Ebook: Atlas of human infectious diseases

The Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases provides a much needed practical and visual overview of the current distribution and determinants of major infectious diseases of humans. The comprehensive full-color maps show at a glance the areas with reported infections and outbreaks, and are accompanied by a concise summary of key information on the infectious agent and its clinical and epidemiological characteristics. Since infectious diseases are dynamic, the maps are presented in the context of a changing world, and how these changes are influencing the geographical distribution on human in.;Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases; Contents; Editors; Contributors and Reviewers; Foreword; Preface; User's Guide; Abbreviations; The World; Section 1: Infectious Disease Drivers; 1 Emerging Infectious Diseases; 2 Population; 3 Urbanization; 4 Global Connectivity; 5 Human Development; 6 Global Peace Index; 7 Life Expectancy and Child Mortality; 8 Water and Sanitation; 9 Undernutrition; 10 Climate; 11 Forest Cover Change; 12 Natural Disasters; 13 Antibiotic Use; 14 Inherited Blood Disorders and Duffy Antigen; 15 Immunization Coverage -- DTP3; 16 Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus