Author	Goddard, Jerome. author
Title	Infectious Diseases and Arthropods [electronic resource] / by Jerome Goddard
Imprint	Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2000
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-721-5
Descript	XVI, 231 p. 103 illus. online resource

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

I Arthropods And Human Health -- 1: Arthropods and Health -- 2: Dynamics of Arthropod-Borne Diseases -- II Major Arthropod-Borne Diseases -- 3: Mosquito-Borne Diseases -- 4: Tick-Borne Diseases -- 5: Flea-Borne Diseases -- 6: Sand Fly-Transmitted Diseases -- 7: Miscellaneous Vector-Borne Diseases -- III Other Arthropod-Caused or -Related Problems -- 8: Myiasis -- 9: Imaginary Insect or Mite Infestations -- 10: Medical Conditions Caused by Arthropod Stings or Bites -- 11: Why Mosquitoes Cannot Transmit HIV -- Appendix A: Signs and Symptoms of Arthropod-Borne Diseases -- Appendix B: Diagnostic Tests Used in Arthropod-Borne Diseases -- Agglutination -- Complement Fixation -- Direct Fluorescent Antibody -- Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) -- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) -- Hemagglutination Inhibition (HI) -- Indirect Fluorescent Antibody (IFA) -- Leishmanin (Montenegro Test) -- Mazzotti -- Neutralization -- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)