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SciTech Book News

As a resource for librarians and other buyers of high-level books, SciTech Book News, published quarterly, cites about 2000 new books from several hundred publishers in each issue, offering concise reviews and annotations and thorough bibliographic information. The bibliography itself is arranged by subject, but this page and the other publisher pages present the material arranged by publisher.

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Manual of travel medicine and health, 3d ed.

Steffen, Robert et al.

978-1-55009-369-8

Steffen (travel medicine, U. of Zurich) and his colleagues keep in mind the realities of travel and the risks travelers commonly take as they give general strategies for environment-related and host-related risks. They also provide a long list of infectious health risks and their prevention and treatment, along with noninfectious health risks such as accidents and jet lag, and cover diagnosis and management of illness after return from travel or immigration. They also include advice conditions which may make travelers unfit to fly, including pregnancy. This edition includes new epidemiological, legal and medical data, including information on food hygiene, maritime medicine, and the effects of pandemic influenza. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Travelers' diarrhea, 2d ed.

Ed. by Charles D. Ericsson et al.

978-1-55009-371-1

Ericsson (head of Clinical Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical School-Houston) collects work by 65 experts in infectious disease and related fields, summarizing what is known about travelers' diarrhea, in sections on etiology and pathogenesis, epidemiology and special populations, clinical features, and prevention. Coverage includes the bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogens, bacterial resistance to antimicrobials, and diarrhea associated with nonenteric infections. Other subjects examined include diarrheal outbreaks associated with airline travel and sea cruises, genetic susceptibility to enteric infections, post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome, and probiotics in travelers' diarrhea. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Travelers' malaria, 2d ed.

Schlagenhauf-Lawlor, Patricia.

978-1-55009-336-0

Focusing on the needs and risks of tourists, migrants, refugees, occupational travelers, and relief workers, this work presents the latest approaches to monitoring, preventing, diagnosing, and controlling malaria. Contributors include experts from various academic, government, and international agencies. This second edition contains new material on hydroxychloroquine, counterfeit antimalarial drugs, the changing geography of malaria and global warming, malaria risks in southern African countries, the prevention and treatment of P. vivax malaria, malaria deaths in travelers, and the challenge of drug resistance. The author is affiliated with the University of Zürich Center for Travel Medicine, Switzerland. The book will be of interest to health professionals, scientists, and others involved in travel medicine. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)