Tropical Infecious Diseases 2 vols

The second edition of Tropical Infections Diseases: Principles, Pathogens & Practice (TIDPPP) achieves an unprecedented level of detail and depth in reviewing the scientific background to the current understanding of tropical infections, their pathogenesis, pathophysiology, treatment and prevention. TIDPPP is a scientific companion to tropical infectious diseases that sets new standards of completeness and scientific integrity. Hailed in JAMA as a superb scientific reference that "should become a classic" the second edition continues to present cutting-edge clinical management and inescapably comprehensible life cycle diagrams. The lucid text is easily navigable for access to clinically relevant information by strict adherence to a common sequence of presentation throughout the text.TIDPPP is of enormous use and benefit to the specialist and non-specialist alike.Standardized life cycle diagramsEasily navigable chapters for quick access to clinically relevant information Chapters written by the expert in the fieldWell referenced for further readingNew full-colour designFeatures new chapters on Tropical Infectious Diseases Spreading Beyond Their Endemic Niches Delusional Parasitosis Obstetric Infections in the Tropics and Barriers to Health. Offers a bonus CD-ROM that contains the full text of the New Edition plus an image bank. Provides a thorough overview of the latest developments in immunology, pathogenesis, genetics of virulence, and new molecular approaches to diagnosis and control.Integrates the expertise of many new contributing authors. Includes many new life-cycle diagrams ... expanded clinical information on malaria