Travellers' Health

1 Staying healthy abroad |n 1 |c Introduction: staying healthy abroad |a Dr Richard Dawood; |n 2 |c The size of the problem |a Dr Daniel Reid and Dr Jonathan H. Cossar; 2 Diseases spread mainly by food, drink, and poor hygiene |n 3 |c Diarrhoea and intestinal infections |a Dr Michael Barer and Dr Ron Behrens; |n 4 |c Cholera |a Dr Ron Behrens; |n 5 |c Intestinal Parasites |a Dr David R. W. Haddock and Dr George B. Wyatt; |n 6 |c Poliomyelitis |a Dr George B. Wyatt |n 7 |c Viral hepatitis |a Professor Arie J. Zuckerman |n 8 |c Poisons and contaminants in food |a Dr H. Elizabeth Driver; |n 9 |c The guinea worm |a Dr David R. W. Haddock and Dr George B. Wyatt; 3 Water |n 10 |c Safe Water |a Dr Hemda Garelick; |n 11 |c Water purification units |a Andreas King |n 12 |c Algal blooms |a Dr Robon Philipp; 4 Diseases of 'contact' |n 13 |c Tuberculosis |a Professor Denis A. Mitchison and Dr Christopher Ellis; |n 14 |c Tetanus |a Dr David R. W. Haddock and Dr George B. Wyatt; |n 15 |c Schistosomiasis (bilharzia) |a Dr P. E. Clinton Manson-Bahr; |n 16 |c Diphtheria |a Dr P. E. Clinton Mason-Bahr; |n 17 |c Meningitis |a Dr Christopher J. Ellis; |n 18 |c Legionnaries' disease |a Dr Christopher L. R. Bartlett; |n 19 |c Creeping eruption (larva migrans and larve currens) |a Dr P. E. Clinton Mason-Bahr; |n 20 |c Leprosy |a Dr Stanley G. Browne; |n 21 |c Anthrax |a Dr Arnold F. Kauffmann; |n 22 |c The dangerous viruses: Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola |a Dr Philip D. Welsby; 5 Diseases spread by insects |n 23 |c Malaria |a Dr Anthony P. Hall; |n 24 |c Yellow fever, dengue, and other arboviruses |a Dr Philip D. Welsby; |n 25 |c Filariasis |a Dr David R. W. Haddock and George B. Wyatt; |n 26 |c Lyme Disease |a Dr George P. Scmid; |n 27 |c Leishmaniasis |a Dr P. E. Clinton Manson-Bahr; |n 28 |c Sleeping sickness |a Dr George B. Wyatt; |n 29 |c Chagas' disease |a Dr P. E. Clinton Manson-Bahr; |n 30 |c Plague |a Dr Thomas J. Quan; |n 31 |c Typhus fevers |a Dr George B. Wyatt; |n 32 |c Maggot infestation (myiasis) |a Dr P. E. Clinton Mason-Bahr; |n 33 |c Fleas, lice, bugs, scabies, and other creatures |a Rod Robinson; |n 34 |c Personal protection against insect pests |a Dr Christopher Curtis; 6 Animal bites; rabies; venomous bites and stings |a Professor David A. Warrell 7 Air and sea travel |n 35 |c Air travel |a Wing Commander Richard Harding; |n 36 |c Jet lag |a Air Commodore Anthony Nicholson and Peta Pasco; |n 37 |c Motion Sickness |a Dr Alan Benson; |n 38 |c Health at sea |a Dr Peter O. Oliver; 8 Environmental and recreational hazards |n 39 |c Accidents |a Dr Richard Fairhurst; |n 40 |c Personal security and safety |a Dr Peter Janke; |n 41 |c High altitude |a Dr John Dickinson; |n 42 |c Effects of climatic extremes |a Dr James M. Adam; |n 43 |c Sun and the traveller |a Dr John L. M. Hawk; |n 44 |c Water and watersports |a Surgeon Commander Simon S. Ridout; |n 45 |c Skiing |a Mr Basil Helal; |n 46 |c Psychotropic Drugs |a Dr Martin Mitcheson and Roger Lewis; 9 Some common troubles |n 47 |c Skin problems in travellers |a Dr John H. S. Pettit; |n 48 |c Dental problems and the traveller |a Professor Gordon Seward and Andrew Dawood; |n 49 |c Eye problems in travellers |a Mr Peter Fison and Timothy ffytche; |n 50 |c Gynaecological Problems |a Dr John Naponick and Ellen Poage; |n 51 |c Fever |a Dr Anthony P. Hall; 10 Sex and contraception abroad |n 52 |c Sexually transmitted disease |a Dr John Naponick; |n 53 |c Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and its cause: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) |a Dr D. Peter Drotman; |n 54 |c Contraception and travel |a Dr Elphis Christopher; 11 Travellers with special needs |n 55 |c Travel in pregnancy |a Professor Herbert A. Brant; |n 56 |c Children Abroad |a Dr Tony Waterston; |n 57 |c The diabetic traveller |a Dr Peter Watkins; |n 58 |c The handicapped traveller |a Louise Weiss; 11 Becoming an expatriate |a Dr David Snashall; 12 Preparations for travel |n 59 |c Health insurance for international travel |a Dr Richard Fairhurst; |n 60 |c Immunization |a Dr Gil Lea |n 61 |c Medicines and medical supplies for travel; injections and blood transfusions abroad |a Dr Richard Dawood and Larry Goodyer; |n 62 |c Fitness for working abroad |a Dr Anthony P. Hall; 13 A special achievement |n 63 |c Smallpox |a Andrew N. Agle; Appendixes; Further reading; Glossary; Index.