Travel medicine
Subtitle: tales behind the science
By: edited by Annelies Wilder-Smith, Eli Schwartz, Marc Shaw
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Advances in tourism research; Advances in tourism research series
Publisher: Elsevier; Boston
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780080453590
Description: Every year, a billion people cross international frontiers, bringing with them an increase in health risks for travellers and host populations alike. This book examines the evolution of travel medicine, whilst questioning the development of the 'travel and health' network.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of figures and maps --; title: List of tables --; title: List of contributors --; title: Introduction  -- Annelies Wilder-Smith, -- Eli Schwartz -- and -- Marc Shaw; title: Section 1 : History of travel medicine -- -- 1.; title: History of the development of travel medicine as a new discipline  -- Gabriela Buck -- and -- Robert Steffen; title: Section 2 : Education in travel medicine -- -- 2.; title: Education in travel medicine  -- Phyllis Kozarsky -- 3. The; title: Gorgas Course : learning travel medicine while traveling  -- David O. Freedman -- 4. The; title: ten commandments for healthy tropical travel  -- Jay S. Keystone; title: Section 3 : Evolution of travel vaccines -- -- 5.; title: Routine vaccinations and travel  -- Peter A. Leggat -- 6.; title: Recommended travel vaccines : from "travel vaccine" to universal vaccination - the hepatitis A story  -- Francis E. Andre -- 7.; title: Required travel vaccinations : yellow fever - the disease and the vaccine  -- Chen Collins -- 8.; title: Remote travel vaccines : the undulating fortunes of typhoid vaccines  -- Eyal Meltzer -- and -- Eli Schwartz -- 9.; title: Dodging the bullet : preventing rabies among international travelers -- Paul M. Arguin-- and-- Nicole F. Oechslin; title: Section 4 : Malaria drugs and infections of adventure -- -- 10.; title: Barking up the right trees? : malaria drugs from Cinchona to Qing Hao  -- Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor -- 11.; title: Infections of adventure and leisure  -- Annelies Wilder-Smith; title: Section 5 : Personal tales : travel medicine practitioners share their stories -- -- 12.; title: Final log : Amazonas adventure  -- Marc Shaw -- 13.; title: Tales from the mountains  -- Ted Lankester -- 14.; title: Confessions of a "reality TV" doc  -- Marc Shaw -- 15.; title: Tomb raider's crew doctor  -- Laragh Gollogly -- 16. The; title: woman atop the crocodile : Newton's law in Africa  -- Stephen Toovey; title: Section 6 : Tales behind the research  in travel medicine -- -- 17. The; title: Borneo Eco-Challenge : GeoSentinel and rapid global sharing of disease outbreak information  -- David O. Freedman -- 18.; title: Understanding malaria prophylaxis : lessons learned on the Omo River, Ethiopia  -- Eli Schwartz -- 19.; title: Travelers' diarrhea : tales from Mexico  -- Charles D. Ericsson -- 20. The; title: history of the CIWEC clinic in Kathmandu, Nepal  -- Prativa Pandey -- and -- David R. Shlim -- 21.; title: History of Cyclospora at the CIWEC clinic, Nepal  -- David R. Shlim -- 22.; title: Meningococcal disease and the Hajj pilgrimage  -- Annelies Wilder-Smith -- 23.; title: Too high too fast : experiences at high altitude  -- Ken Zafren -- 24. The; title: pleasures and perils of traveling with young children  -- Karl Neumann -- 25.; title: Mongolian expedition  -- Marc Shaw -- 26.; title: Evacuation of travelers : personal anecdotes, pearls and conclusions -- Yoel Donchin-- and-- Steven Marc Friedman; title: Section 7 : Traveling for a cause -- -- 27.; title: Globalization, migration and health : the history of disease and disparity in the global village  -- Brian Gushulak -- 28.; title: Stories of undocumented migrants to the USA  -- Nancy Piper Jenks -- 29.; title: Between crossing boundaries and respecting norms : the story of African women labor-migrants to Israel  -- Galia Sabar -- 30.; title: Humanitarian care in Haiti and Rwanda  -- Anne E. McCarthy -- 31.; title: Muslim pilgrimage  -- Ziad A. Memish -- 32.; title: Pilgrimages of Christianity  -- Michel J. Deprez -- 33.; title: Hindu pilgrimages  -- Santanu Chatterjee -- 34.; title: Pilgrimages in the high Himalayas  -- Ken Zafren; title: Section 8 :  when diseases travel -- -- 35.; title: Cholera : a travel history of the first modern pandemic  -- Eyal Meltzer -- and -- Eli Schwarz -- 36.; title: Role of armies in spreading epidemics : vector and victim  -- Eran Dolev -- 37.; title: Spread of disease in the 20th century and lessons for the 21st century  -- Stephen M. Ostroff -- 38.; title: As travel medicine practitioner during the SARS outbreak in Singapore  -- Annelies Wilder-Smith -- 39.; title: What does the travel medicine practitioner need to know about the international health regulations?  -- Max Hardiman; title: Section 9 : Epilogue -- -- 40. A; title: look into the future : space travel  -- Larry DeLucas; title: Subject index.