Common communicable and infectious diseases : a system-based approach / Dionesia Mondejar-Navales.

Dionesia (Diony0 Mondejar-Navales has been a registered nurse for more than 44 years. She acquired her BSN at Velez College of Nursing, Cebu City, Philippines.

She worked as a nurse at Medical Center Manila and was also a clinical instructor and professor at Emilio Aguinaldo College of Nursing Ermita, Manila.

She was a faculty member of the Manila Central University College of Nursing for 27 and half years (November 1989-April 2017). She obtained her Master of Arts in Education, major in Supervision and Administration at Manila Central University, Caloocan City in 1992. She received her Master of Arts in Nursing from Dr. Carlos Lanting College, Novaliches, Quezon City in May 2011. Mrs. Navales is a National Reviewer in Communicable Disease and Community Health Nursing.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Unit 1-Understanding and managing communicable and infectious diseases -- The infection process -- Common terms related to infection -- What is a disease? -- The epidemiological triad -- The chain of infection -- Emerging and re-emerging infectious disease -- Infection prevention and control measures -- Aspects of care pf patients with communicable diseases -- Isolation -- Unit 2-Common communicable and infectious diseases -- Chapter 1-Diseases affecting the central nervous system -- Encephalitis (brain fever) -- Encephalopathy -- Meningitis (cerebrospinal fever) -- Acute meningococcemia (spotted fever) -- Poliomyelitis (Infantile paralysis; Heine-Medin disease) -- Rabies (Hydrophobia; Lyssa) -- Tetanus (Lockjaw) -- Chapter 2-Disease affecting the respiratory system -- Middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS, Camel flu) -- Sever acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) -- Diphtheria (Membranous croup) -- Influenza (La Grippe, Flu) -- Avian influenza (Bird flu) -- Pertussis (Whooping cough) -- Pneumonia -- Pleural effusion -- Tuberculosis (Koch's disease, Phthisis, Consumption) -- Chapter 3-Diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract -- Amoebiasis (Amoebic dysentery) -- Bacillary dysentery (Shigellosis; Bloody flux) -- Botulism -- Cholera (El Tor) -- Helminths -- Ascariases (Roundworm infection) -- Ancylostomiasis (Hookworm infection, Miner's disease, Egyptian chlorosis) -- Taeniasis (Tapeworm infection) -- Enterobiasis (Pinworm infection, Oxyuriasis) -- Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis; Snail fever) -- Hepatitis A (Infectious hepatitis; Catharrhal jaundice) -- Hepatitis E -- Typhoid fever (Enteric fever) -- Chapter 4-Eruptive fever diseases -- Chickenpox (Varicella) -- Herpes zoster (Shingles; Acute posterior ganglionitis) -- Rubella (German measles ; Three-day measles) -- Measles (Rubeola; Morbilli) --Viral exanthem (Roseola infantum, sixth disease, Exanthem subitum) -- Chapter 5-Vector-borne diseases -- Chikungunya virus disease -- Dengue fever 9Breakbone fever, Hemorrhagic fever, Dandy fever, Infectious thrombocytopenic purpura) -- Lymphatic filariasis (Elephantiasis) -- Malaria (Ague) -- Zika virus disease -- Chapter 6-Sexually transmitted infections -- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) -- Hepatitis B (Serum hepatitis) -- Hepatitis C -- Herpes simplex -- Chancroid (Soft chancre; Soft sore; Sulcus mole) -- Chlamydial infections -- Candidiasis (Moniliasis; Candidosis) -- Gonorrhea (Clap, Flores blancas, Gleet) -- Syphilis (Lues venereal; Morbus gallicus) -- Chapter 7-Fungal infections -- Tinea flava/tinea versicolor -- Tinea barbae (Barber's itch) -- Tinea corporis (Trichophytosis/rignworm) -- Tinea pedis (Athlete's foot) -- Candidiasis -- Onychomycosis -- Chapter 8-Other communicable and infectious diseases -- Leprosy (Hansen's disease; Hansenosis) -- Leptospirosis (Weil's disease; Canicola fever; Hermorrhagic jaundice; Mud fever; Swine herd disease) -- Mumps (Infectious parotitis, Epidemic parotitis) -- Pediculosis (Phthiriasis) -- Scabies -- Red Tide -- Glossary -- Image credits --Bibliography -- The author

Common Communicable and Infectious Diseases: A System-Based Approach provides easy-to-read and easy-to-understand discussions on the etiology, pathology, clinical manifestations, treatment, and other essential facts about the aforementioned category of illnesses. Inside this volume, common contagions, as well as emerging viral infections such as SARS, MERS, and Zika virus diseases, are allocated comprehensive discussions about their infection processes, control measures, and means of prevention. Special topics including sexually transmitted diseases, vector-borne maladies, fungal infections, and eruptive fever illnesses are also given proper attention.