Infectious Diseases A Geographic Guide

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Synopsis

The second edition of this concise and practical guide describes infections in geographical areas and provides information on disease risk, concomitant infections (such as co-prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis) and emerging bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in a given geographical area of the world. Geographic approach means that it's the only book to guide the health care worker towards a diagnosis based on the location of symptoms and travel history by encouraging the question "where have you been?" New content covering MERS, Ebola, Zika, and infections transmitted during air and maritime travel Covers the major infectious disease outbreaks framed in their geographic setting such as H7N9 "bird flu" influenza, H1N1, Ebola, and Zika Outstanding international editor team with vast experience on various international infectious disease and as journal editors and key leaders in infection surveillance

Book details

Edition:
2
Author:
Eskild Petersen, Lin Hwei Chen, Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor
ISBN:
9781119085737
Related ISBNs:
9781119085751, 9781119085720
Publisher:
Wiley
Pages:
520
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2019-10-11
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Medicine, Nonfiction