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Atlas of tropical medicine and parasitology Wallace Peters, Geoffrey Pasvol.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Edinburgh : Elsevier Mosby, 2007.Edition: 6th edDescription: xiii, 429 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9780323043649 (pbk.)
  • 032304364X (pbk.)
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • QX 17
Contents:
1. Arthropod-borne infections. The arboviruses -- The rickettsioses -- Bacterial infections -- Protozoal infections -- Trypanosomiasis -- Leishmaniasis -- Nematodes - the filariases -- 2. Soil-mediated helminthiases. The hookworm infections -- Infection with Ascaris and related nematodes -- Trichuriasis -- 3. Mollusc-mediated helminthiases. Schistosomiasis -- The intestinal flukes -- Liver and lung fluke infections -- 4. Infections acquired through the gastrointestinal tract. Viral infections -- Bacterial infections -- Protozoal infections -- Helminthiases - nematodes -- Helminthiases - cestodes -- Pentastomiasis -- 5. Airborne infections. SARS -- Influenza -- Henipaviruses -- Measles -- Meningococcal meningitis -- Tuberculosis -- Whooping cough -- Psittacosis
6. Sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Viral infections -- Bacterial infections -- Protozoal infections -- 7. Other infections acquired through the skin and mucous membranes. Viral infections -- Bacterial infections -- Protozoal infections -- The superficial mycoses -- The systemic mycoses -- Ectoparasitic arthropods -- 8. Poisonous animals. Marine invertebrates -- Terrestrial invertebrates -- Marine vertebrates -- Snakes -- 9. Nutritional disorders. Kwashiorkor and marasmus -- Avitaminoses -- Iodine deficiency -- 10. Miscellaneous disorders. Zoonotic viral infections -- Parenterally acquired acute viral hepatitis -- Neoplastic conditions -- Genetic blood dyscrasias -- Diseases of unusual or uncertain aetiology.
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Previous ed.: published as Tropical medicine and parasitology. London: Mosby, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-417) and index.

1. Arthropod-borne infections. The arboviruses -- The rickettsioses -- Bacterial infections -- Protozoal infections -- Trypanosomiasis -- Leishmaniasis -- Nematodes - the filariases -- 2. Soil-mediated helminthiases. The hookworm infections -- Infection with Ascaris and related nematodes -- Trichuriasis -- 3. Mollusc-mediated helminthiases. Schistosomiasis -- The intestinal flukes -- Liver and lung fluke infections -- 4. Infections acquired through the gastrointestinal tract. Viral infections -- Bacterial infections -- Protozoal infections -- Helminthiases - nematodes -- Helminthiases - cestodes -- Pentastomiasis -- 5. Airborne infections. SARS -- Influenza -- Henipaviruses -- Measles -- Meningococcal meningitis -- Tuberculosis -- Whooping cough -- Psittacosis

6. Sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Viral infections -- Bacterial infections -- Protozoal infections -- 7. Other infections acquired through the skin and mucous membranes. Viral infections -- Bacterial infections -- Protozoal infections -- The superficial mycoses -- The systemic mycoses -- Ectoparasitic arthropods -- 8. Poisonous animals. Marine invertebrates -- Terrestrial invertebrates -- Marine vertebrates -- Snakes -- 9. Nutritional disorders. Kwashiorkor and marasmus -- Avitaminoses -- Iodine deficiency -- 10. Miscellaneous disorders. Zoonotic viral infections -- Parenterally acquired acute viral hepatitis -- Neoplastic conditions -- Genetic blood dyscrasias -- Diseases of unusual or uncertain aetiology.

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