Infectious Diseases of Madagascar 2010 edition

By: Dr Stephen Berger and Gideon Informatics

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Synopsis: Infectious Diseases of Madagascar is one in a series of GIDEON ebooks which summarize the status of individual infectious diseases, in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON web application (www.gideononline.com) which relies on standard text books, peer-review journals, Health Ministry reports and ProMED, supplemented by an ongoing search of the medical literature. Chapters are arranged alphabetically, by disease name. Each section is divided into four sections: 1. Descriptive epidemiology2. Summary of clinical features3. Status of the disease in Madagascar4. References There are 347 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 213 of these are endemic, or potentially endemic, to Madagascar. A number of other diseases are not relevant to Madagascar and have not been included in this book. In addition to endemic diseases, all published data regarding imported diseases and infection among expatriates from Madagascar are included.