Includes bibliograhical references and index.

Introduction to infectious diseases of immigrants, refugees, and travelers --
Classification of infectious diseases --
Diagnosis and approaches to patients --
Actinomycosis --
Amebiasis --
Anisakidosis --
Anthrax --
Arbovirus encephalities --
Ascariasis --
Babesiosis --
Bartonellosis --
Blastomycosis --
Botulism --
Brucellosis --
Buruli ulcer --
Capillariasis --
Chagas' disease --
Chikungunya fever --
Cholera --
Chromoblastomycosis --
Coccidioidomycosis --
Cryptococcosis --
Cryptosporidiosis --
Cutaneous larva migrans --
Dengue --
Diphtheria --
Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fevers --
Echinococcosis --
Enterobiasis --
Filariasis: dracunculiasis --
Filariasis: loiasis --
Filariasis: lymphatic --
Filariasis: onchocerciasis --
Giardiasis --
Gnathostomiasis --
Granuloma inguinale --
Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome --
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome --
Hemorrhagic fevers, viral --
Hepatitis A --
Hepatitis B --
Hepatitis, non-A and non-B --
Histoplasmosis --
Hookworm --
Hymenolepiasis --
Lassa fever --
Leishmaniasis --
Leprosy --
Leptospirosis --
Lice, head --
Lyme disease --
Malaria --
Measles --
Melioidosis --
Meningitis, bacterial --
Mycetoma --
Myiasis --
Paracoccidioidomycosis --
Parastrongyliasis, abdominal --
Parastrongyliasis, meningitis --
Pemphigus, endemic foliaceus --
Pertussia --
Pinta --
Plague --
Poliomyelitis --
Psittacosis --
Q fever --
Relapsing fever --
Scabies --
Schistosomiasis --
Severe acute respiratory syndrome --
Smallpox --
Sporotrichosis --
Staphylococcal skin infection --
Strongylodiasis --
Syphilis --
Tapeworm --
Tetanus --
Tinea --
Toxocariasis --
Toxoplasmosis --
Trachoma --
Trematodes, hepatic --
Trematodes, intestinal --
Trematodes, pulmonary --
Trench fever --
Trichinellosis --
Trichuriasis --
Trypanosomiasis, African --
Tuberculosis --
Tularemia --
Tungiasis --
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers --
Typhusv
Yaws --
Yellow fever.

This practical reference provides a single, concise source of current information on the diseases and conditions common among immigrants, refugees, travelers, and persons in contact with these populations in the developed world. An easy-to-use format makes this reference ideal for primary care and other providers in a variety of clinical settings. It also features content on agents that may be used as biological warfare.