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Principles, Pathogens and Practice (Expert Consult - Online and Print)

Richard L. Guerrant David H. Walker Peter F. Weller(Author)

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FOREWORD
Crisis in the Maintenance of Global Health
An Increasing Role for the Speciality of Tropical Medicine
Poverty, Human Disasters, and Tropical Disease (Chapters 2, 7)
Emerging Patterns of Tropical Diseases (Chapter 14)
Globalization of Tropical Pathogens with Their Resistance to Therapeutic Agents (Chapters 12, 13, 15, 35, 96, 122)
References
Preface
CONTRIBUTORS
Chapter 1: Principles of Parasitism:
Introduction
Microbial Factors
Microbial Interactions with Human Hosts
Immune Interactions
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Tropical Infectious Diseases
Chapter 2: The Perfect Storm:
Bluetongue
Rift Valley Fever
Nipah
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Overview and Terminology
Study Design
Hypothesis Testing
Understanding Diagnostic Laboratory Tests
Acknowledgments
Chapter 4: Social and Cultural Factors in Tropical Medicine:
Barriers to Care and the Persistent Pathogens: A Biosocial Approach
Aids and Tuberculosis in Haiti: Joseph's Story
Structural Barriers to Effective HIV and Tuberculosis Control
The Cost of Malaria
Harnessing Science to Control Epidemic Disease: A Biosocial Challenge
Acknowledgment
Chapter 5: Nutrition and Micronutrients in Tropical Infectious Diseases
Introduction
Nutrition-Infection Interactions: Principles
Effects of Malnutrition on Infection (Box 5.1)
Infection-Related Metabolic Alterations Compromise Host Nutritional Status (Box 5.2)
Gastrointestinal Infections
Effects of Malnutrition on Host Immune Function
Clinical Pointers
Chapter 6: Host Genetics and Susceptibility to Infection
General Concepts
Elements of the Immune System
Techniques of Genetic Dissection
Inherited Conditions predisposing to Infectious Disease
Studies on the Genetic Influence of Infectious Disease in Humans
Clinical Relevance
Chapter 7: Disease Eradication and Control
Introduction
Identifying Candidate Infectious Agents for Eradication
Assessment of the Feasibility of Eradication of Known Infectious Agents
Chapter 8: Vector Biology
Introduction
Vector Life Cycle Strategies
Life Span, Reproductive Capacity, and Vector Abundance
Host Specificity
Vector Competence
Vectorial Capacity
Basic Reproductive Rate
Vector Longevity
Transovarial Transmission
Modes of Vector-Borne Disease Transmission
Vector Idiosyncrasies
Vector Control
Chapter 9: Immunology, Host Defense, Immunodeficiencies, and Vaccines
Introduction
Innate Immunity
Adaptive Immunity
Immunopathology
Immunodeficiencies and Infection
Vaccines
Chapter 10: Vaccines in the Tropics
Introduction
Routine Immunizations
Vaccines for Travelers
Economics of Vaccine Development
Private-Public Partnerships
Vaccine Safety
Vaccine Development Pathway
National Regulatory Authorities
Vaccine Development - Priority Diseases
The Future
Chapter 11: Tropical Infectious Diseases and Malignancy
Introduction
Infection as a Preventable Cause of Cancer
Infections that Cause Cancer
Prevention of Infection-Related Malignancies
Chapter 12: Chemotherapy of Parasitic Diseases
Introduction
Treatment of Intestinal Nematodes
Treatment of Systemic Nematodes
Treatment of Cestodes and Trematodes
Treatment of Systemic Protozoal Infections: Malaria, Babesiosis, and Toxoplasmosis
Treatment of Intestinal and Vaginal Protozoa
Treatment of Chagas' Disease, African Trypanosomiasis, and Leishmaniasis
Treatment of Ectoparasitic Diseases
Chapter 13: Chemotherapy of Bacterial, Fungal, and Viral Diseases
Introduction
Antibacterial Drugs
Antimycobacterial Drugs
Antifungal Drugs
Antiviral Drugs and the Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Patients with Aids
Chapter 14: Global Surveillance for Emerging Infectious Diseases
Introduction
Public Health Surveillance
Examples of Specialized Surveillance and Response Networks
The Critical Role of the Laboratory
Communications
Conclusions
Chapter 15: Enteric Escherichia coli Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 16: Typhoid and Paratyphoid (Enteric) Fever
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 17: Nontyphoidal Salmonellosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 18: Shigellosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
Pathogenesis and Immunity
The Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 19: Campylobacter Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 20: Cholera Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 21: "Noncholera" Vibrio Infections
Introduction and the Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 22: Enteric Clostridium Infections
Clostridium Difficile Infection
C. perfringens Food Poisoning and Other Diarrheal Diseases
FoodBorne and Intestinal Botulism Syndromes
Chapter 23: Helicobacter pylori Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
Pathogenesis and Immunity
The Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment And prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 24: Meningococcal Disease
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
the disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 25: Gonococcal and Other Neisserial Infections
Introduction and the Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 26: Haemophilus ducreyi Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 27: Haemophilus influenzae
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and prognosis
Prevention and control
Chapter 28: Donovanosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 29: Pneumococcal Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Acknowledgments
Chapter 30: Group A Streptococcal and Staphylococcal Infections
Streptococcal Infections
Staphylococcal Infections
Prevention and Control
Chapter 31: Pertussis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention and control
Chapter 32: Legionellosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 33: Melioidosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 34: Diphtheria
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 35: Tuberculosis and Atypical Mycobacterial Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention and Control
Atypical Mycobacteria
Chapter 36: Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection (Buruli Ulcer)
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 37: Leprosy
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 38: Anthrax
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 39: Bartonelloses
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 40: Brucellosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 41: Plague
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Acknowledgment
Chapter 42: Tetanus
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention and Control
Chapter 43: Treponemal Infections
Introduction
The Agent
History
Epidemiology
The Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Endemic Treponematoses
Chapter 44: Relapsing Fever and Other Borrelia Diseases
Introduction
The Agents
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis
Immunity
Pathology
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 45: Leptospirosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 46: Trachoma
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Control
Chapter 47: Chlamydia trachomatis Infections of the Genital Tract (Including Lymphogranuloma Venereum)
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
Pathogenesis and Immunity
the disease
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 48: Psittacosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 49: Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 50: Typhus Group Rickettsioses
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 51: Scrub Typhus
Introduction
Epidemiology
The Agent
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis, Prevention and Control
Chapter 52: Ehrlichioses and Anaplasmosis
Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis
Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis
Neorickettsiosis
Ehrlichial, Anaplasmal, and Neorickettsial Infections
Chapter 53: Q Fever
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 54: Measles
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 55: Hendra and Nipah Viral Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
the disease
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 56: Human Herpesvirus Infections
Herpes Simplex Viruses
Varicella Zoster Virus
Cytomegalovirus
Epstein-Barr Virus
Human Herpesvirus 6
Human Herpesvirus 7
Human Herpesvirus 8
Chapter 57: Smallpox and Related Orthopoxviral Infections
Introduction
The Agents
The Diseases: Clinical Manifestations of Orthopoxvirus Infections
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Prevention and Control
Treatment and Prognosis
Chapter 58: Respiratory Viral Infections
Influenza Viruses
Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Human Parainfluenza Viruses
Human Metapneumovirus
Human Rhinoviruses
Human Coronaviruses
Respiratory Adenoviruses
Human Bocavirus
Chapter 59: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
Epidemiological Parameters
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 60: Enterovirus Infections, Including Poliomyelitis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Diseases
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 61: Rotavirus Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease, Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis, Prevention and Control
Acknowledgments
Chapter 62: Calicivirus Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology and the Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 63: Astroviruses, Enteric Adenoviruses, and Other Gastroenteritis Viral Infections
Astroviruses
Enteric Adenovirus
Novel Viruses Associated with Gastroenteritis
Chapter 64: Enteric Viral Hepatitis A and E
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis E
Chapter 65: Viral Hepatitis C
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 66: Hepatitis B and Deltavirus Infections
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis D
Chapter 67: Overview of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Introduction
The Agent
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prevention
Chapter 68: Arenavirus Infections
Introduction
The Agents
Epidemiology
The Diseases
Pathology
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 69: Rift Valley Fever
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 70: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis, Prevention and Control
Chapter 71: Hantavirus Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Diseases
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 72: Sandfly Fever, Oropouche Fever, and Other Bunyavirus Infections
Introduction
Phlebotomus (Sandfly) Fever
Oropouche Fever
Group C and Guama Virus Infections
Bwamba, Ilesha, and Tataguine Virus Infections
Chapter 73: Filovirus Infections
Introduction
The Agents
Epidemiology, Ecology, and Transmission
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 74: Yellow Fever
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Conclusions
Chapter 75: Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 76: Japanese Encephalitis, West Nile, and Other Flavivirus Infections
Introduction
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Other Flaviviruses
Chapter 77: Tick-borne Encephalitis and Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prevention
Chapter 78: Alphavirus Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Epidemiology
The Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 79: Rabies
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
Pathology
The Disease
Pathogenesis
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 80: Human Papillomavirus Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
Transmission
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 81: Human Retroviral Infections in the Tropics
Introduction
The Agent
Global Molecular Epidemiology
The Disease
Diagnosis and Prognosis
Treatment and prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 82: Dermatophytosis
Introduction
The Agents
Epidemiology
The Diseases
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 83: Mycetoma
Introduction
The Agents
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Chapter 84: Chromoblastomycosis and Phaeohyphomycosis
Chromoblastomycosis
Phaeohyphomycosis
Chapter 85: Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis, and Cryptococcosis
Histoplasmosis
Blastomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis
Cryptococcosis
Chapter 86: Paracoccidioidomycosis
Introduction
The Agent
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 87: Penicilliosis Marneffei
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 88: Mucocutaneous and Deeply Invasive Candidiasis
Introduction
The Agents
Pathogenesis and Immunity
The Diseases, Their Diagnosis and Treatment
Chapter 89: Mucormycosis
Introduction
Microbiology
Pathogenesis and Host-Pathogen Interactions
Epidemiology
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and control
Chapter 90: Entomophthoramycosis, Lobomycosis, Rhinosporidiosis, and Sporotrichosis
Entomophthoramycosis
Lobomycosis
Rhinosporidiosis
Sporotrichosis
Chapter 91: Pneumocystosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Acknowledgments
Chapter 92: Enteric Amebiasis
Introduction
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis
Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and prognosis
Chapter 93: Intestinal Flagellate and Ciliate Infections
Giardia lamblia
Balantidium coli
Dientamoeba fragilis
Other Flagellates
Chapter 94: Cryptosporidiosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 95: Cyclospora, Isospora, and Sarcocystis Infections
Cyclospora (Fig. 95.1)
Isospora
Sarcocystis
Chapter 96: Malaria
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis
Immunologic Processes
Diagnosis
Treatment
Treatment of Uncomplicated P. Falciparum Malaria
Treatment of Malaria Caused by P. vivax, P. ovale, or P. malariae
Treatment of Severe Malaria
Prevention and Control
Chapter 97: Babesiosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology and Distribution
Pathogenesis and Immunity
The Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 98: African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness)
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 99: American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease)*
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 100: Leishmaniasis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Immunology
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 101: Pathogenic and Opportunistic Free-Living Amebae:
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 102: Microsporidiosis
Introduction
The Agents
Epidemiology
The Diseases
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 103: Toxoplasmosis
Introduction
The Agent
Ecology, Epidemiology, and Distribution
Pathogenesis, Pathology, and Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment and prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 104: Lymphatic Filariasis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 105: Loiasis and Mansonella Infections
Loiasis
Mansonella Streptocerca
Mansonella Perstans
Mansonella Ozzardi
Chapter 106: Onchocerciasis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 107: Zoonotic Filariasis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 108: Dracunculiasis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and Immunity
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 109: Toxocariasis and Larva Migrans Syndromes
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Cutaneous Larva Migrans
Prevention and Control
Chapter 110: Trichinellosis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 111: Angiostrongyliasis
Angiostrongylus Cantonensis
Angiostrongylus Costaricensis
Chapter 112: Other Tissue Nematode Infections
Introduction
Rhabditida
Strongylida
Ascaridina
Spirurida
Enoplida Capillarids
Chapter 113: Enterobiasis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 114: Trichuriasis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 115: Ascariasis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 116: Hookworm Infections
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 117: Strongyloidiasis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
Pathogenesis and Immunity
The Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 118: Introduction to Tapeworm Infections
Chapter 119: Cysticercosis
Neurocysticercosis
Coenurosis
Chapter 120: Echinococcosis
Cystic Echinococcosis (Echinococcus Granulosus and Related Species)
Alveolar Echinococcosis (Echinococcus Multilocularis)
Polycystic Echinococcosis (Echinococcus Vogeli and Echinococcus Oligarthrus)
Chapter 121: Taenia and Other Tapeworm Infections
Taeniasis
Diphyllobothriasis
Hymenolepiasis
Dipylidiasis
Sparganosis
Chapter 122: Schistosomiasis
Introduction
The Agent
Epidemiology
The Disease
Pathogenesis and Immunity
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Prevention and Control
Chapter 123: Liver, Lung, and Intestinal Fluke Infections
Liver Flukes
Opisthorchiasis and Clonorchiasis
Fascioliasis
Lung Flukes
Intestinal Flukes - Introduction
Fasciolopsis Buski
Heterophyids
Echinostoma Species
Miscellaneous Intestinal Flukes
Chapter 124: Arthropods, Tongue Worms, Leeches, and Arthropod-borne Diseases
Introduction
Parasitic Arthropods
Injurious Arthropods
Arthropod Vectors of Disease
Tongue Worms and Leeches
Chapter 125: Distinguishing Tropical Infectious Diseases from Bioterrorism
Microorganisms and Toxins Causing Tropical Diseases with Potential Use as Bioterror Agents
Chapter 126: Health Advice for International Travel
Introduction
Immunizations
Tuberculosis
Traveler's Diarrhea
Malaria
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and BloodBorne Pathogens
Special Health Considerations for Travelers
Chapter 127: Migrant, Immigrant, and Refugee Health
Introduction
Us Migration and Health Screening Policies
Required Overseas Medical Screening Examinations for Us-Bound Immigrants and Refugees
Health Conditions Identified Through Required Overseas Medical Screening Examinations
New Health Screening Program Initiatives to Improve Immigrant and Refugee Health
Future Directions
Chapter 128: Infectious Diseases in Modern Military Forces*
Introduction
Diseases Transmitted by Droplet or Aerosol
Diseases Transmitted by Arthropods
Diseases Transmitted by the Fecal-Oral Route
Zoonotic Diseases
Diseases Transmitted Through Exposure to Soil and Dust
Multidrug-Resistant War Wound Infections
Conclusion
Chapter 129: Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Introduction
Symptoms and Syndromes
Chapter 130: Fever and Systemic Symptoms
Introduction
Pathogenesis
Epidemiology
Approach to the Patient With Fever
Clinical Manifestations
Associated Symptoms and Clinical Findings
Evaluation of the Patient with Fever
Emerging Diseases and Difficulties
Chapter 131: Eosinophilia
Introduction
Pathogenesis
Immunobiology
Epidemiology
Common Causes
Common Syndromes
Noninfectious Diseases
Response to Treatment
Chapter 132: Cutaneous Lesions
Introduction
The Skin as Target Organ - Pathogenetic Mechanisms
General Approach to the Patient
History
Physical Examination
Travel-Related Medications
Acknowledgments
Chapter 133: Hepatobiliary Disease
Introduction
Diagnostic Considerations
Diseases Caused by Hepatitis Viruses
Diseases Caused by Tropical Nonviral Infectious Agents
Hepatobiliary Disease Caused by Tropical Infections as a Part of Multiorgan Involvement
Chapter 134: Approach to the Patient in the Tropics with Pulmonary Disease
Acute Respiratory Tract Infections, Including Pneumonia
Chronic Cough
Hemoptysis
Eosinophilia associated with Pulmonary Complaints
Pleural Effusion
Tuberculosis
Plasmodium-Associated Pulmonary Findings
HIV-Associated Pulmonary Disease
Noninfectious Etiologies of Tropical Respiratory Disease
Summary
Chapter 135: Ocular Disease
Introduction
Viral Infections
Viral Encephalitis - Chapters 56, 76, 78
Bacterial Infections
Fungal Infections
Parasitic Infections
Blindness and Noninfectious Tropical Ocular Pathology
Chapter 136: Neurologic Disease
Introduction
Diagnostic Approaches
Syndrome-Based Diagnosis
Therapeutic Approaches
Chapter 137: Approach to the Patient in the Tropics with Anemia
Introduction
Definition
Pathophysiology
Mechanism and Classification of Anemia
Clinical Approach
History
Physical Examination
Further Investigations
Important Anemias in the Tropics
Inherited Red Blood Cell Disorders
Chapter 138: Sexually Transmitted and Urinary Tract Infections
Genital Ulcers
Nonulcerative Genital Lesions
Vaginal Discharge
Urethral Syndromes and Urinary Tract Infections in Women
Urethral Syndromes and Urinary Tract Infections in Men
Lower Abdominal Pain
Scrotal Swelling
Other Clinical Presentations of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sexually Transmitted Infections-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Interactions
Chapter 139: Approach to the Patient with HIV and Coinfecting Tropical Infectious Diseases
Introduction
Effects of HIV on Tropical Coinfections
Effects of Tropical Infections on HIV Coinfection
Clinical Suspicion of Coinfection
Pathogens
Bacterial Infections
Chapter 140: Delusional Parasitosis
Historical Perspectives
Psychiatric Perspectives
Classification of Delusional Parasitosis
Epidemiology
Clinical Features and Presentation
Approach to the Patient with Delusional Parasitosis
Management
Outcome and Prognosis
Summary
Chapter 141: Tropical Infectious Disease Concerns in Pregnancy
Introduction
Brucellosis (See Chapter 40)
Cholera (See Chapter 20)
Dengue Fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (See Chapter 75)
Viral Hepatitis (See Chapters 64-66)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (See Chapters 81 and 139)
Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (See Chapters 81 and 139)
Leptospirosis (See Chapter 45)
Listeriosis
Malaria (See Chapter 96)
Tetanus (See Chapter 42)
Toxoplasmosis (See Chapter 103)
Tuberculosis and Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (See Chapter 35)
Typhoid Fever (See Chapter 16)
Yellow Fever (See Chapter 74)
Other Intrauterine Infections
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