TY - BOOK ID - 78490031 TI - Tropical diseases : a practical guide for medical practitioners and students PY - 2014 SN - 0190213566 0199997926 0199997918 9780199997916 9780199997923 9781299940604 1299940609 9780199997909 019999790X 9780190213565 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Tropical medicine. KW - Travel. KW - Traveling KW - Travelling KW - Tourism KW - Voyages and travels KW - Diseases, Tropical KW - Hygiene, Tropical KW - Medicine KW - Public health, Tropical KW - Sanitation, Tropical KW - Tropical diseases KW - Medical climatology KW - Tropical Medicine. KW - Maladies tropicales. KW - Parasitoses. KW - Viroses. KW - Maladies bactériennes. KW - Mycoses. KW - Parasitic Diseases. KW - Parasitic Diseases KW - Tropical Medicine KW - Travel KW - Bacterial infections and mycoses KW - Developing countries KW - Neglected diseases KW - Virus diseases UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78490031 AB - Tropical Diseases outlines the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases encountered in developing regions---areas where the unexpected can occur and where Western medical capabilities are often unavailable. Taking a pragmatic approach, it is an invaluable reference and resource for medical professionals and students travelling abroad or working in unfamiliar terrain. Diseases profiled here include a brief historical background, main signs and symptoms, and practical methods of individual prevention and treatment. Additional features include: - Over 60 maps depicting the geographic orig ER -