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.

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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).