Revised and expanded, the third edition of this respected manual offers the latest advice on preventing, evaluating, and managing diseases that can be acquired in tropical environments and foreign countries. A solid introduction to the subject, its handy for systematic review and for quick reference. New content includes information on lyme disease, HIV, infants and children, women, air travel, and more.
Section I: Pre Travel Advice 1. Medical Approach to Traveling Patients 2. Air Carrier Health Issues 3. Emerging Infectious Diseases and Travel 4. Travel Immunizations 5. Malaria Prevention 6. Travelers Diarrhea: Prevention and Self Treatment 7. Water Disinfection 8. Jet Lag, Motion Sickness, and Heat Illness
Section II: Advice For Special Travelers 9. Altitude Illness 10. Diving Medicine 11. Travel Advice for Infants and Children 12. Travel Advice for Women 13. Travel with Chronic Medical Conditions 14. Travel and HIV Infection 15. The Business Expatriate 16. Immigrants, Refugees, and Orphans
Section III: Fever 17. Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment 18. Fever in Returned Travelers 19. Acute Viral Hepatitis 20. Leptospirosis 21. Lyme Disease 22. Tuberculosis in Travelers and Immigrants 23. Chagas Disease 24. African Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis)
Section IV: Diarrhea 25. Approach to Diarrhea in Returned Travelers 26. Giardia, Amoebas, and Parasites Associated with Diarrhea 27. Food Poisoning 28. Fish and Shellfish Poisoning: Toxic Syndromes