Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide
Eskild Petersen
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Description for Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide
Paperback. A Geographic Guide. The only infectious disease book organised by geography, as opposed to disease. This new edition includes key information on the most recent major disease outbreaks, including the Ebola virus outbreak and the global geographic spread of Zika virus. .
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.
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 ... Read more
- Outstanding international editor team with vast experience on various international infectious disease and as journal editors and key leaders in infection surveillance
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781119085720
SKU
V9781119085720
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Eskild Petersen
Eskild Petersen MD, DMSc, DTM&H, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Lin H. Chen MD, FACP, FASTMH, Director of the Travel Medicine Center at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, ... Read more
Reviews for Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide
"This is the second edition of the only book that currently approaches patients based on geography and type and duration of symptoms. It presents the information in an easy-to-read format and has many tables dividing the diseases into common, less common, and rare. This is a welcome update that covers several emerging diseases such as MERS and Zika viral infections ... Read more