Encyclopedia of arthropod-transmitted infections of man and domesticated animals
"This major reference contains essential information on arthropod-borne infections affecting humans and domesticated animals. It contains 150 entries, describing arbovirai, viral, bacterial and rickettsiai, spirochaetal, protozoal and filarial infections, and the vectors that transmit them. Within each entry, there is information on disease distribution, aetiological agents, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, transmission cycles, vector life-cycles, and treatment and control measures. Separate concise entries are given on the different groups of vectors, such as mosquitoes, blackflies and ticks. 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
Print Book, English, ©2001
CABI Pub., Wallingford, Oxon, UK, ©2001