Infectious Diseases and Arthropods

2. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-61737-894-2
Verlag: Humana Press

Buch, Englisch, 251 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 415 g

Reihe: Infectious Disease

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goddard, Jerome

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Immunologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.