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245 0 0 _aPrinciples of medicine in Africa /
_cedited by David Mabey ; Geoffrey Gill ; Sir Eldryd Parry ; Martin W Weber and Christopher J.M Whitty.
250 _aFourth edition.
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _axiv, 913 pages :
_billustrations (some colour), maps ;
_c28 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
440 _aCambridge medicine.
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: Preface; Part I. Health and Disease: 1. People and their environment; 2. Food and nutrition; 3. Refugees and disasters; 4. Managing a health service; Part II. Mother and Child Health: 5. The pregnant patient; 6. Neonatal care; 7. The integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI); 8. Severe acute malnutrition in childhood; 9. Diarrhoea; 10. Pneumonia and acute lower respiratory tract infections in children; 11. Measles; 12. Pertussis; Part III. Infection: General Principles: 13. The immune response to infection; 14. Approach to the febrile patient; 15. The control and prevention of infection; Part IV. Major Common Infections: 16. Malaria; 17. HIV/AIDS; 18. Tuberculosis; 19. Pneumonia in adults; 20. Meningitis; 21. Sexually transmitted infections; Part V. Bacterial Infections: 22. Typhoid, paratyphoid and non-typhoid salmonella infections; 23. Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus; 24. Rickettsial infections; 25. Brucellosis; 26. Leptospirosis; 27. Relapsing fever; 28. Plague; 29. Anthrax; 30. Tetanus; 31. Diphtheria; 32. Leprosy; 33. Cholera; Part VI. Viral Infections: 34. Viral haemorrhagic fevers: yellow fever, Lassa fever, Rift Valley fever, Ebola/Marburg fever and Crimean-Congo fever; 35. Dengue; 36. Rabies; 37. Influenza; 38. Poliomyelitis; 39. Varicella (chicken pox), Herpes zoster and monkey pox; 40. Rubella; 41. Mumps; Part VII. Protozoal Infections: 42. Leishmaniasis; 43. Human Africa trypanosomiasis; 44. Amoebiasis; 45. Intestinal protozoa; Part VIII. Helminth Infections: 46. Intestinal helminths; 47. Schistosomiasis; 48. Lymphatic filariasis and Loa Loa; 49. Onchocerciasis; 50. Cysticercosis; 51. Hydatid disease; 52. Paragonimiasis; 53. Trichinosis; 54. Guinea worm; Part IX. Fungal Infections: 55. Fungal infections; Part X. Non-Communicable Diseases: 56. Chronic and non-communicable disease in Africa; 57. Chronic non-communicable disease in health care; 58. Diabetes mellitus; 59. Hypertension; 60. Stroke; 61. Epilepsy; 62. Mental health; 63. Asthma; 64. The disabled patient; Part XI. Diseases of Body Systems: 65. The heart; 66. The lung; 67. Blood disorders; 68. The gut; 69. The liver; 70. The kidney and body fluids; 71. Bones and joints; 72. Endocrinology; 73. The nervous system; 74. The skin; 75. The eye; Part XII. Cancer and Palliative Care: 76. Cancers and lymphomas; 77. Palliative care in Africa; Part XIII. Venoms and Poisons: 78. Venomous and other dangerous animals; 79. Poisoning; Index.
650 1 2 _aTropical Medicine
_xmethods
_zAfrica.
650 2 2 _aPublic Health Practice
_zAfrica.
700 1 _aMabey, David.,
_eeditor.
700 _aGill, Geoffrey.,
_eeditor.
700 _aParry, Sir Eldryd.,
_eeditor.
700 _aWeber, Martin W.,
_eeditor.
700 _aWhitty, Christopher J.M.,
_eeditor.
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_c27-01-20
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