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| Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide, 2nd Edition |
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ISBN: 978-1-119-08572-0,
497 pages,
Soft Cover
ISBN-10: 1-119-08572-1 |
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| Copyright: |
2017 |
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| Edition: |
2nd |
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| Editor: |
Petersen, Eskild, MD, DMSc, DTM&H; Chen, Lin H., MD, FACP, FASTMH; Schlagenhauf-Lawlor, Patricia, PhD, FFTM, RCPSS, FISTM |
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Specialties:
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Epidemiology
, Infectious Disease
, Public Health |
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| Publisher: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
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| List Price: |
$109.95 |
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At A Glance
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The second edition of 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. Geographic approach means that it s the only book to guide the health care worker towards a diagnosis based on the location of symptoms and travel history by encouraging the question where have you been? New content covering MERS, Ebola, Zika, and infections transmitted during air and maritime travel. Covers the major infectious disease outbreaks framed in their geographic setting such as H7N9 bird flu influenza, H1N1, Ebola, and Zika. Outstanding international editor team with vast experience on various international infectious disease and as journal editors and key leaders in infection surveillance.
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Reviewer:
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Winnie Ooi,
MD, MPH, DMD
(Harvard Medical School)
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Range
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Are the author's objectives met? |
10 |
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Rate the worthiness of those objectives. |
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Is this written at an appropriate level? |
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Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
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Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
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Rate the authority of the authors. |
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Are there sufficient illustrations? |
5 |
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Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. |
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Rate the print quality of the illustrations. |
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Are there sufficient references? |
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Rate the pertinence of the references. |
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Rate the helpfulness of the index. |
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If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book |
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Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? |
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If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? |
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Reviewer:
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Winnie Ooi,
MD, MPH, DMD
(Harvard Medical School)
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Description
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| This is a much-needed update of a 2011 geographically based guide to infections, since in that short time both MERS and Zika have emerged. Based on United Nations world regions, the chapters have many easy-to-read tables that also rate the infections as common, rare, or very rare. Each chapter also has specific references to drug resistance and vaccine preventable infections. |
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Purpose
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| The purpose is to serve as a guide to generating differential diagnoses based on where the patients have been, their symptoms, and the duration of their illnesses. It will help in tailoring pretravel advice based on the country of destination, especially for travelers visiting friends and relatives in their countries of origin. The book also focuses on immigrants and refugees and their medical issues. These are worthy objectives and mostly met by the authors. |
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Audience
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| As intended by the authors, the book is not written for any specific level of training because, regardless of the experience of the reader, it can be used as a resource for generating differential diagnoses. It does not go into specific ways to make diagnoses or any therapeutic plans. Similarly, it can be used as a guide in any specialty, but would be most useful for practitioners of travel medicine, tropical medicine, and infectious disease clinicians and physicians taking care of large groups of migrants and refugees. The authors are experienced providers who have practiced in or are knowledgeable about a specific region of the world. |
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Features
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| This book approaches patients based on their countries of travel or origin (divided into United Nations world regions), types of symptoms, and duration of symptoms in order to develop a series of differential diagnoses. Well-done, easy-to-read tables rank them according to common, rare, and very rare diseases. In addition, each chapter also deals with local antibiotic resistance patterns and vaccine preventable diseases (and rate of vaccine coverage) to put things into context when approaching management of patients. Specific chapters cover emerging diseases, the immunocompromised host, and unconventional ways of disease detection such as PRO MED mail and Geosentinel, both of which alert global members on a timely basis about local outbreaks of new or emerging diseases. The references at the end of each chapter vary in terms of their content and timeliness. Most are excellent, but a few need updating. A potential improvement would be to provide a specific reference for rarely found diseases when it is mentioned in chapter on the region. In future editions, an electronic version of the book would be vastly more helpful. |
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Assessment
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| This is the second edition of the only book that currently approaches patients based on geography and type and duration of symptoms. It presents the information in an easy-to-read format and has many tables dividing the diseases into common, less common, and rare. This is a welcome update that covers several emerging diseases such as MERS and Zika viral infections and includes two new chapters describing infections acquired during sea and air travel. |
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