In its 21st edition, Mansons Tropical Diseases retains its strong, practical, clinical emphasis with clear advice on the diagnosis and management of both infectious and non-infectious tropical diseases. From high-altitude medicine to heat stress, infections to insect bites, it covers every condition encountered when working in the tropics or treating patients from these areas.
Section 1: History and Underlying Factors in Tropical Medicine 1. History of Tropical Medicine and Medicine in the Tropics 2. Primary care and Disease Prevention and Control 3. Epidemiology of Disease in the Tropics 4. Traditional Medicine 5. Genetics 6. Immunological Aspects of Tropical Diseases 7. Economics 8. Ethics
Section 2: Symptoms and Signs and System - Oriented Disease 9. Symptoms and Signs in Tropical Medicine 10. Tropical Gastroenterological Problems 11. Respiratory Problems in the Tropics 12. Cardiovascular Disease in the Tropics 13. Hematological Diseases in the Tropics 14. Blood Transfusions in the Tropics 15. Renal Disease in the Tropics 16. Tropical Neurology 17. Psychiatry 18. Ophthalmology in the Tropics and Subtropics 19. Dermatological Problems 20. HIV/AIDS - with an emphasis on Africa 21. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, excluding HIV 22. Musculoskeletal Diseases
Section 3: Related Specialties in the Tropics 23. Pediatrics in the Tropics 24. Surgery in the Tropics 25. Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Tropics 26. Radiology and Imaging Services in the Tropics 27. Oral Health
Section 4: Environmental/Genetic Disorders 28. Travel Medicine 29. Heat Stress and Associated Disorders 30. High Altitude Problems 31. Nutrition - associated Disease 32. Animal Toxins 33. Plant Poisons 34. Podoconiosis (Non - Filarial Elephantiasis) 35. Familial Mediterranean Fever (Recurrent Hereditary Polyserositis) 36. Malignant Disease 37. Diabetes Mellitus in the Tropics 38. Hypertension in the Tropics 39. Ischemic Heart Disease and Lipid Disorders
Section 5: Viral Infections 40. Viral Hepatitis 41. Arbovirus Infections 42. Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever 43. Epstein - Barr Virus and Associated Dieses 44. Rabies 45. Diarrhea Caused by Viruses 46. Respiratory Viruses 47. Cutaneous Viral Disease 48. Virus infections of the CNS