Atlas of human infectious diseases
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Atlas of human infectious diseases
Wiley-Blackwell, c2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases provides a much needed practical and visual overview of the current distribution and determinants of major infectious diseases of humans. The comprehensive full-color maps show at a glance the areas with reported infections and outbreaks, and are accompanied by a concise summary of key information on the infectious agent and its clinical and epidemiological characteristics. Since infectious diseases are dynamic, the maps are presented in the context of a changing world, and how these changes are influencing the geographical distribution on human infections. This unique atlas: * Contains more than 145 high quality full-color maps covering all major human infectious diseases * Provides key information on the illustrated infectious diseases * Has been compiled and reviewed by an editorial board of infectious disease experts from around the world The result is a concise atlas with a consistent format throughout, where material essential for understanding the global spatial distribution of infectious diseases has been thoughtfully assembled by international experts.
Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases is an essential tool for infectious disease specialists, medical microbiologists, virologists, travel medicine specialists, and public health professionals. The Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases is accompanied by a FREE enhanced Wiley Desktop Edition - an interactive digital version of the book with downloadable images and text, highlighting and note-taking facilities, book-marking, cross-referencing, in-text searching, and linking to references and glossary terms.
Table of Contents
Editors, viii Contributors and Reviewers, ix Foreword, xv Preface, xvii User s Guide, xix Abbreviations, xxi The World, xxii Section 1: Infectious Disease Drivers, 1 1 Emerging Infectious Diseases, 3 2 Population, 5 3 Urbanization, 7 4 Global Connectivity, 9 5 Human Development, 11 6 Global Peace Index, 13 7 Life Expectancy and Child Mortality, 15 8 Water and Sanitation, 17 9 Undernutrition, 19 10 Climate, 21 11 Forest Cover Change, 23 12 Natural Disasters, 25 13 Antibiotic Use, 27 14 Inherited Blood Disorders and Duffy Antigen, 29 15 Immunization Coverage DTP3, 31 16 Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, 33 17 Malaria Vectors, 35 18 Livestock Density, 37 19 Bird Migration, 39 Section 2: Bacterial Infections, 41 20 Anthrax, 43 21 Bartonellosis, Bartonella bacilliformis, 45 22 Bartonellosis, Bartonella quintana, 47 23 Botulism, 49 24 Brucellosis, 51 25 Buruli Ulcer, 53 26 Cholera, 55 27 Diphtheria, 57 28 Donovanosis, 59 29 Ehrlichioses, 61 30 Endemic Treponematosis, 63 31 Haemophilus influenzae Type b, 65 32 Leprosy, 67 33 Leptospirosis, 69 34 Listeriosis, 71 35 Lyme Disease, 73 36 Melioidosis, 75 37 Meningococcal Meningitis, 77 38 Noma, 79 39 Pertussis, 81 40 Plague, 83 41 Pneumococcal Disease, 85 42 Q Fever, 87 43 Rat Bite Fever, 89 44 Relapsing Fever, 91 45 Rickettsioses, Tick-borne, New World, 93 46 Rickettsioses, Tick-borne, Old World, 95 47 Scrub Typhus, 97 48 Streptococcus suis, 99 49 Tetanus, 101 50 Trachoma, 103 51 Tuberculosis, 105 52 Tularemia, 107 53 Typhoid Fever, 109 Section 3: Fungal Infections, 111 54 Blastomycosis, 113 55 Coccidioidomycosis, 115 56 Histoplasmosis, 117 57 Mycetoma, 119 58 Paracoccidioidomycosis, 121 59 Penicilliosis, 123 Section 4: Parasitic Infections, 125 60 Amebiasis, Entamoeba histolytica, 127 61 Anisakidosis, 129 62 Babesiosis, 131 63 Capillariasis, Intestinal, 133 64 Clonorchiasis, 135 65 Cysticercosis, 137 66 Diphyllobothriasis, 139 67 Dracunculiasis, 141 68 Echinococcosis, Echinococcus multilocularis, 143 69 Eosinophilic Meningitis, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, 145 70 Fascioliasis, 147 71 Fasciolopsiasis, 149 72 Filariasis, 151 73 Hookworm, 153 74 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous and Mucosal, New World, 155 75 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous and Mucosal, Old World, 157 76 Leishmaniasis, Visceral, 159 77 Loiasis, 161 78 Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, 163 79 Malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi, 165 80 Malaria, Plasmodium ovale, 167 81 Malaria, Plasmodium vivax, 169 82 Onchocerciasis, 171 83 Opisthorchiasis, 173 84 Paragonimiasis, 175 85 Schistosomiasis, Africa & Americas, 177 86 Schistosomiasis, Asia, 179 87 Strongyloidiasis, 181 88 Trypanosomiasis, African, 183 89 Trypanosomiasis, American, 185 Section 5: Viral Infections, 187 90 Avian influenza (A/H5N1), 189 91 Barmah Forest & Ross River Virus Disease, 191 92 Bunyamwera Viral Fever, 193 93 Bunyavirus Group C Disease, 195 94 California Group Virus Disease, 197 95 Chikungunya Fever, 199 96 Colorado Tick Fever, 201 97 Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, 203 98 Dengue, 205 99 Eastern Equine Encephalitis, 207 100 Ebola and Marburg Virus Disease, 209 101 Hantaviral Disease, New World, 211 102 Hantaviral Disease, Old World, 213 103 Hendra and Nipah Virus, 215 104 Hepatitis A, 217 105 Hepatitis B, 219 106 Hepatitis C, 221 107 Hepatitis E, 223 108 Human Immunodeficiency Virus, 225 109 Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1, 227 110 Japanese Encephalitis, 229 111 Lassa Fever, 231 112 Mayaro Fever, 233 113 Measles, 235 114 Monkeypox, 237 115 Mumps, 239 116 O nyong-nyong Virus Disease, 241 117 Oropouche Virus Disease, 243 118 Poliomyelitis, 245 119 Rabies, 247 120 Rift Valley Fever, 249 121 Rotaviral Enteritis, 251 122 Rubella, 253 123 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, 255 124 Sindbis Fever, 257 125 Tacaribe Complex Virus Disease, 259 126 Tick-borne Encephalitis, 261 127 Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, 263 128 Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, 265 129 Western Equine Encephalitis, 267 130 West Nile Fever, 269 131 Yellow Fever, 271 132 Zika Fever, 273 Index, 275
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