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This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the critical field of tropical nephrology, bridging the disciplines of nephrology, infectious diseases, and tropical medicine. With a focus on the interconnectedness of these fields, it highlights how numerous infectious and parasitic diseases endemic to tropical regions impact kidney health. Recognized as neglected tropical diseases by the World Health Organization, these conditions are often linked to poverty and lack of effective prevention and treatment policies.
The tropics, home to nearly 40% of the global population, are projected to encompass 55% by 2050. Many countries in these regions face significant healthcare challenges, making this book an invaluable resource for healthcare professionals and researchers dealing with tropical diseases and their complications, such as kidney injury.
This updated edition compiles 35 chapters detailing prevalent tropical diseases affecting the kidneys, offering the latest epidemiological data, clinical manifestations, and treatment options. New chapters address contemporary issues like climate change, chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, and the impact of environment on kidney health (evidenced in chapters about Haff disease and herbal nephropathy). Essential for clinicians, nephrologists and infectious disease specialists, this book is particularly relevant for those working in tropical areas or treating travelers and immigrants.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Tropical Diseases: A Public Health Problem with Impact on Nephrology.- Chapter 2. Climate Change and the Risk of Illness.- Chapter 3. Chronic Kidney Disease of Undetermined Origin: Possible Associations with Tropical Diseases and Climate Change.- Chapter 4. Assessment of Renal Function in Tropical Diseases.- Chapter 5.Snake Poisoning and Kidney Complications.- Chapter 6. Bleeding Accidents due to Lonomia obliqua.- Chapter 7. Nephropathy from Scorpion Stings.- Chapter 8. Spider Bite Nephropathy.- Chapter 9. Ant Bite Nephropathy.- Chapter 10. Nephropathy due to Marine Toxins.- Chapter 11. Haff's Disease.- Chapter 12. Nephropathy due to Exogenous Poisoning.- Chapter 13. Nephropathies Associated with the Use of Herbs.- Chapter 14. Renal Involvement in Arboviruses Chikungunya, Dengue and Zika.- Chapter 15. Acute Kidney Injury in Yellow Fever.- Chapter 16. Influenza Virus Nephropathy (H1N1) .- Chapter 17. COVID-19, Pandemic and the Risk of Kidney Disease.- Chapter 18. Hantaviruses and Renal Syndrome.- Chapter 19. Viral Hepatitis and Kidney Disease.- Chapter 20. HIV-Associated Kidney Disease.- Chapter 21. Renal Involvement in Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) .- Chapter 22. Tropical Diseases in Kidney Transplantation.- Chapter 23. Kidney Disease Associated with Schistosomiasis Mansoni.- Chapter 24. Lymphatic Filariasis Nephropathy.- Chapter 25. Post-Streptococcal and Epidemic Glomerulonephritis.- Chapter 26. Staphylococcal Infections and Kidney Disease.- Chapter 27. Leprosy Nephropathy.- Chapter 28. Renal Involvement in American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.- Chapter 29. Visceral Leishmaniasis Nephropathy (Kala Azar) .- Chapter 30. Leptospirosis and Weil Syndrome.- Chapter 31. Malaria and Kidney Complications.- Chapter 32. Acute Kidney Injury in Tetanus.- Chapter 33. Renal Tuberculosis.- Chapter 34. Syphilis and Kidney Disease.- Chapter 35. The Kidney in Sickle Cell Disease.- Chapter 36. Armed Conflicts, Immigrant Health and Tropical Diseases.
About the author
Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior is a physician and nephrologist. After studying at the School of Medicine of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) he completed residencies in clinical medicine at César Cals General Hospital and in nephrology at the Walter Cantídio University Hospital at UFC, Fortaleza, Brazil. He also holds a specialist degree from the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN) / Brazilian Medical Association (AMB), and a master’s and PhD in Medical Sciences from the UFC. He also completed a post doctorate in Public Health (Epidemiology) from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and an MBA in Innovation and Health Services Management from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). He is a Full Professor of Medicine and Postgraduate Programs in Medical Sciences and Public Health at the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), specialist physician at Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará (IFCE), and a member of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN), Latin American Society of Nephrology and Hypertension (SLANH) and Fellow of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). Further, he is a Productivity Scholar of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), PQ-1D.
Elizabeth De Francesco Daher is a physician and nephrologist. She holds a master’s and PhD in Medicine (Nephrology) from the University of São Paulo (USP) and is a Full Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine and the Graduate Program in Medical Sciences of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). She is also ex-Dean of Extension of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC); Preceptor of the Internship and of the Medical Residency of the General Hospital of Fortaleza; and Voluntary Assistant Professor at the University of Miami, USA. Further she is a member of the Teaching and Titling Department of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology. Productivity Scholar of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), PQ-1B.
Elvino Barros is a physician and nephrologist at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil. He holds a master’s in Medicine (Nephrology) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); Doctor of Medicine (Nephrology) from the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and is a Full Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine at the School of Medicine of the UFRGS.
