MANSON'S TROPICAL DISEASES

The most established title in Tropical Medicine is now available at a price which makes it accesible to practitioners everywhere. We have made one of the greatest comprehensive medical references available for only slightly more than the handbooks on the subject.  
 
In its 21st edition, Manson's Tropical Diseases retains its strong, practical, clinical emphasis with clear advice on the diagnosis and management of both infectious and non-infectious tropical diseases. From high-altitude medicine to heat stress, infections to insect bites, it covers every condition encountered when working in the tropics or treating patients from these areas. 

Features
 
Why is this still an 'invaluable addition to the literature'?  
 

• Every aspect of tropical medicine is covered in detail - not just infections
• Both a system-based and a disease approach are taken, with extensive crossreferencing to minimise duplication
• Content includes a strong clinical focus, supported by clinical management diagrams
• Written and edited by THE experts in the field, many of whom are based full-time in the tropics
• . . The Lancet

What's New

• All chapters have been completely revised and updated with NEW chapters on Ethics, Transfusions, and Genetics, and an expanded chapter on HIV infection and treatment in the tropics.
• New Clinical Management diagrams focus on the pertinent aspects of each treatment.
• Content has been expanded on the discussion of re-emerging diseases.
• Newly discovered viral agents and all new therapeutic agents are reviewed.
• New appendices have been added on Tropical Drug Therapies, Key aspects of Tropical Nursing , and Sources of Information on Tropical Medicine. 

Contents

 
SECTION 1: HISTORY AND UNDERLYING FACTORS IN TROPICAL MEDICINE  
 
1. History of Tropical Medicine and "Medicine in the Tropics"  
2. Primary Care and Disease Prevention and Control  
3. Epidemiology of Disease in the Tropics  
4. Traditional Medicine  
5. Genetics  
6. Immunological Aspects of Tropical Diseases  
7. Economics  
8. Ethics  
 
 
SECTION 2: SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS AND SYSTEM-ORIENTED DISEASE  
 
9. Symptoms and Signs in Tropical Medicine  
10. Tropical Gastroenterological Problems  
11. Respiratory Problems in the Tropics  
12. Cardiovascular Disease in the Tropics  
13. Hematological Diseases in the Tropics  
14. Blood Transfusions in the Tropics  
15. Renal Disease in the Tropics  
16. Tropical Neurology  
17. Psychiatry  
18. Ophthalmology in the Tropics and Subtropics  
19. Dermatological Problems  
20. HIV/AIDS - with an emphasis on Africa  
21. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, excluding HIV  
22. Musculoskeletal Diseases  
 
 
SECTION 3: RELATED SPECIALTIES IN THE TROPICS  
 
23. Pediatrics in the Tropics  
24. Surgery in the Tropics  
25. Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Tropics  
26. Radiology and Imaging Services in the Tropics  
27. Oral Health  
 
 
SECTION 4: ENVIRONMENTAL/GENETIC DISORDERS  
 
28. Travel Medicine  
29. Heat Stress and Associated Disorders  
30. High Altitude Problems  
31. Nutrition-associated Disease  
32. Animal Toxins  
33. Plant Poisons  
34. Podoconiosis (Non-filarial Elephantiasis)  
35. Familial Mediterranean Fever (Recurrent Hereditary Polyserositis)  
36. Malignant Disease  
37. Diabetes Mellitus in the Tropics  
38. Hypertension in the Tropics  
39. Ischemic Heart Disease and Lipid Disorders  
 
 
SECTION 5: VIRAL INFECTIONS  
 
40. Viral Hepatitis  
41. Arbovirus Infections  
42. Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever  
43. Epstein-Barr Virus and Associated Diseases  
44. Rabies  
45. Diarrhea caused by Viruses  
46. Respiratory Viruses  
47. Cutaneous Viral Disease  
48. Virus Infections of the CNS  
 
 
SECTION 6: RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS  
 
49. Rickettsial Infections  
 
 
SECTION 7: ACUTE AND CHRONIC BACTERIAL INFECTIONS  
 
50. Introduction to Acute Infective Diarrhea  
51. Gastrointestinal Bacteria  
52. Salmonella Infections  
53. Resistant Gut Bacteria  
54. Pneumococcal Infections  
55. Bacterial Meningitis  
56. Tuberculosis  
57. Other Mycobacterial Diseases  
58. Leprosy  
59. Brucellosis  
60. Other Bacterial Infections  

·        Bartonellosis

·        Tularemia

·        Anthrax

·        Actinomycosis 

61. Tetanus 
62. Plague  
63. Meliodosis  
64. Diphtheria  
65. Endemic Treponematoses  
66. Other Spirochetal Diseases  
67. Leptospirosis  
 
 
SECTION 8: MYCOTIC INFECTIONS  
 
68. Fungal Infections  
69. Pneumocystis carinii Infection  
 
 
SECTION 9: PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS  
 
70. Malaria  
71. Babesiosis  
72. African Trypanosomiasis  
73. American Trypanosomiasis  
74. Leishmaniasis  
75. Toxoplasmosis  
76. Gut Protozoa  
77. Potentially Pathogenic Free-living Ameba  
78. Trichomonal Infection  
 
 
SECTION 10: HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS  
 
79. Schistosomiasis  
80. Food-borne Trematodes  
81. Filariases  
82. Soil-Transmitted Helminths (Geohelminths)  
83. Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis  
84. Other Cestode Infections:  

·        Intestinal Cestodes

·        Cysticercosis

·        Other Larval Cestode Infections

 
SECTION 11: ECTOPARASITIC AND OTHER ARTHROPOD-ASSOCIATED DERMATOSES  
 
85. Ectoparasites:  

·        Leeches and Leech Infestation

·        Myiasis

·        Jigger Fleas

·        Scabies

·        Louse Infestation

86. Arthropod Dermatoses, Stings, Bites, Allergies, and Neuroses

APPENDICES 
 
I. Laboratory Diagnosis  
II. Protozoa  
III. Helminths  
IV. Medical Acarology and Entomology  
V. Sources of Information in Tropical Medicine