Product Description: This convenient take-along guide provides essential information and recommendations for diagnosing and treating more than 60 tropical diseases and conditions. The second edition is the only handbook-sized text focused exclusively on pediatric tropical diseases including more than 300 full-color images! A uniquely useful travel companion, it is formatted for efficient on-the-spot problem solving...read more

Product Description: The purpose of this book is not to conquer singleness in seven days or to act as if the battles that we face are not real but my purpose is that this book will serve as a compass to direct you to victory while also helping you to pick up the pieces in the areas of defeat.

This book focuses on diseases which are a major cause of blindness in developing countries and the tropics. It is written from a clinical perspective but also emphasizes what can be done in prevention and primary health care. It contains chapters on trachoma and xerophthalmia, both major causes of eye disease and blindness, as well as, chocerciasis and leprosy. Introductory chapters cover anatomy and physiology in the eye, optics and methods of examination and treatment, and common diseases of the eye, including symptoms, signs, causes, management, treatment and prevention.

Product Description: In the past, many tropical and parasitic infections were confined to tropical areas of the world located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. However, with the increase in air travel and tourism and the changing patterns of immigration, an increasing number of individuals are coming into contact with these infectious agents and transmission across the world has been enhanced...read more

Product Description: This well-known guide to eye surgery in resource poor countries focuses on the management of common and blinding diseases, notably the surgical treatment of cataract, glaucoma and the eyelid complications of trachoma. The book describes simple, cost effective procedures appropriate to low income countries such as intra-ocular lenses, the use of which has become more widespread since the last edition...read more

Product Description: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) elimination and control efforts are recognized as one of the most cost-effective interventions in global health today. In addition to preventing and reducing disease and disability, NTD elimination and control efforts help maximize the impact of cross-sectoral programs...read more

An estimated 2-3 billion people in the less developed countries suffer from infections, often multiple, caused by a variety of parasitic organisms. These infections are frequently debilitat­ ing rather than fatal, and the toll in human misery is fearsome. To this may be added the prevalence of similar diseases in do­ mestic animals, which diminish supplies of animal pro tein. As the world population increases, the already enormous problem also continues to grow. The resources of the less developed nations are inadequate for solving the problem, and in the de­ veloped countries a lack of interest in tropical diseases has meant low priority for research. Two recent methodological advances now raise the real possibility of a systematic and effec­ tive attack upon these diseases - hybridoma and recombinant nucleic acid technologies. The combination ofthese with the still necessary clinical, parasitological and imrnunological in­ formation permits a logical, planned and realistic approach to diagnosis and treatment. The central aim ofthese modem tech­ niques is to define antigens with regard to diagnosis, protection and pathology. In the case of some diseases, work has already commenced along these lines; in the case of others, knowledge lags a long way behind. This volume represents a summary of current knowledge about a wide, representative spectrum of tropical diseases. There is considerable common ground between the different infections as regards objectives and the methods for achieving them.

Product Description: Federico Gomez de las Heras: Overview of Neglected Tropical Diseases Gwendolyn A. Marriner  Amit Nayyar,  Eugene Uh, Sharon Y. Wong,  Tathagata Mukherjee,  Laura E. Via , Matthew Carroll,  Rachel L. Edwards,  Todd D. Gruber,  Inhee Choi,  Jinwoo Lee, Kriti Arora,  Kathleen D...read more

This field-guide handbook, based upon Dr. Auerbach's text Wilderness Medicine, 4th Edition, focuses on information that is needed when medical situations present in the wilderness setting. Perfect for the physician on the go, this new 2nd edition includes more chapters and appendixes for an even quicker more complete reference!Complements Wilderness Medicine, 4th Edition. Perfect for the physician on the go. Comprehensive coverage of outdoor medicine. New chapters include: Solar Radiation and Sunscreen, Emergency Airway Management, Emergency Oxygen Administration, Pain Management, Cardiopulmonary Emergencies, Neurological Emergencies, Improvised Litters and Carriers, Aeromedical Transport, Survival, Knots, Children in the Wilderness, Women in the Wilderness. Includes information on splints, slings, dressings, and hot spots. Expanded coverage of Animal Attacks and Zoonoses (diseases carried by animals that can be transmitted to humans, i.e. rabies). 6 Appendixes, including: Priority First Aid Equipment, Contingency Supplies for Wilderness Travel, and Medicine Specific to Women's Health.

This standard source of health information is designed for travellers who wish to make informed decisions about their own health abroad. The text explains how hazards may arise not only from diseases encountered, but also from other factors such as an unsafe water supply, inadequate hygiene and sanitation controls, adverse climates and high altitude sickness. The text explains how to deal with these problems when they occur. This third edition has been revised and expanded to include new information on AIDS, blood transfusions abroad, personal security and safety, Lyme disease, business travel, jet lag and travel for the disabled.

The contacts between man and nonhuman primates enable the transmission of mic­ roorganisms from one species to the other. Such contact may occur at quite differ­ ent levels: man and nonhuman primates may share the same ecosystem including the presence of vectors in the countries of origins of monkeys and apes; the animals are captured to be sold or used for food; field researchers have to stay near the ani­ mals in the wild; an uncontrolled human population gets close enough to almost touch the animals in zoological gardens around the world; pet owners establish bodily contact and finally researchers doing surgery or necropsies are exposed to an increased number of pathogens liberated from the organs and body fluids. Usually monkeys and apes are more threatened with catching the microorgan­ isms indigenous to man than vice versa, but nevertheless outbreaks of true zoonoses with nonhuman primates as the source of infection have occurred. Also the retrans­ mission of originally human pathogens via nonhuman primates to man may pose a considerable risk to human health. Unfortunately the information on the different agents transmissible between man and his relatives is too disseminated for practical use, as it involves quite differ­ ent scientific disciplines such as virology, bacteriology, parasitology, primatology, laboratory animal science etc. It seemed therefore necessary to compile the current knowledge concerning this topic in a single publication. Human infections of simian origin may be caused by several viruses, bacteria, fungi or endoparasites. Ectoparasites, in comparison, are of little importance.