基本説明
Contents: African horse sickness; Blackflies; Malaria - avian; Nairobi sheep disease; Zika virus; and more.
Full 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 themInformation 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 topicOver 80 different international authors, with expertise in medicine, veterinary science, parasitology, entomology, epidemiology, microbiology, and zoology have contributed to the encyclopedia.
Contents
1: African horse sickness 2: Blackflies 3: Cat scratch disease 4: Epidemic haemorrhagic fever 5: Getah virus disease 6: Hepatozoonosis - canine 7: Louse-borne typhus 8: Malaria - avian 9: Malaria - human 10: Nairobi sheep disease 11: Omsk haemorrhagic fever 12: Powassan encephalitis 13: Q fever 14: Rickettsial pox 15: Stratford virus 16: Tataguine virus 17: Triatomine bugs 18: West Nile virus 19: Zika virus
