Tropical and Geographical Medicine Companion Handbook - Companion Handbooks Series Author:Adel A. F. Mahmoud A clinically-oriented distillation of the classic textbook in tropical medicine. Leading infectious disease experts - including specialists in tropical medicine and international health - provide practical coverage of presenting symptoms, known or suspected causative agents and their geographic distribution, and current practical diagnostic and ... more »therapeutic strategies. Covered for each disease are: etiology and epidemiology; pathogenesis; clinical manifestations; diseases progression; differential diagnosis; and treatment and prevention. With today's high rate of international travel and shifting patterns of emigration this handbook provides an affordable, readily accessible resource for all primary care physicians, whose patients' recent travel and exposure histories may prove to be vital diagnostic clues in identifying the cause of baffling presenting complaints.« less
ISBN-13: 9780070396258 ISBN-10: 0070396256 Pages:496 Edition:2 Sub Rating: