Infectious Diseases and Arthropods
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-60327-399-2 (ISBN)
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.
I Arthropods and Human Health.- Arthropods and Health.- Classification of Arthropods.- Medical Importance of Arthropods.- Dynamics of Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- Mechanical vs Biological Transmission of Pathogens.- Vector Competence.- II Major Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- Mosquito-Borne Diseases.- Basic Mosquito Biology.- Malaria.- Mosquito-Transmitted Encephalitis Viruses.- Dengue Fever.- Yellow Fever (YF).- Lymphatic Filariasis.- Other Human-Infesting Filarial Worms.- Tick-Borne Diseases.- Basic Tick Biology.- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF).- Other Spotted Fever Rickettsioses.- Ehrlichiosis.- Lyme Disease.- Tularemia.- Human Babesiosis.- Viruses Transmitted by Ticks.- Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF).- Tick Paralysis.- Flea-Borne Diseases.- Basic Flea Biology.- Plague.- Murine Typhus.- Cat-Scratch Disease (CSD).- Sand Fly-Transmitted Diseases.- Basic Sand Fly Biology.- Leishmaniasis.- Other Sand Fly-Transmitted Diseases.- Miscellaneous Vector-Borne Diseases.- Chagas’ Disease.- African Sleeping Sickness.- Onchocerciasis.- Scrub Typhus (ST).- Louse-Borne Infections.- Bed Bugs – Do They Transmit Disease Agents?- Introduction and Bed Bug Biology.- Bed Bugs and Disease Transmission.- Why Mosquitoes and Other Arthropods Cannot Transmit HIV.- Brown Recluse Bites: Facts and Fables.- Introduction and Biology.- Facts and Fables about Brown Recluse Bites.- Treatment of Bites.- Fire Ant Attacks on Humans.- The Problem.- Effects of the Venom.- Infectious Complications.- Protecting Patients in Health Care Facilities from Ant Attacks.- Medical Conditions Caused by Arthropod Stings or Bites.- Introduction and Medical Significance.- Pathogenesis.- Clues to Recognizing Insect Bites or Stings.- Summary and Conclusions.- Myiasis.- Introduction and Medical Significance.-Contributing Factors.- Myiasis in Clinical Practice.- Prevention, Treatment, and Control.- Imaginary Insect or Mite Infestations.- Introduction and Medical Significance.- Clinical Aspects and ContributingFactors.- Differential Diagnosis.- Treatment Strategies.- Appendix A: Signs and Symptoms of Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- Appendix B: Diagnostic Tests Used in Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- Agglutination.- Complement Fixation.- Direct Fluorescent Antibody.- Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA).- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA).- Hemagglutination Inhibition (HI).- Indirect Fluorescent Antibody (IFA).- Leishmanin (Montenegro Test).- Mazzotti.- Neutralization.- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).- Index.
From the reviews of the second edition:
“In this book Jerome Goddard, a medical entomologist, gives a brief summary of many … conditions and the vectors that transmit them. … I think this is a useful book … and I shall use it as a quick reference source when I need to refresh my memory on many of the conditions described. It is also readable and accessible for the non-specialist, potentially suiting clinicians, nurse specialists, and environmental health practitioners.” (Ian F. Burgess, Public Health, Vol. 123, September/October, 2009)
“Sections dealing with differential diagnosis for some infections, and treatment is dealt with briefly; too briefly to be useful to physicians … . ‘to provide physicians as well as entomologists and other interested parties with a reference on the biological and entomological aspects of infectious diseases’. … interests of most physicians and entomologists. … I applaud the original articles as a means of informing a more general audience of physicians and entomologists … this book meets it objectives as a work of reference.” (Harold Townson, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 103, October, 2009)
| Reihe/Serie | Infectious Disease |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XVI, 251 p. |
| Verlagsort | Totowa, NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
| Schlagworte | Malaria |
| ISBN-10 | 1-60327-399-9 / 1603273999 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-60327-399-2 / 9781603273992 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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