This book represents a collection of carefully selected articles published in the British Medical Journal in the last five years that systematically encompasses a variety of topics relevant to patient management in Infectious diseases and public health. Topics covered in this volume include: communicating risk, the diagnosis and management of dengue, diagnosis and management of cellulites, HIV testing and management of newly diagnosed HIV, ebola virus disease, multidrug resistant tuberculosis. Also included are articles regarding actinomycosis, cryptosporidiosis, the prevention and management of rabies and the diagnosis and management of schistosomiasis. .