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2014 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Public Health category!

From the difficult to diagnose to the difficult to treat, Manson’s Tropical Diseases prepares you to effectively handle whatever your patients may have contracted. Featuring an internationally recognized editorial team, global contributors, and expert authors, this revised and updated medical reference book provides you with the latest coverage on parasitic and infectious diseases from around the world.

"This book functions both as a text book and a reference manual but remains eminently readable." Reviewed by British Journal of Hospital Medicine, Jul 2015

"..strongly recommended, excellent quality, signature book on Tropical Medicine for everyone working in this field." Reviewed by Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, March 2015

Contents:

1 History of tropical medicine, and medicine in the tropics Section 1: Public Health & Economics

2 Global health 3 Global health governance and tropical diseases 4 The Economic Case for Devoting Public Resources to Health Section 2: Health Research and Ethics

5 Ethics and Tropical Diseases: Some Global Considerations Section 3: Epidemiology

6 Issues and challenges of public-health research in developing countries Section 4: Clinical assessment

7 Emergency and intensive care medicine in resource poor settings 8 Ultrasound in tropical medicine Section 5: Viral Infection

9 HIV: Epidemiology in the Tropics 10 Clinical Features and Management of HIV/AIDS 11 HIV/AIDS in children 12 HIV/AIDS prevention 13 Viral hepatitis 14 Arbovirus infections 15 Dengue 16 Viral hemorrhagic fevers 17 Rabies 18 Rotavirus and other viral diarrhea 19 Respiratory viruses and atypical bacteria 20 Viral Exanthems 21 Virus infections of the nervous system Section 6: Bacterial Infections

22 Tropical rickettsial infections 23 Sexually transmitted infections (excluding HIV) 24 Bacterial Enteropathogens (Shigella, dystentery, cholorea, E coli) 25 Salmonella infections 26 Pneumococcal disease 27 Bacterial meningitis 28 Brucellosis 29 Noma, Actinomycisis and Nocardia 30 Bartonellosis, Cat-scratch Disease, Trench Fever, Human Erlichiosis 31 Anthrax 32 Tetanus 33 Plague 34 Melioidosis 35 Diphtheria 36 Endemic treponematosis including yaws and other spirochetes 37 Leptospirosis Section 7: Fungal Infections

38 Fungal Infections 39 Pneumocystis jirovecii infection Section 8: Mycobacterial Infections

40 Tuberculosis 41 Leprosy 42 Mycobacterium ulcerans disease Section 9: Protozoan Infections

43 Malaria 44 Babesiosis 45 Human African trypanosomiasis 46 American Trypanosomiasis: Chagas Disease 47 Leishmaniasis 48 Toxoplasmosis 49 Intestinal Protozoa 50 Pathogenic and Opportunistic Free-Living Amebae: Agents of Human and Animal Disease 51 Trichomonas vaginalis Section 10: Helminthic Infections

52 Schistosomiasis 53 Food-borne Trematodes 54 The filariases 55 Soil-transmitted Helminths (Geohelminths) 56 Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis 57 Other Cestode Infections: Intestinal cestodes, cysticercosis, other larval cestode infections Section 11: Ectoparasites

58 Scabies 59 Louse infestation 60 Other Ectoparasites: Leeches, Myiasis and Sand fleas Section 12: Non-communicable diseases in the tropics

61 Non-Communicable Diseases: Equity, Action & Targets 62 Cardiovascular and vascular disease in the tropics including stroke, hypertension and ischemic heart disease 63 Diabetes in the tropics 64 Cancer in the tropics 65 Hematological diseases in the tropics 66 Renal disease in the tropics 67 Ophthalmology in the tropics and subtropics 68 Dermatological problems 69 Musculoskeletal disorders 70 Respiratory problems in the tropics 71 Tropical Neurology 72 Psychiatry 73 Tropical Oral Health Section 13: Environmental Disorders

74 Environmental Stress 75 Venomous and poisonous animals 76 Plant poisons and traditional medicines Section 14: Nutrition

77 Nutrition-associated Disease 78 Obesity in the tropics Section 15: Maternal/child health

79 Obstetrics in the tropics 80 Pediatrics in the tropics Appendices -

A1 Clinical laboratory diagnosis A2 Parasitic Protozoa A3 Medical helminthology A4 Medical acarology and entomology A5 Sources of Information in Tropical Medicine