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The first edition was criticized by a review in ''[[Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology]]'' for lacking illustrations, references, and coverage of most viral and bacterial diseases, though noted that its "strength of the book [was] found in the author's first-hand knowledge and presentations of protozoan and parasitic illnesses".<ref name=":0" />

A 1995 ''[[British Journal of Dermatology]]'' praised the fourth edition for its concision and general overview of various diseases. The reviewer was appreciative of the illustrations, which they described as superior to "out of focus" and "clinical" photographs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hav |first=R. J. |date=December 1995 |title=Book Reviews |url=https://academic.oup.com/bjd/article/133/6/1018/6682366 |journal=[[British Journal of Dermatology]] |language=en |volume=133 |issue=6 |pages=1018 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2133.1995.tb06954.x |issn=0007-0963}}</ref> The ''[[Transactions of Thethe Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene]]'' described Bell's editing style in the first four editions and "clear and didactic", though found the further reading sections dated, and described the book overall as lacking comprehension.<ref name=":1" /> In the journal's review of the fifth edition, [[Chris Whitty]] noted the book's editorial change, and said that, though he found that "some of the consistency between chapters [had been] lost", he still found the book "clear, and well written". In particular, he praised the coverage of leprosy and malaria, and the book's expanded discussion of HIV, though noted the book's omission of certain presentations of diseases in various regions, such as the presentation of fungal skin infections alongside HIV in Southeast Asia.<ref name=":2" />

In the ''Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease''<nowiki/>'s review of the sixth edition, reviewer [[Peter Leggat]] felt that the text was lacking due to its minimal usage of photographs, and said that, by this edition, the " lecture notes style... has gradually come of age". He noted the absence of information on emerging infectious diseases, whose presence he acknowledged might have "quickly date[d] chapters", but which overall he felt was important to discuss.<ref name=":3" />