Publisher's Synopsis
A clinically -oriented distillation of the classic textbook in tropical medicine. Leading infectious disease experts - including specialists in tropical medicine and international health - provide practical coverage of presenting symptoms, known or suspected causative agents and their geographic distribution, and current practical diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Covered for each disease are: aetiology and epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, disease progression, differential diagnosis, and treatment and prevention. With today's high rate of international travel and shifting patterns of emigration this handbook provides an affordable, readily accessible resource for all primary care physicians, whose patients' recent travel and exposure histories may prove to be vital diagnostic clues in identifying the cause of baffling presenting complaints.
