Imaging Of Tropical Diseases

Download or read book The Imaging of Tropical Diseases written by Philip E.S. Palmer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-11-08 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, and profusely illustrated description of the common and uncommon images which will be found in a wide range of tropical diseases, correlated with the clinical and laboratory findings, and the epidemiology and pathology. Each chapter is an in-depth study with many images at all stages of the infections. Volume 1 includes amebiasis, schistosomiasis, hydatid disease, Chagas' disease, tuberculosis, the mycoses, taeniasis (tapeworms) and cystircercosis, and also AIDS as seen in the tropics. This is a unique book which will be of immense value, not only to all those in the practice of tropical medicine, but also to help recognition and understanding of the unusual illnesses which may be seen in travellers and immigrants.