Arthropod Borne Diseases
Arthropod borne diseases cause enormous morbidity and mortality in most countries, mostly in those situated in tropical areas, but also in temperate regions. This book provides organized information on all arthropod related diseases, to prevent suffering and deaths, for medical students and professi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2017, 2017
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. General comments and importance of arthropod-related diseases
- 2. Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases
- 3. Blood sucking insects and history
- 4. Blood sucking, vector-parasite relationship and transmission of diseases
- 5. Generalities on arboviruses
- 6. Yellow fever
- 7. Dengue
- 8. Other flaviviruses
- 9. Togaviridae
- 10. Bunyaviruses
- 11. Plague and tularemia
- 12. Rickettsial infections, Bartonella infections and coxiellosis
- 13. Borreliosis: Lyme disease and relapsing fever
- 14. Ehrlichiosis
- 15. Anaplasmosis
- 16. Leishmaniasis
- 17. American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)
- 18. Sleeping sickness, nagana
- 19. Other trypanosomiasis
- 20. Malaria
- 21. Babesiosis
- 22. Theileriosis
- 23. Hepatozoonosis
- 24. Lymphatic filariasis
- 25. Onchocerciasis
- 26. Mansonelliasis
- 27. Dirofilariasis
- 28. Loiasis
- 29. Thelaziosis (canine eye-worm)
- 30. Habronemosis
- 31. Flies
- 32. Sucking and biting lice
- 33. Fleas
- 34. Diseases caused by Acari (ticks and mites)
- 35. Other irritating Arthropods (beetles, bugs, centipedes etc.)
- 36. Allergy to bites of hematophagous arthropods
- 37. Geoprocessing and expected distribution of diseases (including deforestation, global warming and other changes)
- 38. Wolbachia: influence on pathogeny, treatment and control of arthropod borne diseases