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Generalities and Importance of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
Pages 3-5
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 professionals. Since arthropod borne diseases are present in many regions of the world and can even surprise professionals and lays in non-endemic regions, like malaria in UK and Canada, the author and its many expert collaborators are sure that it will be essential in all hospitals, clinics and medical libraries around the world. As arthropod borne diseases of domesticated animals are very numerous and in some cases related to human diseases, they are also included in the book.
Generalities and Importance of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
Pages 3-5
Epidemiology
Pages 7-34
Arthropod-Borne Diseases and History
Pages 35-46
Blood Sucking, Vector-Parasite Relationship, and Transmission of Diseases
Pages 47-57
General Aspects on Arboviruses
Pages 61-71
Pages 73-88
Dengue
Pages 89-99
Yellow Fever
Pages 101-113
Togaviridae
Pages 115-135
Bunyaviruses
Pages 137-154
Plague and Tularemia
Pages 155-170
Rickettsial Infections, Bartonella Infections, and Coxiellosis
Pages 171-191
Borreliosis
Pages 193-204
Ehrlichiosis
Pages 205-213
Anaplasmosis
Pages 215-222
Leishmaniasis
Pages 223-244
Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
Pages 245-275
Sleeping Sickness and Nagana Disease Caused by
Pages 277-297
Other Major Trypanosomiasis
Pages 299-324
Malaria
Pages 325-346
Babesiosis
Pages 347-354
Theileriosis
Pages 355-361
Hepatozoonosis
Pages 363-368
Lymphatic Filariasis
Pages 369-381
Onchocerciasis
Pages 383-403
Mansonelliasis
Pages 405-426
Loiasis
Pages 427-444
Dirofilariosis
Pages 445-455
Thelaziosis
Pages 457-464
Habronemosis
Pages 465-471
Flies
Pages 475-502
Sucking and Chewing Lice
Pages 503-515
Fleas and Diseases
Pages 517-536
Diseases Caused by Acari (Ticks and Mites)
Pages 537-548
Other Irritating Arthropods (Beetles, Bugs, Centipedes, Etc.)
Pages 549-566
Allergy to Hematophagous Arthropod Bites
Pages 567-574
Geoprocessing and Expected Distribution of Diseases (Including Deforestation, Global Warming, and Other Changes)
Pages 577-604
Pages 605-621
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