Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases

By G. Thomas Strickland and David R Hill MD DTM&H FRCP FFTM FASTM

Book Overview

Thoroughly revised and extensively rewritten, the 8th Edition of this classic reference is todays most comprehensive and clinically detailed resource on tropical medicine. International authorities present the common characteristics and methods of transmission for each disease, then guides readers through diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention.Presents the differences between disease syndromessuch as STDs, or haematological diseasesin atropical climate a temperate one.Details the majority of tropical infectious diseases including those that are reparasitic and vector-borne in origin.
Discusses poisonous plants and animals, including a completely updated chapter on snakes.Provides extensive descriptions and instructions for diagnosing parasitic diseases, including practical information on immunodiagnosis and nucleic acid detection.
Illustrates key concepts with over 400 line drawings and photos.Features 27 new chapters covering Health & Nutrition Among Refugees and Displaced Persons, Environmental Health Hazards in the Tropics, Herpes Virus Infections, Viral Hepatitis, Micro-sporiosis, Nutritional Neuropathies, and much more.Covers a multitude of new topics exploring everything from anisakiasis to zinc deficiencies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721662234
• ISBN13: 9780721662237
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 1192 Pages
• Weight: 7.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 2.3" x 9.3"