73 As mentioned, the Atlas of Travel Medicine and Health is divided into three sections. Section 1 examines travel health advice on such matters as “water, food, and personal hygiene”, “accidents”, “animal bites, parasitic infection, and other hazards”, “biting insects and bugs”, “sun and heat”, casual sex and bloodborne modes of infection, and “med- ical cover/insurance”.Section 2 details the epidemiology and prevention of some major diseases such as malaria, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, typhoid, yellow fever, meningitis, schistosomiasis, dengue, polio, Japanese B encephalitis, tick- borne encephalitis, rabies and travelers’ diarrhea. In addi- tion to providing maps of 102 countries and the prevalence of malaria, Section 3 also describes some relevant health advice for these destinations, including malaria precautions (if applicable), immunization advice, other health consid- erations, and as some useful weather charts for some of the major centers in these countries. Most of the comments relate to possible noncriti- cal omissions, which might be considered for the next edition, related to Section 3. In some instances, it may have been useful to provide more of these country maps superimposed on regional maps showing the location of the country, as has been done for some countries. In addi- tion,not all destinations are obviously covered,and it may have been useful to provide selection criteria as to why these 102 countries were chosen. Certainly, some of the bigger countries, such as New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, are not profiled, and these major tourist destinations, which do have their own health and safety issues, should be covered. On the map of Australia, the island state of Tasmania, a popular tourist destination,has been left off the map.Very few of the small Pacific Island countries have been covered,but perhaps these could be covered as a group or groups.Presumably, “Malaria is not normally present” means that there is no endemic malaria present in these countries. In addition, the comment “There is no vaccine available for malaria” is inconsistently applied and could possibly be deleted, or reinforced in the earlier general sections. The authors are both nurses based in the United Kingdom, Jane Chiodini and Lorna Boyne. Jane Chiodini is Personal Advisor to the University of Glasgow Travel Medicine Diploma and Foundation Courses, Honorary Lecturer in Travel Medicine,Academic Centre for Travel BOOK REVIEW Atlas of Travel Medicine and Health Jane Chiodini and Lorna Boyne* *1st edn, (vii) + 136 pp, Paperback, USD59.95, ISBN 1-55009-189-1, Hamilton, BC Decker Inc, 2003. Reviewed by: Peter A. Leggat School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. J Travel Med 2004; 11:73–74. This first edition of the Atlas of Travel Medicine and Health has an Introduction, Acknowledgment, How to Use This Atlas—a Guide for the Healthcare Professional, How to Use the Malaria Maps, table of Contents, and three main sections. The major highlights are the 10 full- color global disease distribution maps and 102 full-color national maps,showing malarious areas where applicable. It also comes with a CD-ROM of the complete text and illustrations of the book in PDF files. The book has no foreword, preface, list of maps, references, bibliography, or index. The textbook’s attractive and concise writing style makes it easy to read and to refer to as a reference atlas. It is fairly well researched, reasonably consistent, and fairly systematic in its presentation. The visual impact has been heightened by the use of glossy, color pages. The text- book is presented as a slightly large 21.5  28.0 0.8 cm quarto or legal-sized paperback book, which would eas- ily fit into a briefcase or the office desktop reference shelf. Travel medicine is an area that needs fairly precise information on the epidemiology of diseases, including their geographic distribution. It is a constantly changing area, as the patterns of disease and injury vary with time. The focus on the Atlas of Travel Medicine and Health as a reference atlas is highly relevant,as physicians and nurses grapple with the need for a ready reference source of information on major disease and injury issues relevant to the pre- and post-travel consultation.The name of the atlas is similar to that of the Manual of Travel Medicine and Health by the same publisher, which would be a good companion volume to this present work,despite the size difference.A book review of the Manual of Travel Medicine and Health is published elsewhere. 1 The use of this atlas with another more compre- hensive reference is also supported by a recently published book review. 2 Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article/11/1/73/1802587 by guest on 14 March 2022