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Zusatztext Travellers' Health remains the bible for all who want to understand the basic physical problems of travelling. This is important, in-depth information which covers every contingency and which, along with toilet paper, is one of the true indispensables in any adventurous traveller's bag. Informationen zum Autor Dr Richard Dawood trained in medicine at University College London, has studied at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, and practised in a variety of clinical settings at teaching hospitals in the UK and overseas before establishing the Fleet Street Clinic in 1995, which is one of the UK's leading independent centres for Travel Medicine. His specialist interests include pre-travel and post-travel care of high-risk travellers, and looking after news media professionals in war zones and hostile environments. He is a medical adviser to several international TV networks and news agencies. He has been involved in Travel Medicine for more than thirty years, has personal experience of travel in more than 100 countries around the world, and writes and broadcasts frequently on Travel Health issues. Klappentext Travellers' Health offers practical advice on preventing and coping with every health problem imaginable. Authoritatively written by over 70 experts, this book is essential reading for all travellers worldwide. '...as indispensable to travel as a toothbrush' - Michael Palin Zusammenfassung Travellers' Health offers practical advice on preventing and coping with every health problem imaginable. Authoritatively written by over 70 experts, this book is essential reading for all travellers worldwide. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. INTRODUCTION: STAYING HEALTHY ABROAD 1.1: Richard Dawood: Introduction 2. FOOD AND HYGIENE RELATED DISEASE RISK 2.1: Herbert DuPont and Charles Ericsson: Diarrhoea and intestinal infections 2.2: Bertie Squire: Parasites from infected food and drink 2.3: Tom Solomon: Poliomyelitis 2.4: Arie Zuckerman and Jane Zuckerman: Viral hepatitis 2.5: Michael Eddleston: Poisons and contaminants in food 3. WATER-RELATED DISEASES 3.1: Hemda Garelick: Safe water 3.2: Paul Goodyer: Water purification devices 3.3: Robin Philipp and Pam Thorne: Recreational water and beaches 3.4: Robin Philipp: Algal blooms 4. DISEASES OF 'CONTACT' 4.1: Peter Davies and Andrea Collins: Tuberculosis 4.2: Louise Thwaites: Tetanus 4.3: Delia Bethell: Diphtheria 4.4: Bertie Squire: Schistosomiasis (bilharzia) 4.5: Andrew Pollard: Meningococcal Disease 4.6: John Macfarlane: Legionnaires' disease 4.7: Michael Brown: Worm infections from soil contact 4.8: Diana Lockwood: Leprosy 4.9: Philip Brachman: Anthrax 4.10: Sue Fisher Hoch: Viral hemorrhagic fevers 4.11: Matthew Dryden: Leptospirosis 4.12: John Oxford: Influenza A and B 5. DISEASES SPREAD BY INSECTS 5.1: David A Warrell: Malaria 5.2: Tom Solomon: Arboviruses: dengue, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever and others 5.3: Michael Brown: Filarial infections 5.4: David Wright: Lyme disease 5.5: Robert Davidson: Leishmaniasis 5.6: Richard Dawood: Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) 5.7: Chris Scofield: Chagas disease (South American trypanosomiasis) 5.8: Tom Solomon: Plague 5.9: Nick Day: Typhus: The rickettsial infections 5.10: John Paul: Myiasis (maggot infestation) 5.11: Ian Burgess: Fleas, lice, bugs, scabies, and other creatures 5.12: Ian Burgess: Personal protection against insect pests 6. ANIMAL ATTACKS; RABIES; VENOMOUS BITES AND STINGS 6.1: David A Warrell: Animal attacks; rabies; venomous bites and stings 7. AIR AND SEA TRAVEL 7.1: Anthony Batchelor: Air travel 7.2: Richard Dawood: Jet lag 7.3: Alan Benson and Rollin Stott: Motion sickness 7.4: Arthur L Diskin: Cruise Ship Medicine 8. ENVIRONMENTAL AND RECREATIONAL H...
