ISBN | 0702053066 |
| ISBN | 9780702053061 |
