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Infectious Diseases of Peruis one in a series of GIDEONwww.gideononline.com (Lien -> http://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 epidemiology
2.
Summary of clinical features
3. Status of the disease in Peru
4. References
There are 347 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 226 of these are endemic, or potentially endemic, to Peru. A number of other diseases are not relevant to Peru and have not been included in this book.
In addition to endemic diseases, all published data regarding imported diseases and infection among expatriates from Peru are included.