This concise and practical guide describes infections in geographical areas and provides information on disease risk‎,‎ concomitant infections such as co‎-prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis and emerging bacterial‎,‎ viral and parasitic infections in a given geographical area of the world‎.‎ Infectious Diseases A Geographic Guide is divided according to United Nations world regions and addresses geographic disease profiles‎,‎ presenting symptoms and incubation periods of infections‎.‎ Each chapter contains a section on the coverage of the childhood vaccination programs in the countries included in that region‎.‎ Chapters also include descriptions of infectious disease risk and problems with resistant bacteria in each region e‎.‎ g‎.‎ antibiotic resistance in Salmonella infections in Southeast Asia‎.‎ For the clinician‎,‎ this book is a tool to generate differential diagnoses by considering the geographical history‎,‎ as well the presenting symptoms and duration of illness‎.‎ Forth travel medicine specialist‎,‎ this book provides information on risks of different diseases at various destinations and is particularly useful in advising long‎-term travelers‎.‎

• Binding‎:‎ Paperback
• Language of Text‎:‎ English
• Publication Year‎:‎ 2011
• Number of Pages‎:‎ 480
• ISBN‎:‎ 9780470655290