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Main description:
In this second edition of Infectious Diseases and Arthropods, Jerome Goddard summarizes the latest thinking about the biological, entomological, and clinical aspects of the major vector-borne diseases around the world. His book covers mosquito-, tick-, and flea-borne diseases, and a variety of other miscellaneous vector-borne diseases, including Chagas' disease, African sleeping sickness, onchocerciasis, scrub typhus, and louse-borne infections. The author provides for each disease a description of the vector involved, notes on its biology and ecology, distribution maps, and general clinical guidelines for treatment and control. Among the diseases fully discussed are malaria, dengue and yellow fevers, lymphatic filariasis, spotted fevers, ehrlichiosis, lyme disease, tularemia, and plague. Other arthropod-caused or related problems-such as myiasis, imaginary insect or mite infestations, and arthropod stings and bites-are also treated.
At a time when vector-borne diseases are spreading ever more widely, Infectious Diseases and Arthropods provides physicians, infectious disease specialists, medical entomologists, and public health officials with an up-to-date, readily accessible, gold-standard reference source.
Contents:
Arthropods and Human Health.- Arthropods and Health.- Dynamics of Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- Major Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- Mosquito-Borne Diseases.- Tick-Borne Diseases.- Flea-Borne Diseases.- Sand Fly-Transmitted Diseases.- Miscellaneous Vector-Borne Diseases.- Bed Bugs: Do They Transmit Diseases?.- Why Mosquitoes and Other Arthropods Cannot Transmit HIV.- Other Arthropod-Caused or -Related Problems.- Brown Recluse Bites: Facts and Fables.- Fire Ant Attacks on Humans.- Medical Conditions Caused by Arthropod Stings or Bites.- Myiasis.- Imaginary Insect or Mite Infestations.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: October, 2008
Pages: 267
Weight: 1220g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology
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