Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide
Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide
Editor/Author
Petersen, Esklid, Chen, Lin H. and Schlagenhauf-Lawlor, Patricia
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Wiley
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$110.00

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$165.00
ISBN: 978-1-119-08572-0
Category: Health & Medicine - Medicine
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Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword to the first edition
- Foreword to the second edition
- Preface
- Envoi
- Chapter 1: Historical overview of global infectious diseases and geopolitics
- Introduction
- The Near East and North Africa
- Europe
- The Americas
- Australasia
- Sub‐Saharan Africa
- South Asia
- East Asia
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2: Nontraditional infectious diseases surveillance systems
- Introduction: informal internet sources for the surveillance of emerging infectious diseases
- HealthMap
- Infectious disease surveillance in travelers and migrants
- One health
- Regional ProMED networks
- Effectiveness of informal‐source surveillance
- Mobile technologies
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3: Air travel − which infectious disease control measures are worthwhile?
- Introduction
- Measles
- Rubella
- Enteric diseases
- Travel‐specific behaviors for preventing disease
- Universal disease control behaviors
- Role of healthcare providers and healthcare workers
- Health facility infection control measures
- Airline responsibilities
- Large‐scale infectious disease control measures
- Recommendations
- References
- Chapter 4: Infectious illnesses on cruise and cargo ships
- Introduction and background
- Influenza
- Acute gastroenteritis
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases
- Meningococcal disease
- Legionnaires’ disease
- Vectorborne diseases
- Ciguatera
- References
- Chapter 5: Microbes on the move
- Prevention of disease in travellers
- Protection of travelers and destination populations
- Yellow fever
- Imported disease
- Curtailment of disease
- New times, new requirements
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6: Diagnostic tests and procedures
- Understanding diagnostic tests
- Is a result positive or not?
- Validation of diagnostic tests
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis
- Ear, nose, and throat
- Pulmonary infections
- Cardiac infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Hepatobiliary infections
- Upper and lower urinary tract infections
- Sexually transmitted diseases and other genital infections
- Joint, muscle, skin, and soft tissue infections
- Rash
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Zika virus infection
- Malaria
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Diagnostics in areas with limited resources
- References
- Chapter 7: Central Africa
- Dominating the picture: HIV and tuberculosis
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis
- Ear, nose, throat, and upper respiratory tract infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Infections of joints, muscle, and soft tissue
- Infections of skin and soft tissues
- Lymphadenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia
- Children
- Antibiotic resistance
- Demographic data
- References
- Chapter 8: East Africa
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- References
- Chapter 9: Eastern Africa
- Parasites
- Malaria transmission in Eastern Africa
- Virus
- Bacteria
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis, and other infections with neurological symptoms
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint and muscle infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Cause of death in children under five expressed as % of the total number of deaths
- Top ten causes of deaths all ages expressed as % of the total number of deaths
- References
- Chapter 10: North Africa
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, and peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Causes of death in children underfive. Regional average
- Most common causes of deaths all ages in three countries selected for a low (Sudan), middle (Morocco), and high (Libya) regional GNI per capita
- References
- Chapter 11: Southern Africa
- Acute infections within four weeks of exposure
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis, and other infections with neurological symptoms
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Adenopathy of more than four weeks duration and in the immunocompromised host
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Cause of death in children under five expressed as % of the total number of deaths
- Top ten causes of deaths all ages in 2002, expressed as % of the total
- References
- Chapter 12: West Africa
- Viral hemorrhagic fever
- Malaria
- Pregnancy‐associated malaria
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis
- Ear, nose, throat, and upper respiratory tract infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Infections of bone, joints, and muscles
- Infections of skin and soft tissues
- Lymphadenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia
- Antibiotic resistance
- Children
- References
- Chapter 13: East Asia
- Acute infections within four weeks of exposure
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis, and other infections with neurological symptoms
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, and peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Causes of death in children under five. Regional average
- Most common causes of deaths in all ages in Mongolia, China, and Japan
- References
- Chapter 14: South Central Asia
- Important regional infections within four weeks of exposure
- CNS infections: meningitis and encephalitis
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Most common causes of deaths in all ages in the countries of the region (%)
- References
- Chapter 15: South‐east Asia
- Important regional infections within four weeks of exposure
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis, and encephalopathy
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Causes of death in children underfive in SEA. Regional average
- Ten most common causes of deaths all ages in three countries of SEA
- References
- Chapter 16: Western Asia and the Middle East
- Vector‐borne diseases
- Hemorrhagic fever virus
- Soil‐ and water‐associated diseases
- Zoonotic infections
- Hajj – medical aspects
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, and peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Causes of death in children under five in Yemen, Armenia, and Saudi Arabia
- References
- Chapter 17: Eastern Europe
- Bacterial infections
- Virus infections
- Parasite infections (protozoans and helminths)
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Causes of death in children underfive. Regional average
- Ten most common causes of deaths all ages in Moldova, Russian Federation, and Czech Republic
- References
- Chapter 18: Northern Europe
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Hepatobiliary infections
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Causes of death in children underfive. Regional average
- Ten most common causes of deaths all ages in three countries selected for a regional low (Latvia), middle (Iceland), and high (Norway) gross national income per capita
- References
- Chapter 19: Southern Europe
- Infectious diseases with incubation periods shorter than four weeks
- Infectious diseases with incubation periods longer than four weeks
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases
- References
- Chapter 20: Western Europe
- Introduction
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis, and other infections with neurological symptoms
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of the liver
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Causes of death in children under‐five. Regional average
- Ten most common causes of deaths all ages in Western Europe
- References
- Chapter 21: The Caribbean
- Important regional infections
- CNS infections acquired in the Caribbean region
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, and peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Musculoskeletal infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia
- Economic and demographic data for Caribbean countries
- References
- Chapter 22: Central America
- Bacterial infections
- Viral infections
- Parasitic infections
- Fungal infections
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis, and neurological syndromes
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, and peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable infections in children
- Basic economic and demographic data, 2015 [16–18]
- Top 10 causes of deaths, all ages [16–18]
- References
- Chapter 23: South America
- South America travel and travelers
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, skin, and soft tissue infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Hemorrhagic and icterohemorrhagic fever
- Selected endemic tropical infections in South America
- Special considerations: malaria
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data, 2014 – II
- Causes of death in children under‐five
- All top ten causes of deaths all ages in three countries elected for a low (Guyana), middle (Bolivia) and high (Brazil) BNI per capita
- References
- Chapter 24: Northern America
- Acute infections within four weeks of exposure
- Diversity within the region: important regional infections with particular exposures
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis, and other infections with neurological symptoms
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, and peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever with nonspecific complaints
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Causes of death in children under five
- Top 10 causes of deaths all ages
- References
- Chapter 25: Australia, New Zealand
- Bacterial and mycobacterial infections
- Viral infections
- Parasite infections
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis, and other infections with neurological symptoms
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, and peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Causes of death in children under five in Australia
- Most common causes of deaths all ages in Australia
- References
- Chapter 26: Oceania
- Bacterial and mycobacterial infections
- Viral infections
- Parasite infections
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis, and other infections with neurological symptoms
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, and peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data
- Causes of death in children underfive in Papua New Guinea and Fiji
- Most common causes of deaths all ages in Papua New Guinea and Fiji
- References
- Chapter 27: Arctic and Antarctica
- The regions
- Risk for travelers
- Important infections in the Arctic [1]
- CNS infections: meningitis, encephalitis, and other infections with neurological symptoms
- Ear, nose, and throat infections
- Cardiopulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Infections of liver, spleen, and peritoneum
- Genitourinary infections
- Joint, muscle, and soft tissue infections
- Skin infections
- Adenopathy
- Fever without focal symptoms
- Eosinophilia and elevated IgE
- Antibiotic resistance
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases in children
- Basic economic and demographic data. No separate figures for Antarctica
- Most common causes of deaths all ages in Greenland, Canada, and Alaska
- References
- Chapter 28: The immunosuppressed patient
- Introduction
- Approach to the patient
- Geographic distribution of opportunistic infections
- Bacteria
- Fungi
- Viral infections
- Conclusion
- Case study, adapted from Hart et al [204]
- References
- Chapter 29: Emerging infections
- Introduction
- Major global trends
- Travel, trade and migration
- SARS and MERS
- Monkeypox
- Chikungunya virus
- Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
- Zika virus
- Food‐borne infections
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 30: Migration and the geography of disease
- Migration and infectious diseases
- Vaccine‐preventable diseases
- Tuberculosis
- HIV infection
- Chagas’ disease (American trypanosomiasis)
- References
- Chapter 31: Climate change and the geographical distribution of infectious diseases
- Introduction
- Mechanisms for climate‐induced change in infectious disease incidence
- The context: human actions and disease emergence
- Human‐induced climate change
- A framework for understanding the relation of climate and disease
- The present: climate–disease relations
- The future: projections for infectious disease incidence
- Conclusion
- References
- List of abbreviations