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Infectious Diseases and Arthropods

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Jerome Goddard

    1. Mississippi Department of Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA

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Part of the book series: Infectious Disease (ID)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Arthropods and Human Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Arthropods and Health

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 3-16

    3. Dynamics of Arthropod-Borne Diseases

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 17-26

  3. Major Arthropod-Borne Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Mosquito-Borne Diseases

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 29-76

    3. Tick-Borne Diseases

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 77-124

    4. Flea-Borne Diseases

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 125-138

    5. Sand Fly-Transmitted Diseases

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 139-149

    6. Miscellaneous Vector-Borne Diseases

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 151-173

  4. Other Arthropod-Caused or -Related Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Myiasis

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 177-186

    3. Imaginary Insect or Mite Infestations

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 187-191

    4. Medical Conditions Caused by Arthropod Stings or Bites

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 193-199

    5. Why Mosquitoes Cannot Transmit HIV

      • Jerome Goddard
      Pages 201-202

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 203-231
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About this book

Jerome Goddard summarizes the latest thinking about the biological, entomological, and clinical aspects of the major vector-borne diseases around the world. His book covers mosquito-, tick-, and flea-borne diseases, and a variety of other miscellaneous vector-borne diseases, including Chagas' disease, African sleeping sickness, onchocerciasis, scrub typhus, and louse-borne infections. The author provides for each disease a description of the vector involved, notes on its biology and ecology, distribution maps, and general clinical guidelines for treatment and control. At a time when vector-borne diseases are spreading evermore 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.

Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:

"The book provides practical information on personal protective measures and techniques for removing attached ticks. The brief chapter"Why Mosquitoes Cannot Transmit HIV" was particularly interesting, given the epidemic of HIV in areas of the world with high rate of other mosquito-borne diseases. The text also provided several interesting accounts of early experiments and events leading to important discoveries in understanding yellow fever and Lyme disease."-Family Medicine

"Two useful appendixes on signs and symptoms and on diagnostic tests are included....this book is probably of most use to physicians and administrators associated with health agencies and researchers from other fields who are interested in increasing their understanding of the biology of vector-borne diseases. It provides information about the ecology and biology of disease beyond the technical details that are readily available in other sources."-Quarterly Review of Biology

"This book, the second edition, addresses diseases caused by arthropods from an entomological standpoint. … The book is indexed and is profusely illustrated with drawings and black-and-white photographs. … this book fulfils a useful function for clinicians. Because there are no obvious competitors in this particular field, there is every reason to think that this updated second edition will also be successful." (Jeremy Gray, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 49, July, 2009)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mississippi Department of Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA

    Jerome Goddard

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Infectious Diseases and Arthropods

  • Authors: Jerome Goddard

  • Series Title: Infectious Disease

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-721-5

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-721-5Published: 27 September 1999

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 231

  • Number of Illustrations: 103 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases

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