Tropical Geographical Medicine Author:KENNETH WARREN This thorough revision offers a comprehensive, balanced, and up-to-date presentation of tropical and geographical medicine. The book places an equal emphasis on the three crucial factors in the infectious agent/host relationship-the parasite, the patient, and the population. It deals with each important disease in the context of affected populat... more »ions, as well as the individual patient, and it provides extensive general discussions of clinical considerations, genetics, parasitism, nutrition, and epidemiology and medical care, in addition to its discussions of the individual diseases. New topics presented include gastrointestinal manifestations, hepatic disorders, respiratory, cardiovascular and neurological symptoms, and eosinophilic meningitis.« less