Tropical Neurology
Автор: К. Misra. J. Kalita. R. A. Shakir
Год: 2003
Страницы: 548
Язык: Английский
Издательство: Landes Bioscience
Описание:
Tropical neurology refers to those diseases of the nervous system which prevail between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Warm and humid tropical climates are ideal for growth and multiplication. The diversity and density of flora and fauna, including the human population, is not surprising in this region. Initially the tropical diseases included mainly the infectious and parasitic diseases. Today the world population is close to 5.6 billion and by 2050, is likely to exceed 10 billion; much of this growth is likely to occur in the tropical region. To this are added the problems of environmental changes and global warming. The common neurological diseases like stroke and epilepsy also have markedly distinct etiological, clinical and prognostic features in tropical countries.
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Preface xi
Tuberculous Meningitis. U. К Misra and J. Kalita. 1
Spinal Tuberculosis. Satyajit B. Naique and V. J. Laheri. 28
Pyogenic Infections of the Central Nervous System. Kameshwar Prasad, Sumit Singh, Shailesh Gaekwad and Chitra Sarkar. 50
Brucellosis. R. A. Shakir. 75
Tetanus. S. Prabhakar and P. Syal. 85
Leprosy. К V Desikan. 96
Acute Viral. Encephalitis J. Kalita and U. K. Misra. 115
Poliomyelitis. P. M. Jeena. 139
Human Rabies: Pathogenesis, Clinical Aspects and Current Recommendations for Prophylaxis. Terapong Tantawichien and Visith Sitprija. 154
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis. U. К Misra and J. Kalita. 175
HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy. Masanori Nakagawa and Mitsuhiro Osame. 185
Neurological Manifestations of HIV. Shri Kant Mishra, J. Kalita and Indu Subramanian. 200
Parainfectious Demyelinating Diseases of the Nervous System. J. Kalita and U. K. Misra. 217
Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System. David Saffer and Raymond A. Smego, Jr. 238
Neurocysticercosis. Oscar H. Del Brutto. 255
Cerebral Malaria. J. E. Touze, L. Fourcade, P. Heno, P. Riviere and P. Paule. 284
Neuroschistosomiasis. Jose Eymard Homem Pittella. 300
Human African Trypanosomiasis, Sleeping Sickness. Bernard Bouteille and Michel Dumas. 325
Environmental Neurotoxins in the Tropics. U. К Misra and J. Kalita. 344
Insecticides and Industrial Poisons. Nimal Senanayake. 370
Poisoning and Envenoming by Animal Neurotoxins in the Tropics. Sergio de A. Nishioka, Paulo Vitor P. Silveira and A. Cherian. 391
Heat Stroke. Basim A. Yaqub and Saleh M. Al Deeb. 406
Epilepsy in the Tropics. J. M. K. Murthy. 422
Stroke in the Tropics. D. Nagaraja and M. Veerendrakumar. 434
Mental Retardation. Veena Kalra and К S. Rana. 456
Nutritional Deficiency Disorders of the Nervous System. N. H. Wadia, U. К Misra and J. Kalita. 470
Neuroepidemiology in the Tropics. К Radhakrishnan and P. N. Sylaja. 491
Craniovertebral Anomalies. R. Shukla. 512
Index. 533
