Essentials of Travel Medicine
Published on 15. May 2015
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360 pages
978-1-118-59736-1 (ISBN)
Description
This 1st edition of Essential Travel Medicine provides an excellent concise introduction to the specialty of Travel Medicine. This core text will enable health care practitioners particularly those new to the clinical practice of Travel Medicine, to gain a fundamental understanding of the diverse and complex issues which can potentially affect the health of the many millions of people who undertake international travel. Jane N Zuckerman is joined by Gary W Brunette from CDC and Peter A Leggat from Australia as Editors. Leading international specialists in their fields have contributed authoritative chapters reflecting current knowledge to facilitate best clinical practice in the different aspects of travel medicine. The aim of Essential Travel Medicine is to provide a comprehensive guide to Travel Medicine as well as a fundamental knowledge base to support international undergraduate and postgraduate specialty training programmes in the discipline of Travel Medicine.
The 1st edition of Essential Travel Medicine offers an indispensable resource of essential information for travel health practitioners, infectious disease specialists, occupational health specialists, public health specialists, family practitioners, pharmacists and other allied health professionals. This core text will appeal similarly to those training in Travel Medicine and to those who want a concise introduction to the subject or an ideal revision companion.
The 1st edition of Essential Travel Medicine offers an indispensable resource of essential information for travel health practitioners, infectious disease specialists, occupational health specialists, public health specialists, family practitioners, pharmacists and other allied health professionals. This core text will appeal similarly to those training in Travel Medicine and to those who want a concise introduction to the subject or an ideal revision companion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
666 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-59736-1 (9781118597361)
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Jane N. Zuckerman | Gary Brunette | Peter Leggat
Essential Travel Medicine
E-Book
05/2015
Wiley-Blackwell
€72.99
Available for download
Jane N. Zuckerman | Gary Brunette | Peter Leggat
Essential Travel Medicine
E-Book
05/2015
Wiley-Blackwell
€72.99
Available for download
Persons
Author
Academic Centre for Travel Medicine and Vaccines, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
College of Public Health, Medical and Vetinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Content
List of contributors vii Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Section 1: Travel medicine 1 Basic epidemiology of infectious diseases 3 Mark J. Sotir and David O. Freedman 2 Basic epidemiology of non-infectious diseases 9 Richard C. Franklin and Peter A. Leggat 3 Pre-travel health risk assessment 23 Peter A. Leggat and Jane N. Zuckerman 4 Setting up a travel clinic 35 Marc T.M. Shaw and Claire S. Wong 5 Travel medicine resources 45 Peter A. Leggat, Gary W. Brunette, Gilles Poumerol, and Jane N. Zuckerman Section 2: Travel-related infectious diseases 6 Travelers diarrhea 57 Charles D. Ericsson 7 Vector-borne diseases 65 Annelies Wilder-Smith 8 Yellow fever 75 Mark D. Gershman and J. Erin Staples 9 Malaria 83 Tomas Jelinek 10 Respiratory disease 95 Regina LaRocque and Edward T. Ryan 11 Sexually transmitted infections 103 Alberto Matteelli, Anna Cristina C. Carvalho, and Patricia Schlagenhauf 12 Tropical skin infections 115 Francisco Vega-Lopez and Sara Ritchie 13 Rabies 121 Mary J. Warrell 14 Vaccine-preventable diseases 131 Joseph Torresi, Abinash Virk and Jane N Zuckerman Section 3: Travelers with underlying medical problems and special needs 15 Women s health and travel 167 I. Dale Carroll 16 Traveling with children 173 Karl Neumann, Andrea P. Summer, and Philip R. Fischer 17 Travelers with underlying medical conditions 187 Anne E. McCarthy and Kathryn N. Suh 18 The older traveler and traveling with disability 199 Kathryn N. Suh and Anne E. McCarthy 19 Visiting friends and relatives 209 Karin Leder and Sarah L. McGuinness 20 Migrants, refugees, and travel medicine 215 Louis Loutan 21 Study-abroad programs: student health and safety issues 221 Gary Rhodes and Gary W. Brunette 22 Humanitarian aid workers, disaster relief workers, and missionaries 227 Brian D. Gushulak and Douglas W. MacPherson 23 Long-term travelers 235 Claire Davies and Ted Lankester Section 4: Environmental travel health risks 24 Aviation and travel medicine 243 Michael Bagshaw, Ian C. Cheng and Robert Bor 25 Expedition and wilderness medicine 257 Sean T. Hudson, Will Smith, David R. Shlim, Caroline J. Knox and Karen J. Marienau 26 Venomous poisonous animals and toxins 279 Mark A. Read 27 Cruise ships and travel medicine 285 Sally S.J. Bell and Eilif Dahl 28 Mass gatherings and travel medicine 293 Joanna Gaines and Gary W. Brunette 29 Emergency care whilst abroad 301 Peter A. Leggat and Marc T.M. Shaw Section 5: Post-travel medicine 30 The returning traveler 313 Tamar Lachish, Alfons Van Gompel and Eli Schwartz Index 327