Tropical Diseases, an Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics: Volume 26-2

ISBN-13: 9781455738809 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 574 str.

Alimuddin Zumla; Jennifer Keiser

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Tropical diseases pose an increasing problem for US and international travellers who travel to tropical regions.? Physicians need to be aware of the wide spectrum of tropical, infectious, and parasitic diseases that patients may be exposed to.? This issue of Infectious Disease Clinics includes articles written by global experts and includes topics such as range/classification of tropical diseases, venomous bites and stings, malaria, and bacterial gastrointestinal infections.

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Dr. Keiser holds a diploma in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. degree in Medical Parasitology from the University of Basel. She completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.A. in 2003.
Her research interests include in vitro and in vivo evaluation of compounds for activity against food-borne trematodiasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis, preclinical studies of pharmacokinetics and metabolism, drug resistance, mechanism of action studies and proof-of concept clinical trials. Dr. Keiser has published more than 70 articles in peer-reviewed literature.