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Informationen zum Autor Annelies Wilder-Smith, Eli Schwartz, Marc Shaw Klappentext A volume in the )Advances In Tourism Research Series(. Zusammenfassung Describes the evolution of travel medicine, vaccines, malaria prophylaxis and infections of adventure and leisure. This book provides insights into many of the behind-the-scenes in travel medicine, personal stories of failures and successes of travel medicine practitioners, the real life tales that unravel the science behind travel medicine. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; The Development of Travel Medicine as a new discipline; History of the International Society of Travel Medicine; Education in Travel Medicine Education in Travel Medicine; The Gorgas course: Learning travel medicine while travelling; The Ten Commandments for Healthy Tropical Travel History of the Evolution of Travel Vaccines Routine National Vaccines; Recommended Travel Vaccines: From "Travel Vaccines" to universal vaccination: the hepatitis A story; Required Travellers Vaccinations: Yellow Fever - The Disease and the Vaccine; Remote Travel Vaccines: The undulating fortunes of typhoid vaccines; ‘Rarer’ Travellers Vaccines: Rabies vaccines; Malarial drugs down through the ages: from Cinchona to Qinghaosu Infections of Adventure and Leisure (A. Wilder-Smith); Personal Tales Tragedy on a cruise ship; Confessions of A ‘Reality TV’ Doc; Tales from the mountains; Tomb Raider's Crew Doctor; The Woman Atop the Crocodile: Newton’s Law in Africa; A Travel medicine practitioner during SARS outbreak in Singapore; Tales behind the research in travel medicine The Borneo Eco-Challenge: GeoSentinel & Rapid Global Sharing of Disease Outbreak Information; Understanding Malaria Prophylaxis: Lessons learnt on the Omo River, Ethiopia; Travellers’ diarrhoea: Tales from Mexico; The story of the Himalaya clinic, Nepal; Studying cyclospora in Nepal; Meningococcal disease and the Hajj pilgrimage; Too high too fast: experiences at high altitude; The Pleasures and Perils of Traveling with Young Children (K. Neumann); Mongolian Expedition; Evacuation of travelers: Personal Anecdotes, Pearls and Conclusions; Travelling for a Cause Globalization, Migration and Health: Disease and Disparity in the Global Village; Stories of undocumented migrants to the US; Between crossing boundaries and respecting norms: The story of Women Labor-Migrants in Israel; Humanitarian Care in Haiti and Rwanda; Muslim Pilgrimage; The pilgrimages of Christianity; Hindu pilgrims; Buddhist Pilgrims; When diseases travel Cholera – a travel history of the first modern pandemic; The role of armies in spreading epidemics: vector and victim; The Spread of Disease in the 20th Century & Lessons for the 21st Century; International health regulations made easy for travel medicine practitioners; The Future- Aerospace visit. ...
