Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS in the Tropics / Edition 1

by Om P Arya, Charles A Hart

Overview

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) are arguably the prime health problem facing the world. AIDS has reached epidemic proportions and easily curable STI often go untreated, with serious long-term consequences. This book looks at STI in the tropics. Written by a team of experts, it gives clear, concise and up-to-date information on all aspects of sexually transmitted infections. It will be useful for anyone involved in the management and control of STI, whether they are working in rural healthcare centers or large hospitals. It will also be invaluable for students of tropical medicine, medical microbiology, and genito-urinary medicine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851992624
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Series:	CABI Series
Edition description:	First Eddition
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

both at University of Liverpool

Editorial Reviews

"Starting with the trends of the 1980s and 1990s - for example, the demographic and socioeconomic substrates of sexually transmitted diseases, their effect on the health of mothers and children and on reproduction, the contribution of classic sexually transmitted diseases to the transmission of HIV infection, new diagnostic laboratory tests, and the growing problem of antibiotic resistance among pathogens - the books offers both theory and practical guidance to doctors and nurses who care for patients with sexually transmitted diseases. The book also has a superb color atlas with 141 photographs to aid in the identification of specific syndromes and pathogens. There are up-to-date chapters on all the viral, bacterial, fungal and protozoal microorganisms and arthropods transmitted by sexual contact. Its coverage of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and complications of HIV infection is excellent." — Claire B. Panosian, MD, New England Journal of Medicine, Vol 342 No. 18, May 4, 2000

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