Tropical Diseases in Travelers

摘要

This book captures the essence of tropical medicine for clinicians evalu-ating returning travelers. The editor, an international expert in tropical and travel medicine, authored or coau-thored many chapters of the book. The book also re. ects the experience of numerous experts in the fi eld of travel medicine.The book consists of 43 chapters organized into 3 sections: general as-pects of tropical diseases in travelers, specifi c infections, and approaches to specifi c syndromes. The fi rst sec-tion describes general trends in travel medicine and discusses types of stud-ies encountered in travel medicine re-search. This section provides a basis for screening travelers and makes rec-ommendations for doing so