The Travel and Tropical Medicine Manual

By Christopher A. Sanford, Elaine C. Jong, Christopher A. Sanford MD MPH DTM&H, et al.

Book Overview

Here's a handy, portable guide to preventing, evaluating, and managing diseases that can be acquired in tropical environments and foreign countries Whether you're a physician, traveler, or both, this respected manual is your perfect source for quick, easy access to the latest travel medicine information. New updates and additional material are presented in a sleek new design that offers rapid access to the content you need. The fourth edition features more critical content than ever before-including new evidence-based recommendations and new maps and illustrations. From pre-travel advice and immunizations to the diagnosis and treatment of a full range of travel-related illnesses, you'll have all the information you need to avoid, recognize, and treat illnesses acquired away from home in a convenient, pocket size guide.

Illustrates key concepts with visual guidance from dynamic new images.

Offers evidence-based treatment recommendations to enable you to manage diseases confidently.

Provides access to need-to-know information quickly in a convenient, pocket size for excellent portability.

Features 7 major sections, color-coded for quick answers: Pre-travel Advice Advice for Special Travelers Fever Diarrhea Skin Lesions Sexually Transmitted Diseases Worms Offers the most recent developments in tropical and travel medicine to keep you up-to-speed. Features more critical content than ever before-including new evidence-based recommendations, new maps and illustrations, and new vaccines and drugs used in travel medicine - all in a new full color design.

Highlights major issues in new chapters such as Urban Medicine: Threats to Health of Travelers to Developing World Cities; Pre-Travel Risk Assessment and Health Advice for Missionaries and Other Long-Term Expatriate Volunteers; Trematodes; and others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416026134
• ISBN13: 9781416026136
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.3" x 4.8"