Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology: Text with CD-ROM

Highly commended at the British Medical Awards 2002

Increased global travel has facilitated the spread of diseases that were previously restricted in their distribution. The fifth edition of this internationally acclaimed book combines over 1000 outstanding illustrations and expanded, authoritative text covering the clinical diagnosis, pathology and ecology of all recognized tropical and parasitic diseases.

Conditions are separated into eight sections. Chapters contain relevant epidemiology maps, histopathologic illustrations, improved laboratory tests and examples of modern diagnostic screening. Parasitic life-cycle illustrations, as well as photographs and tables of clinical features and macro- and microscopy of causative agents, vectors, etc, are also integrated throughout the text. The final chapter includes an expanded section on HIV infection and AIDS.Contains 1,100 superb high quality illustrations, with over 1,000 in full colourComprehensive coverage of all conditions likely to be encountered in tropical medicineDiscussion of new diagnostic imaging methodsEssential diagnostic tool for trainees and clinicians who see patients with tropical diseasesCompletely revised and updated throughout with emphasis on the common conditions likely to be encounteredGreatly increased coverage of HIV/Aids in the developing worldIncreased coverage of re-emerging infections such as TuberculosisMore on parasites and on genetic techniques and dataFully updated epidemiologic informationAddition of many new clinical photographsDesign refreshed and modernised and colour to be used to distinguish different types of tables and boxes