The new edition of this unique resource, ground on an understanding that our global world is more connected than it has ever been, provides an essential survey of infectious diseases based on both clinical presentation and geographical area of exposure. The book is split into three main sections. The first sections offers an overview of the geopolitics of infectious diseases, highlighting the channels through which disease can spread from one region or country to another, including air travel, shipping or migration. The second section provides a comprehensive overview of each region, highlighting the infectious diseases common to that part of the world. The final section includes a chapter examining new infections of concern, and a chapter discussing infectious diseases in the context of global climate change. Thoroughly updated through the latest clinical data, and featuring some of the leading scholars and clinicians in the field, this is a timely and important resource for practitioners and scholars across Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health.
| ISBN: | 9781032550633 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2024 |
| Author: | Eskild Petersen |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 592 pages |
| Series: | Routledge International Handbooks |
| Genres: |
Health & Fitness Medicine: general issues Infectious and contagious diseases |
The new edition of this unique resource, ground on an understanding that our global world is more connected than it has ever been, provides an essential survey of infectious diseases based on both clinical presentation and geographical area of exposure. The book is split into three main sections. The first sections offers an overview of the geopolitics of infectious diseases, highlighting the channels through which disease can spread from one region or country to another, including air travel, shipping or migration. The second section provides a comprehensive overview of each region, highlighting the infectious diseases common to that part of the world. The final section includes a chapter examining new infections of concern, and a chapter discussing infectious diseases in the context of global climate change. Thoroughly updated through the latest clinical data, and featuring some of the leading scholars and clinicians in the field, this is a timely and important resource for practitioners and scholars across Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health.
Routledge Handbook of Infectious Diseases features in the following genres: Health & Fitness, Medicine: general issues, Infectious and contagious diseases
Routledge Handbook of Infectious Diseases is available in Hardback
Routledge Handbook of Infectious Diseases was written by Eskild Petersen and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Routledge Handbook of Infectious Diseases has 592 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge International Handbooks series