INFECTIOUS DISEASES: A GEOGRAPHIC GUIDE, 2ND EDITION

1 Historical overview of global infectious diseases and geopolitics, 1
2 Nontraditional infectious diseases surveillance systems, 12
3 Air travel-which infectious disease control measures are worthwhile?, 25
4 Infectious illnesses on cruise and cargo ships, 35
5 Microbes on the move: prevention, required vaccinations, curtailment, outbreak, 45
6 Diagnostic tests and procedures, 55
7 Central Africa, 78
8 East Africa: Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands, 93
9 Eastern Africa, 104
10 North Africa, 124
11 Southern Africa, 137
12 West Africa, 154
13 East Asia, 167
14 South Central Asia, 185
15 South-east Asia, 203
16 Western Asia and the Middle East, 220
17 Eastern Europe, 235
18 Northern Europe, 257
19 Southern Europe, 269
20 Western Europe, 278
21 The Caribbean, 302
22 Central America, 317
23 South America, 335
24 Northern America, 356
25 Australia, New Zealand, 375
26 Oceania, 390
27 Arctic and Antarctica, 404
28 The immunosuppressed patient, 419
29 Emerging infections, 446
30 Migration and the geography of disease, 459
31 Climate change and the geographical distribution of infectious diseases, 470

The second edition of this concise and practical guide describes infections in geographical areas and provides information on disease risk, concomitant infections (such as co-prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis) and emerging bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in a given geographical area of the world.

• Geographic approach means that it s the only book to guide the health care worker towards a diagnosis based on the location of symptoms and travel history by encouraging the question where have you been?
• New content covering MERS, Ebola, Zika, and infections transmitted during air and maritime travel
• Covers the major infectious disease outbreaks framed in their geographic setting such as H7N9 bird flu influenza, H1N1, Ebola, and Zika
• Outstanding international editor team with vast experience on various international infectious disease and as journal editors and key leaders in infection surveillance

Author Information
• Eskild Petersen MD, DMSc, DTM&H, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
• Lin H. Chen MD, FACP, FASTMH, Director of the Travel Medicine Center at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor PhD, FFTM, RCPSS (Glasg), FISTM, Senior Scientist and Professor, University of Zürich, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Zürich, Switzerland