Arthropod Borne Diseases

About this book

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 Arthropod Borne Diseases.

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

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Biography

Carlos Brisola Marcondes has worked on medical entomology since 1974, publishing three books (one of them on arthropod borne diseases and another in the 2nd edition), 16 chapters and almost 90 papers on indexed scientific journals. He concluded his Ph. D. in 1997, and has worked mostly on Phlebotominae, Triatominae and Culicidae, besides related diseases. He has supervised several students and collaborated with many researchers in Brazil, US, UK and other countries, publishing with ca. 150 collaborators.