Travelers' Malaria (2nd Edition).
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Shelton :
PMPH USA, Ltd.,
2000
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of 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""
