| Description |
1 online resource ([xiii], 594 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Title and Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Basics -- 1. Travelers and their Destinations -- 2. Epidemiology of Health Risks in Travelers -- 3. Principles of Pretravel Counseling -- 4. Legal Issues -- 5. Basics of Immunization -- 6. Basics of Malaria Prophylaxis -- 7. Options for Self-Therapy and Travel Medicine Kit -- 8. Water Disinfection -- 9. General Strategies in Environment-Related Special Risks |
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A. Duration of ExposureB. Essentials of Aviation Medicine -- C. Essentials of Maritime Medicine -- D. The Hajj: Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia -- 10. General Strategies in Host-Related Special Risks -- A. Principles of Migration Medicine -- B. Female and Pregnant Travelers -- C. Male Travelers: Corporate Travelers -- D. Infants and Children -- E. Parents Planning International Adoption -- F. Athletes -- G. Preexisting Health Conditions and Elderly Travelers -- H. HIV Infection and Other Immunodeficiencies -- I. Handicapped Travelers -- J. Pets |
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Part 2: Infectious Health Risks and their PreventionAngiostrongyliasis -- Anthrax -- Arenaviral Hemorrhagic Fevers -- Avian Influenza -- Bartonellosis -- Botulism -- Brucellosis -- Chikungunya -- Cholera -- Dengue -- Dermatologic Infections -- Diphtheria -- Dracunculiasis -- Ebola Fever -- Echinococcosis -- Fasciola Hepatica -- Filariasis -- Filovirus Infections -- Gnathostomiasis -- Hantavirus -- Hepatitis -- Hepatitis A -- Hepatitis B -- Hepatitis C -- Delta Hepatitis -- Hepatitis E -- Hepatitis G -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
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Influenza, SeasonalJapanese Encephalitis -- Lassa Fever -- Legionellosis -- Leishmaniasis -- Leprosy -- Leptospirosis -- Lyme Borreliosis -- Malaria -- Measles -- Meningococcal Meningitis -- Monkeypox -- Norovirus/Norwalk Agent Disease -- Pertussis -- Plague -- Poliomyelitis -- Rabies -- Relapsing Fever -- Respiratory Tract Infection -- Rickettsial Infections -- Rift Valley Fever -- Sandfly Fever -- Schistosomiasis -- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Smallpox -- Soil-Transmitted Helminths |
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TetanusTick-Borne Encephalitis -- Travelers' Diarrhea -- Trypanosomiasis, American (Chagas Disease) -- Trypanosomiasis, African (African Sleeping Sickness) -- Tuberculosis -- Tularemia -- Typhoid Fever -- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease -- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, Other -- West Nile Virus -- Yellow Fever -- Part 3: Noninfectious Health Risks and their Prevention -- Accidents -- Altitude -- Animal Bites and Stings -- Antarctic and Arctic Travel -- Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism -- Dermatologic Problems -- Diving |
| Summary |
Annotation The third edition of this quick-reference manual is a companion to the Textbook of Travel Medicine by the same authors. The manual focuses on the diseases travellers face and how to provide them with information, such as immunisations, needed to reduce their risks during travel in endemic areas. Infectious health risks are covered in depth, from transmission and epidemiology through incubation and therapy. A new format allows for larger, updated maps and figures in colour. New chapters include Food Hygiene, Legal Aspects (including the revised international health regulations), Maritime Health and Natural Disasters. The Infectious Health Risks section includes many new topics including avian influenza, chickungunya and various relevant parasitic diseases. New information is presented on travel medicine vaccines, antimalarial chemoprophylaxis and chemotherapy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Travel -- Health aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Tropical medicine -- Health aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Travel -- Health aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
DuPont, Herbert L., 1938-
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Wilder-Smith, Annelies
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| ISBN |
9781550093698 |
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155009369X |
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