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Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases.
Title:
Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases.
Author:
Wertheim, Heiman F. L.
ISBN:
9781444354669
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (311 pages)
Contents:
Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributors and Reviewers -- Foreword -- Preface -- User's Guide -- Abbreviations -- The World -- Section 1: Infectious Disease Drivers -- 1 Emerging Infectious Diseases -- 2 Population -- 3 Urbanization -- 4 Global Connectivity -- 5 Human Development -- 6 Global Peace Index -- 7 Life Expectancy and Child Mortality -- 8 Water and Sanitation -- 9 Undernutrition -- 10 Climate -- 11 Forest Cover Change -- 12 Natural Disasters -- 13 Antibiotic Use -- 14 Inherited Blood Disorders and Duffy Antigen -- 15 Immunization Coverage - DTP3 -- 16 Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus -- 17 Malaria Vectors -- 18 Livestock Density -- 19 Bird Migration -- Section 2: Bacterial Infections -- 20 Anthrax -- 21 Bartonellosis, Bartonella bacilliformis -- 22 Bartonellosis, Bartonella quintana -- 23 Botulism -- 24 Brucellosis -- 25 Buruli Ulcer -- 26 Cholera -- 27 Diphtheria -- 28 Donovanosis -- 29 Ehrlichioses -- 30 Endemic Treponematosis -- 31 Haemophilus influenzae Type b -- 32 Leprosy -- 33 Leptospirosis -- 34 Listeriosis -- 35 Lyme Disease -- 36 Melioidosis -- 37 Meningococcal Meningitis -- 38 Noma -- 39 Pertussis -- 40 Plague -- 41 Pneumococcal Disease -- 42 Q Fever -- 43 Rat Bite Fever -- 44 Relapsing Fever -- 45 Rickettsioses, Tick-borne, New World -- 46 Rickettsioses, Tick-borne, Old World -- 47 Scrub Typhus -- 48 Streptococcus suis -- 49 Tetanus -- 50 Trachoma -- 51 Tuberculosis -- 52 Tularemia -- 53 Typhoid Fever -- Section 3: Fungal Infections -- 54 Blastomycosis -- 55 Coccidioidomycosis -- 56 Histoplasmosis -- 57 Mycetoma -- 58 Paracoccidioidomycosis -- 59 Penicilliosis -- Section 4: Parasitic Infections -- 60 Amebiasis, Entamoeba histolytica -- 61 Anisakidosis -- 62 Babesiosis -- 63 Capillariasis, Intestinal -- 64 Clonorchiasis -- 65 Cysticercosis -- 66 Diphyllobothriasis -- 67 Dracunculiasis.

68 Echinococcosis, Echinococcus multilocularis -- 69 Eosinophilic Meningitis, Angiostrongylus cantonensis -- 70 Fascioliasis -- 71 Fasciolopsiasis -- 72 Filariasis -- 73 Hookworm -- 74 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous and Mucosal, New World -- 75 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous and Mucosal, Old World -- 76 Leishmaniasis, Visceral -- 77 Loiasis -- 78 Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum -- 79 Malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi -- 80 Malaria, Plasmodium ovale -- 81 Malaria, Plasmodium vivax -- 82 Onchocerciasis -- 83 Opisthorchiasis -- 84 Paragonimiasis -- 85 Schistosomiasis, Africa & Americas -- 86 Schistosomiasis, Asia -- 87 Strongyloidiasis -- 88 Trypanosomiasis, African -- 89 Trypanosomiasis, American -- Section 5: Viral Infections -- 90 Avian influenza (A/H5N1) -- 91 Barmah Forest & Ross River Virus Disease -- 92 Bunyamwera Viral Fever -- 93 Bunyavirus Group C Disease -- 94 California Group Virus Disease -- 95 Chikungunya Fever -- 96 Colorado Tick Fever -- 97 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- 98 Dengue -- 99 Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- 100 Ebola and Marburg Virus Disease -- 101 Hantaviral Disease, New World -- 102 Hantaviral Disease, Old World -- 103 Hendra and Nipah Virus -- 104 Hepatitis A -- 105 Hepatitis B -- 106 Hepatitis C -- 107 Hepatitis E -- 108 Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- 109 Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1 -- 110 Japanese Encephalitis -- 111 Lassa Fever -- 112 Mayaro Fever -- 113 Measles -- 114 Monkeypox -- 115 Mumps -- 116 O'nyong-nyong Virus Disease -- 117 Oropouche Virus Disease -- 118 Poliomyelitis -- 119 Rabies -- 120 Rift Valley Fever -- 121 Rotaviral Enteritis -- 122 Rubella -- 123 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- 124 Sindbis Fever -- 125 Tacaribe Complex Virus Disease -- 126 Tick-borne Encephalitis -- 127 Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease -- 128 Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis -- 129 Western Equine Encephalitis -- 130 West Nile Fever.

131 Yellow Fever -- 132 Zika Fever -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
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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