Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens, and Practice

By David H. Walker, Richard L. Guerrant, Peter F. Weller

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443079080
• ISBN13: 9780443079085
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 824 Pages
• Weight: 6.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 11.0"