Full Description
Written by specialists in the field of travel medicine, "Atlas of Travel Medicine and Health" delivers sound travel health advice in a very visual and comprehensible format. The atlas is divided into three sections. Section One provides general advice on such topics as water, food, and personal hygiene, accidents, animal, and insect bites, parasitic infection, sun and heat, casual sex, blood-borne modes of infection, and medical coverage and insurance. Section Two is disease-specific and conveys need-to-know information on malaria, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, typhoid, yellow fever, meningitis, schistosomiasis (Bilharzia infection), dengue, polio, Japanese B encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, rabies, and traveler's diarrhea. Section Three presents country-specific immunization advice, malaria advice and precautions, and a selection of other health considerations. Also included are a map and a weather chart for each country.
Contents
SECTION 1 Water, Food, and Personal HygieneAnimal Bites, Parasitic Infection, and Other Hazards: General Advice Biting Insects and Bugs: General Advice Sun and Heat: General Advice General Advice on Casual Sex and Blood-Borne Modes of Infection Medical Coverage/Insurance SECTION 2 Malaria Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Typhoid Yellow Fever Meningitis Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia infection) Dengue Polio Japanese B Encephalitis Tick-Borne Encephalitis Rabies Travelers' Diarrhea SECTION 3 Country-specific immunization advice, malaria advice and precautions, and other health topics (includes a map and weather chart for each country)
