Tropical Medicine : a Clinical Text.

"The history of tropical medicine is as dramatic as the story of mankind--with its own myths and legends, with tales of epidemics destroying whole civilizations; and, still today, with silent stealth, these diseases claim more lives than all the current wars combined. Having had the privilege o...

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Main Author: Cahill, Kevin M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2011.
Edition:8th ed.
Series:International humanitarian affairs.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Malaria""; ""The Trypanosomatidae""; ""Amebiasis""; ""Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases""; ""Tuberculosis""; ""Rabies""; ""Leprosy""; ""Treponemal and Fungal Infections""; ""Diarrheal Diseases""; ""Viral Infections of the Tropics""; ""Intestinal Nematode Infections""; ""Intestinal Cestode Infections""; ""Intestinal Trematode Infections""; ""Larval Helminth Infections""; ""Filariasis""; ""Schistosomiasis""; ""Malnutrition""; ""Hereditary Anemias""; ""Miscellaneous""; ""Advising Tropical Travelers""; ""Epilogue""; ""References""; ""Index""