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Neglected Diseases: Extensive Space for Modern Drug Discovery, Volume 51 (Hardcover): Maurizio Botta Neglected Diseases: Extensive Space for Modern Drug Discovery, Volume 51 (Hardcover)
Maurizio Botta
R4,291 Discovery Miles 42 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Neglected Diseases: Extensive Space for Modern Drug Discovery provides in-depth reviews on the last progresses about neglected tropical diseases research. Topics covered in this volume include Leishmaniasis, Tripanosomiasis, Onchocerciasis and Ebolavirus infections, with insights on the future of the research on them. Part of the volume is devoted to recent contributions this field received from X-Ray crystallography.

Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Neglected Tropical Diseases (Hardcover): Ahmed Karmaoui, Abdelkrim Ben Salem,... Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Neglected Tropical Diseases (Hardcover)
Ahmed Karmaoui, Abdelkrim Ben Salem, Ashfaq Ahmed Shah
R6,218 Discovery Miles 62 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Climate change and environmental pollution remain two primary areas of concern in today's world. These detrimental influences continue to have a strong impact on various aspects of humanity, specifically public health in tropical regions. Researchers have seen neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affected by climate change and anthropogenic impacts. Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Neglected Tropical Diseases is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the association of environmental pollutants and global warming with viruses in tropical regions. While highlighting topics such as pathogenicity, travel impact, and economic impacts, this publication explores the developments and trends in these areas of medicine and ecology, as well as prevention strategies to be used for educational and sensitization purposes. This book is ideally designed for doctors, medical practitioners, ecologists, epidemiologists, environmentalists, world health organizations, researchers, biologists, policymakers, academicians, and students.

Travel Health Nursing - Scope and Standards of Practice (Paperback): American Travel Health Nurses Association, American... Travel Health Nursing - Scope and Standards of Practice (Paperback)
American Travel Health Nurses Association, American Nurses' Association
R943 Discovery Miles 9 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Travel health nursing has evolved as a distinct and increasingly complex specialty over the past three decades, and in 2020, ANA officially recognized travel health nursing as a nursing specialty for the first time. This first edition of ANA and ATHNA's Travel Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice is an important professional resource for nurses who strive to advance the well-being of all domestic and international travellers, and the communities to which they travel and return. Travel health nurses are specially educated and trained to promote the health and safety of travellers through comprehensive risk analysis, assessment, immunizations, health education, and therapeutic interventions. Nurses in this specialty provide services in three different clinical encounters: pre-travel, during travel ("in-transit"), and post-travel in a variety of settings that include college health, occupational health, public health, the military, primary care, and nurse-managed travel health clinics, among others.

Applications of Nanobiotechnology for Neglected Tropical Diseases (Paperback): Fabio Rocha Formiga, Dr. Inamuddin, Patricia... Applications of Nanobiotechnology for Neglected Tropical Diseases (Paperback)
Fabio Rocha Formiga, Dr. Inamuddin, Patricia Severino
R3,970 Discovery Miles 39 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Applications of Nanobiotechnology for Neglected Tropical Diseases describes recent advances in nanobiotechnology that can be applied to reducing the global disease burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The book explores the application of nanotechnology on the development of safe, effective, and reliable tools to prevent, diagnose, and treat NTDs. Furthermore, Applications of Nanobiotechnology for Neglected Tropical Diseases includes multidisciplinary content, combining knowledge from biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, material sciences, pharmacology, and pharmaceutics. The book is divided into three main parts, each outlining one major type of approach: (1) nano-based approaches for prevention, (2) nano-diagnostics and detection, and (3) nanotherapeutics. Each part contains chapters that delve into the different applications of the type of approach being presented in that part. A discussion of other approaches against NTD follows these three parts. This book is remarkable in its ability to encompass and thoroughly explain the latest techniques in nanobiotechnology, from basic research to patient-oriented investigation.

From the Greenwich Hulks to Old St Pancras (Hardcover): G.C. Cook From the Greenwich Hulks to Old St Pancras (Hardcover)
G.C. Cook
R4,324 Discovery Miles 43 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Cook explores the development of clinical tropical medicine from the 19th century onwards by following the pioneering doctors in this discipline, their personalities, achievements and scientific breakthroughs.

Mosquitoes, Communities, and Public Health in Texas (Paperback): Mustapha Debboun, Martin Reyna Nava, Leopoldo Rueda Mosquitoes, Communities, and Public Health in Texas (Paperback)
Mustapha Debboun, Martin Reyna Nava, Leopoldo Rueda
R2,051 Discovery Miles 20 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mosquitoes, Communities, and Public Health in Texas focuses on 87 known species of mosquitoes found throughout Texas. It includes information on the ecology, medical and public health importance, and biological diversity of each species. In addition, it provides detailed identification keys for both larval and adult stages of all mosquito genera and species known to occur in Texas, along a review of surveillance and control strategies. The expansion of invasive mosquitoes from other regions (including Mexico), together with climate change occurrences increase the likelihood for an increase in diseases, such as West Nile Virus, Yellow Fever, Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika. This unique work is the first unified reference and resource rich in mosquito information for medical entomologists, mosquito and vector control professionals, pest management professionals, biologists, environmentalists, wildlife professionals, government regulators, instructors of medical entomology and public health professionals who have disease or vector responsibilities, mosquito taxonomists, epidemiologists, entomology students, academia, pest control industry, and libraries, etc., with utility for medical, veterinary and health professionals.

Herbal Antibiotics - Beginners Guide to Using Herbal Medicine to Prevent, Treat and Heal Ilness with Natural Antibiotics and... Herbal Antibiotics - Beginners Guide to Using Herbal Medicine to Prevent, Treat and Heal Ilness with Natural Antibiotics and Antivirals (Hardcover)
Thomas Watson
R713 R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Save R86 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alkaline Herbal Medicine - Reverse Disease and Heal the Electric Body (Hardcover): Thomas Watson Alkaline Herbal Medicine - Reverse Disease and Heal the Electric Body (Hardcover)
Thomas Watson
R841 R725 Discovery Miles 7 250 Save R116 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alkaline Herbal Medicine - Reverse Disease and Heal the Electric Body (Hardcover): Thomas Watson Alkaline Herbal Medicine - Reverse Disease and Heal the Electric Body (Hardcover)
Thomas Watson
R740 R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Save R90 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Approaches to Design and Synthesis of Antiparasitic Drugs, Volume 25 (Hardcover): N. Anand, S. Sharma Approaches to Design and Synthesis of Antiparasitic Drugs, Volume 25 (Hardcover)
N. Anand, S. Sharma
R6,620 Discovery Miles 66 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a comprehensive and up to date account of the chemotherapy of parasitic diseases, both human and veterinary. The book starts with an overview of parasitic diseases. The body of the book is divided into two parts: antihelminthic drugs, and antiprotozoal drugs. Both parts start with chapters highlighting the 'biochemical targets' available for chemotherapeutic interference. Individual chapters deal with one chemical class of compounds and describe their origin, structure-activity relationship, mode of action, and methods of synthesis and their status both in clinical and veterinary practice. The book will be useful to a wide spectrum of readers: students embarking on a research career in parasitic chemotherapy, clinicians (and veterinarians) and clinical pharmacologists desiring detailed information about the drugs currently in use, and pharmaceutical technologists wanting to update their knowledge of the methods of manufacture.

Communicable Diseases of the Developing World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Anil Kumar Saxena Communicable Diseases of the Developing World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Anil Kumar Saxena
R7,654 Discovery Miles 76 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book reviews the current strategies and challenges for the treatment of bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infectious diseases in developing countries. Contributing authors present expert analysis on the transmission, epidemiology, bacteriology, pathogenesis and treatment of Neglected Tropical Bacterial Diseases such as Leprosy, Buruli ulcer, and Trachoma. Particular attention is also given to current antifungal agents, their spectrum of activity, mode of action, limitations, and current challenges in antifungal therapy. The authors explore the medicinal chemistry efforts that gave rise to currently launched drugs and new anti-HIV agents, and they also highlight the latest vaccine and drug developments in the clinical management of the Ebola Virus Disease, ignited by the 2014-2016 outbreak. This work has an interdisciplinary appeal and will engage scholars and professionals in the burden of communicable diseases.

Natural Products in Vector-Borne Disease Management (Paperback): Nagendra Singh Chauhan, Durgesh Nandini Chauhan Natural Products in Vector-Borne Disease Management (Paperback)
Nagendra Singh Chauhan, Durgesh Nandini Chauhan
R2,942 Discovery Miles 29 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Natural Products in Vector-Borne Disease Management explores the potential application of natural products in vector control and disease management. The chapters discuss the global impact of specific vector-borne diseases, gaps in management, and natural products in specific stages of development - discovery, optimization, validation, and preclinical/clinical development. Toxic effects and mechanisms of action are also discussed. This book also explores how therapeutic plant derivatives can be used to combat the vectors of infection and how natural products can be used to manage and treat vector-borne diseases like malaria, leishmaniasis, dengue, and trypanosomiasis. With the inclusion of case studies on field and clinical applications and the contributions from experts in the field, Natural Products in Vector-Borne Disease Management is an essential resource to researchers, academics, and clinicians in parasitology, virology, microbiology, biotechnology, pharmacology, and pharmacognosy working in the field of vector-borne diseases.

MCQs in Travel and Tropical Medicine - 3rd edition (Hardcover, 3rd ed.): Dom Colbert MCQs in Travel and Tropical Medicine - 3rd edition (Hardcover, 3rd ed.)
Dom Colbert
R654 R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Save R61 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This third edition is expanded, revised and largely re-written. However the aim remains the same and it is hoped that anyone involved in Travel or Tropical Medicine will find the contents interesting, stimulating and helpful.

As before it is divided into easy-to-read sections with clear answers that sometimes encapsulate whole diseases.

The four-part question format is retained in order to aid those intending to take Certificate or other exams in Travel Medicine. The correct answer to each question is that which is generally accepted as the best one. Nonetheless the reader may quibble with some answers and the author is always happy to accept sound advice and change accordingly.

Travel Medicine has a broad canvas. It cuts across the boundaries of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Tropical Medicine, Geographical Medicine, Aviation and Refugee Medicine. Because of this the few Textbooks we have Travel Medicine are large and difficult to digest.

This little book attempts to set down in concise form the essential elements of Travel Medicine in a way that is easy to read yet challenging.

These pages certainly invite the reader to share in excitement and wonder of this fascinating subject.

Vector Biology, Ecology and Control (Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Peter W. Atkinson Vector Biology, Ecology and Control (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Peter W. Atkinson
R4,042 Discovery Miles 40 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mir S. Mulla joined the faculty of the Entomology Department at the University of California, Riverside in 1956, only two years after the Riverside campus was established as an independent campus within the University of California system. Prior to his appointment, Mir received his B.S. from Cornell University and then moved to the University of California, Berkeley to pursue his graduate studies. His Ph.D. from Berkeley, awarded in 1955, completed his formal American education which was the purpose of his immigration from his native Kandahar in Afghanistan. In his over 50 years at Riverside, Mir has made an incalculable impact on vector biology both within the United States and in developing countries throughout the world. Within Southern California, Mir's basic and applied research led to the rapid and sustainable control of mosquitoes and eye gnats in the Coachella Valley and so directly enabled this region to grow to the thriving, large community it is today. In 2006 his efforts in facilitating the development of the low desert of southern California were recognized through the dedication of the Mir S. Mulla Biological Control Facility by the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District. His success has been so profound that it remains somewhat cryptic to the many who now reside in, visit, and enjoy, this region of California, oblivious to the insect problems that severely restrained development until Mir and his students ?rst applied their expertise many decades ago.

Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Hardcover): Charline Ryler Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Hardcover)
Charline Ryler
R3,107 R2,812 Discovery Miles 28 120 Save R295 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Clinical Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Drug Interactions Associated with Antimalarials (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Tony K.L.... Clinical Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Drug Interactions Associated with Antimalarials (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Tony K.L. Kiang, Kyle John Wilby, Mary H.H. Ensom
R2,020 R1,795 Discovery Miles 17 950 Save R225 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This comprehensive review provides a systematic, unbiased analysis, critique and summary of the available literature and generates novel clinical decision-making algorithms which can aid clinicians and scientists in practice management and research development. Potential mechanisms for the identified drug interactions are deduced from available preclinical and in vitro data which are interpreted in the context of the in vivo findings. Current limitations and gaps in the literature are summarized, and potential future research directions / experimentations are also suggested. In addition to the main objective to review the available clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic drug interactions associated with WHO-recommended antimalarial drugs on the market today (i.e. chloroquine, amodiaquine, sulfadoxine, pyrimethamine, mefloquine, artemisinin, artemether, artesunate, dihydroartemisinin, artemotil, lumefantrine, primaquine, atovaquone, proguanil, piperaquine and quinine), this book also provides succinct chapter summaries on the epidemiology of malaria infection, diagnosis and therapeutics, in vivo pharmacology and chemistry, preclinical pharmacology, in vitro pharmacodynamics, in vitro reaction phenotyping, and in vitro drug-drug interaction data associated with the identified antimalarial drugs.

Neglected Tropical Diseases - Latin America and the Caribbean (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Carlos Franco-Paredes, Jose Ignacio... Neglected Tropical Diseases - Latin America and the Caribbean (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Carlos Franco-Paredes, Jose Ignacio Santos-Preciado
R4,963 Discovery Miles 49 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book addresses the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) - based on their prevalence and the years of healthy life lost to disability - in Latin American and Caribbean countries. These include Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, hookworm infection, and other soil-transmitted helminth infections, followed by dengue, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, leprosy, cysticercosis, bartonellosis, Plasmodium vivax malaria, and onchocerciasis. Topics like disease burden, major manifestations and approaches to the control and elimination of NTDs in Latin America and the Caribbean are discussed in detail. As such, the book will be of general interest to basic researchers and clinicians engaged in infectious disease, tropical medicine, and parasitology, and a must-have for scientists specialized in the characteristics of this region of the world.

The Healing Remedies - Over 1000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments (Hardcover): Thomas Watson The Healing Remedies - Over 1000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments (Hardcover)
Thomas Watson
R1,489 Discovery Miles 14 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Treatment of Human Parasitosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Heinz Mehlhorn, Zhongdao Wu, Bin Ye Treatment of Human Parasitosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Heinz Mehlhorn, Zhongdao Wu, Bin Ye
R4,679 Discovery Miles 46 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book intensively examines the efficacy of plant-derived products that have been used for over a thousand years by practitioners of so-called Traditional Chinese Medicine in the light of recent chemotherapeuticals. The chapters were written by renowned Chinese medical researchers and are supplemented by results obtained in German antiparasitic research projects. Parasites and emerging diseases are a major threat of our time, which is characterized by an enormous increase in the size of the human population and by an unbelievably rapid globalization that has led to the daily transport of millions of humans and containers with goods from one end of the earth to the other. Furthermore the slow but constant global warming offers new opportunities for many agents of diseases to become established in new areas. Therefore it is essential that we develop precautions in order to avoid epidemics or even pandemics in overcrowded megacities or at the large-scale farm animal confinements that are needed to secure a steady flow of food in the crowded regions of the world. Of course intensive research in the field of chemotherapy since 1900 has produced unbelievable breakthroughs in therapies for formerly untreatable and thus deadly diseases. However, a large number of untreatable diseases remain, as well as a constantly growing number of agents of disease that have developed resistances to standard chemical compounds. As such, it is not only worthwhile but also vital to consider the enormous amounts of information that have been obtained by human "high cultures" in the past. Examples from the past (like quinine) or present (like artemisinin, a modern antimalarial drug) show that plant extracts may hold tremendous potential in the fight against parasites and/or against vector-transmitted agents of diseases.

The Healing Remedies - Over 1000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments (Hardcover): Thomas Watson The Healing Remedies - Over 1000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments (Hardcover)
Thomas Watson
R1,168 Discovery Miles 11 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Essential Malariology, 4Ed (Hardcover, 4th edition): David A. Warrell, Herbert M. Gilles Essential Malariology, 4Ed (Hardcover, 4th edition)
David A. Warrell, Herbert M. Gilles
R5,080 Discovery Miles 50 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This concise text provides an overview of the wide-ranging field of malariology. It includes readable introductory chapters on the basic sciences; practical information on the diagnosis and clinical manifestations of malaria in various patient groups (including children, pregnant women, adults); a comprehensive guide to pharmacology and treatment of malaria, and a review of the current status in malaria vaccine development.

Malaria - Molecular and Clinical Aspects (Hardcover): Mats Wahlgren, Peter Perlmann Malaria - Molecular and Clinical Aspects (Hardcover)
Mats Wahlgren, Peter Perlmann
R6,389 Discovery Miles 63 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Malaria causes more death and disease than any other parasitic pathogen known today. This multiauthored text covers the important areas of malaria research, particularly focusing on those sectors which are of clinical importance for the understanding of the disease, the parasite, and its vector.
The chapter authors are all leading experts within their own particular fields. The biology and molecular biology of the parasite, the clinical spectrum of the disease, the pathogenesis of malaria, and the immunology and emergence of malaria vaccines are some examples of the scientific spheres that are discussed.
The book is suitable as a text for graduate students and clinicians as well as researchers at universities and companies involved in treating or studying infectious diseases.

Tropical Medicine (Hardcover): Charline Ryler Tropical Medicine (Hardcover)
Charline Ryler
R2,592 R2,360 Discovery Miles 23 600 Save R232 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Neglected Tropical Diseases - Middle East and North Africa (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Mary Ann McDowell, Sima Rafati Neglected Tropical Diseases - Middle East and North Africa (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Mary Ann McDowell, Sima Rafati
R2,680 Discovery Miles 26 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is highly endemic for several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth infections. This new volume covers the most prevalent NTDs found in about 22 MENA countries emphasizing the disease burden, clinical manifestations and control approaches. Each individual chapter deals with one specific disease and is written by a group of experts on that topic.

Aspergillus and Aspergillosis (Hardcover, 1988 ed.): Hugo van den Bossche, Geert Cauwenbergh, Donald W.R. Mackenzie Aspergillus and Aspergillosis (Hardcover, 1988 ed.)
Hugo van den Bossche, Geert Cauwenbergh, Donald W.R. Mackenzie
R5,320 Discovery Miles 53 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Species of aspergilli are common in man's environment and are responsible for a wide spectrum of human and animal disease, ranging in animals from mycotic abortion to aflatoxicosis and in humans from localized colonization of the ear or skin to life-threatening systemic infection of neutropenic patients. In recent times, invasive aspergillosis has become increasingly important as a cause of morbidity and death, initially in patients receiving immunosuppression prior to organ transplantation, and latterly in haematologic patients rendered neutropenic by underlying disease or chemotherapy. In some centres, the condition has been recorded in more than 40% of patients dying with acute leukaemia. Laboratory diagnostic procedures are not always helpful and the diagnosis depends largely on clinical parameters. The clinician is faced with yet another problem, that of management. At present, antifungal therapy of invasive aspergillosis can be largely ineffectual, and the mortality rate remains unacceptably high. Since Aspergillus fumigatus was first described almost 125 years ago, several other pathogenic species have been recognized. The marked biosynthetic abilities and varied mechanisms of gene recombination of aspergilli have long commanded attention in food technology and genetics. Their equally varied abilities to cause disease have attracted the interest of toxicologists, allergists and physicians concerned with infectious diseases.

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