Emerging infectious diseases continue to increase both in incidence and geographic distribution worldwide. Many of these diseases are vector-borne, including malaria (re-emerging), West Nile virus, Lyme disease, American boutonneuse fever (a new rickettsial disease), and others. For example, Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease, recently caused over 150,000 cases on one small island inthe Indian Ocean. Many scientists fear that Chikungunya will soon spread to the New World in a manner similar to WNV. This book will be a succinct reference for the very important interface between infectious diseases and medical entomology. This new edition is updated with the latest research findings and current theories about infectious disease and arthropods. Numerous new, high quality line drawings and photographs of offending arthropods and the lesions theycause are also included. INDICE: From the contents 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.- OtherHuman-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 byTicks.- 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.
- ISBN: 978-1-60327-399-2
- Editorial: Humana
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 251
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés