
Travelers' Malaria (2nd Edition).
Title:
Travelers' Malaria (2nd Edition).
Author:
Schalgenahauf-Lawlor, Patricia.
ISBN:
9781607951353
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (420 pages)
Contents:
Title and Frontmatter -- Contributors -- Foreword to the First Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Contents -- 1. Travelers' Malaria: People and Plasmodia: Some Historic Perspectives -- 2. Global Epidemiology of Malaria -- 3. Geographical Distribution at Traveler Destinations -- 4. Evidence of Malaria Exposure in Travelers -- 5. Network Surveillance of Malaria in Travelers -- 6. The Parasite -- 7. Malaria Drug Resistance -- 8. The Vector and Measures against Mosquito Bites -- 9. Strategies of Malaria Prevention in Nonimmune Visitors to Endemic Countries -- 10. Drugs Used for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis -- 10.1 Chloroquine and Combinations -- 10.2 Hydroxychloroquine -- 10.3 Azithromycin -- 10.4 Mefloquine -- 10.5 Doxycyline -- 10.6 Primaquine -- 10.7 Atovaquone-Proguanil -- 10.8 Tafenoquine -- 11. Malaria Prevention for Particular Travelers -- 11.1 Long-Term Travelers -- 11.2 Brief Exposure Malaria Prevention -- 11.3 Military Perspectives for Malaria Prevention -- 11.4 Migrants -- 11.5 Special Groups: Pregnant Women, Infants, and Young Children -- 11.6 Immunocompromised Travelers -- 12. Plasmodium Vivax Malaria: Prevention and Treatment -- 13. Determination of Antimalarial Drug Levels in Body Fluids -- 14. Clinical Features of Malaria in Travelers and Migrants -- 15. Diagnosis of Malaria in Returned Travelers -- 16. Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests for and by Travelers -- 17. Management of Malaria in Returned Travelers -- 18. Stand-by Emergency Self-Treatment of Malaria by Travelers -- 19. Malaria Deaths in Travelers -- 20. Counterfeit and Substandard Antimalarial Drugs -- 21. Odyssean and Non-Mosquito-Transmitted Forms of Malaria -- 22. The Changing Geography of Malaria -- 23. Malaria Risk for Travelers to Southern Africa -- 24. Prospects for a Travelers' Malaria Vaccine -- 25. Imported Malaria.
26. Closing the Circle: Compliance and Adherence -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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