Imported infectious diseases : the impact in developed countries /

The increase of immigrant population in developed countries (mainly in Europe and North America) together with an important increase of international travel worldwide are the two most important causes that have contributed to the introduction and diagnosis of imported/tropical infectious diseases in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cobo Mart�inez, Fernando (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, England : Woodhead Publishing, 2014.
Colección:Woodhead Publishing series in biomedicine ; no. 66.
Temas:
Communicable diseases > Transmission.
Medical care.
Travel.
Communicable Diseases > transmission
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Delivery of Health Care
Emigration and Immigration
Travel
Patient Care
Maladies infectieuses > Transmission.
Prestation de soins.
Voyage.
Soins m�edicaux.
travel.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Medical care
Communicable diseases > Transmission
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Epidemiology of infectious diseases in immigrants
  • Surveillance systems for tropical infectious diseases in developed countries
  • Febrile syndrome in immigrants and travellers
  • Diarrhoea syndrome
  • Current status of malaria
  • Filariasis
  • Schistosomiasis (bilharziasis)
  • Strongyloidiasis
  • Trypanosomiasis
  • Taeniasis and neurocysticercosis
  • HIV infection
  • Syphilis
  • Tuberculosis: the problem of multiresistance
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Leishmaniasis
  • Viral haemorrhagic fevers
  • Arthropod-borne viruses affecting the central nervous system
  • Prophylaxis, immunisation and vaccination.

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