The Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections

The Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections
by M. W. Service (Editor)

Product Details:
* Hardcover: 608 pages
* Publisher: CABI Publishing (January 10, 2002)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0851994733
* ISBN-13: 978-0851994734

Book Description:
This major reference work contains essential information on arthropod-borne infections affecting humans and domesticated animals. The encyclopedia is a key reference source for anyone working in medical and veterinary science, and related fields.

Features of The Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections are:
# 150 entries, describing arboviral, viral, bacterial and rickettsial, spirochaetal, protozoal and filarial infections, and the vectors that transmit them
# Information on disease distribution, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, transmission cycles, vector life-cycles, and treatment and control measures
# Figures, tables and photographs illustrate the text
# Following each entry is a selected bibliography, to aid further reading on the topic
# Over 80 different international authors, with expertise in medicine, veterinary science, parasitology, entomology, epidemiology, microbiology, and zoology have contributed to the encyclopedia.

Main Contents
* African horse sickness
* Blackflies
* Cat scratch disease
* Epidemic haemorrhagic fever
* Getah virus disease
* Hepatozoonosis - canine
* Louse-borne typhus
* Malaria - avian
* Malaria - human
* Nairobi sheep disease
* Omsk haemorrhagic fever
* Powassan encephalitis
* Q fever
* Rickettsial pox
* Stratford virus
* Tataguine virus
* Triatomine bugs
* West Nile virus
* Zika virus

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