In our rapidly changing world, both tropical infectious diseases and, contemporaneously, the third edition of Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice have evolved substantially since the first and second editions of the book in 1999 and 2006. New agents and new threats from terrorism, increasing antimicrobial resistance, and climate and ecologic changes have created some “perfect storms,” as noted in a new Chapter 2 by Torres-Velez and Brown. Other entirely new chapters by new authors include those on Vaccines, SARS, separate Hepatitis A–E chapters, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Tick-borne Encephalitis and Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever, Human Papillomavirus, and mucormycosis. In addition, the number of authors has increased from 231 to 271, with the number of international contributors nearly doubling from 54 to 102, representing 38 (including 15 new) countries around the world.
As well as the new, topically pertinent chapters, all chapters from the previous edition have been thoroughly revised and updated, and this third edition also benefits from new, full color presentations of illustrative, clinical and scientific material throughout. Life cycle diagrams that follow the original format of human involvement in the top half and environmental stages in the bottom half, with clinically pertinent boxes annotating the human disease manifestations of infection during the pathogens' development in humans, are also presented in full color. Further life cycle diagrams have been included to illustrate additional microbial pathogens. The book has been condensed into a more handy single volume, while still retaining our philosophy and mission of providing useful, authoritative, scholarly, and contemporary knowledge. Consistent with our interests in providing a fully referenced text that is evidence-based and founded in current published knowledge, all chapters are fully referenced; the references are easily accessible, together with their abstracts, via on-line links.
What has not changed is our steadfast commitment to comprehensive excellence that combines cutting edge molecular and pathophysiologic science and epidemiology with practical clinical and field experience and is reflected throughout by our outstanding authors. Our authors are the best in their fields, and we are privileged to benefit from their perspectives on the most relevant science, medicine and epidemiology of tropical infectious diseases. To them we owe a huge debt of gratitude.
Finally, we thank our superbly capable and organized Development Editor, Sharon Nash. Likewise, we thank Mary Ann Winecoff, Rachel Stella, Doris Baker, and Sherrill Hebert, our Publishing Director, Sue Hodgson, and our Project Manager, Frances Affleck, whose labors have made this completely new, full color volume possible. We also acknowledge our spouses, Nancy, Margie, and Anne, who have again supported us as we have endeavored with our authors to produce an extensively updated third edition of Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice.
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Contents
PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
PATHOGENS
A. Bacterial and Mycobacterial Infections
PRACTICE APPROACH TO PATIENTS
- 1. Principles of Parasitism: Host Parasite Interactions
- 2. Factors in Influencing Geographic Distribution and Incidence of Tropical Infectious Diseases
- 3. Epidemiology in Tropical Medicine
- 4. Population Dynamics of Infectious Diseases in the Tropics
- 5. Social and Cultural Factors in Tropical Medicine
- 6. Nutrition-Infection Interaction
- 7. Micronutrients in Infection
- 8. Host Genetics and Susceptibility to Infection
- 9. Disease Eradication and Control
- 10. Travelers’ and Immigrants; Health
- 11. Military Populations
- 12. Vector Biology
- 13. Animal Poisons in the Tropics
- 14. Plant Toxins in the Tropics
- 15. HIV and AIDS in the Tropics
- 16. Immunology, Host Defense, Immunodeficiencies, and Vaccines
- 17. Tropical Infectious Diseases and Malignancy
- 18. Chemotherapy of Parasitic Diseases
- 19. Chemotherapy of Bacterial, Fungal, and Viral Diseases
- 20. Surveillance for Emerging Diseases
- 21. Distinguishing Bioterrorism from Endemic Tropical Infections
PATHOGENS
A. Bacterial and Mycobacterial Infections
- 22. Eneric Escherichia coli
- 23. Typhoid Fever
- 24. Nontyphoidal Salmonellosis
- 25. Shigellosis
- 26. Campylobacter Infections
- 27. Cholera
- 28. “Noncholera” Vibrio Infections
- 29. Enteric Clostridium Infections
- 30. Helicobacter pylori Infections
- 31. Meningococcal Infections
- 32. Genococcal and Other Neisserial Infections
- 33. Haemophilus Infections
- 34. Calymmatobacterium granulomatis Infections
37. Pertussis - 38. Legionellosis
- 39. Meliodosis
- 40. Diptheria
- 41. Tuberculosis and Atypical Mycobacterial Infections
- 42. Leprosy
- 43. Anthrax
- 44. Bartonelloses
- 45. Brucellosis
- 46. Plague
- 47. Tetanus
- 8. Treponemal Infections
- 49. Relapsing Fever
- 50. Leptospirosis
- 51. Trachoma
- 52. Chlamydia trachomatis Infections of the Genital Tract
- 53. Psittacosis
- 54. Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses
- 55. Typhus Group Rickettsioses
- 56. Scrub Typhus
- 57. Ehrlichioses
- 58. Q. Fever
- 59. Dermatophytosis
- 60. Mycetoma
- 61. Chromoblastomycosis and Phaeohyphomycosis
- 62. Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis, Coccidiodomycosis, Paracoccidiodomycosis
- 63. Penicilliosis marneffei
- 64. Candid Infections
- 65. Enomophthoramycosis, Lobomycosis, Rhinosporidiosis, and Sporotrichosis
- 66. Pneumocystosis
- 67. Enteric Amebiasis
- 68. Intestinal Flagellate and Ciliate Infections
- 69. Intestinal Coccidial Infections
- 70. Malaria
- 71. Babesiosis
- 72. African Trypanosomiasis
- 73. American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ Diseases)
- 74. Leishmaniasis
- 75. Free-Living Amebae
- 76. Non-intestinal Flagellates
- 77. Systemic Coccidian
- 78. Microsporidiosis
- 79. FilariasisLoiasis and Mansonella Infections
- 80. Onchocer
- 85. Angiostrongyliasis
- 86. Other Tissue Nematode Infections
- 87. Enterobiasis
- 88. Trichuriasis
- 89. Ascariasis
- 90. Hookworm Infections
- 91. Strongloidiasis
- 92. Overview of Cestode Infections
- 93. Taeniasis
- 94. Cysticercosis
- 95. Diphyllobothriasis
- 96. Echinococcosis
- 97. Other Cestode Infections
- 98. Schistosomiasis
- 99. Liver, Lung, and Intestinal Fluke Infections
- 100. Measles
- 101. Human Herpesvirus
- 102. Smallpox and Monkeypox
- 103. Influenza Virus
- 104. Enterovirus Infections, Including Poliomyelitis
- 105. Rotavirus Infections
- 106. Calicivirus Infectins
- 107. Astrovirus
- 108. Hepatitis
- 109. Overview of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
- 110. Arenavirus Infections
- 111. Bunyaviral Fevers
- 112. Hantavirus Infections
- 113. Other Bunyavirus Infections
- 114. Filovirus Infections
- 115. Yellow Fever
- 116. Dengue and Dengue Humorrhagic Fever
- 117. Alphavirus Infectins
- 118. Rabies
- 119. AIDS and AIDS-Related Infections
- 120. Arthropids, Tongue Worms, Leeches, and Arthropod-Borne Diseases
PRACTICE APPROACH TO PATIENTS
- 121. Health Advise to International Travelers
- 122. Gastrointestinal Symptons
- 123. Fever and Systemic Symptoms
- 124. Eosinophilia
- 125. Cutaneous Lesions
- 126. Hepatobiliary Diseases
- 127. Pulmonary Diseas
- 133. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Coinfecting Tropical Infectious Diseases
- 134. Travel-Related Health Concerns Associated with Extremes of the Environment
About the Author
- Richard L Guerrant MD, Thomas H Hunter Professor of International Medicine Director, Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville VA USA.
- David H Walker MD, Carmage and Martha Walls Distinguished University Chair in Tropical Diseases Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston TX USA.
- Peter F Weller MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Professor, Immunology and Infectious Diseases Dept, Harvard School of Public Health Chief, Infectious Disease Division Vice Chair of Research, Dept. of Medicine Boston MA USA.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 1156 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 3 edition (April 12, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0702039357
- ISBN-13: 978-0702039355
- Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 2.2 x 1 inches
List Price: $359.00