Ectoparasitic Diseases provides information on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of ectoparasitic conditions caused by arthropods of medical importance. The book discusses the manner in which arthropod ectoparasites threaten human health by bodily infestations, covering specific ectoparasites and the vector-borne infectious diseases transmitted by each. Chapters offer definitions, epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, therapeutic treatments, and preventive measures. In addition, the book examines the public health, socioeconomic, and psychological impact from ectoparasitic infections.
This book offers comprehensive coverage to researchers, practitioners, and advanced students studying ectoparasitic vector-borne diseases.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to ectoparasitic diseases - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Pediculosis (lice) - p. 9 3. Chapter 3. Trombidiosis (larval chigger mites) - p. 27 4. Chapter 4. Scrub typhus (larval typhus mites) - p. 35 5. Chapter 5. Scabies (scabies mites) - p. 47 6. Chapter 6. Rickettsialpox (rat mites) - p. 65 7. Chapter 7. Animal (zoonotic) and insect mites - p. 71 8. Chapter 8. Plant, food, dust, and follicle mites and allergies - p. 87 9. Chapter 9. Myiasis, murine typhus, tungiasis, and plague (flies and fleas) - p. 103 10. Chapter 10. Tick-transmitted bacterial diseases - p. 127 11. Chapter 11. Babesiosis - p. 165 12. Chapter 12. Tick-transmitted viral diseases - p. 173 13. Chapter 13. The tick sialome, tick-transmitted coinfections, and tick paralysis - p. 185 14. Chapter 14. Red meat allergies after tick bites - p. 197 15. Chapter 15. True bugs (Order Hemiptera) as ectoparasites: Bedbugs - p. 213 16. Chapter 16. Insect repellents, insecticides, and vector control - p. 221 17. Chapter 17. Delusional ectoparasitosis (Morgellons disease) - p. 237 18. Chapter 18. Conclusions - p. 249 19. Index - p. 253
Ectoparasitic Diseases provides information on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of ectoparasitic conditions caused by arthropods of medical importance. The book discusses the manner in which arthropod ectoparasites threaten human health by bodily infestations, covering specific ectoparasites and the vector-borne infectious diseases transmitted by each. Chapters offer definitions, epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, therapeutic treatments, and preventive measures. In addition, the book examines the public health, socioeconomic, and psychological impact from ectoparasitic infections.
This book offers comprehensive coverage to researchers, practitioners, and advanced students studying ectoparasitic vector-borne diseases.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to ectoparasitic diseases - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Pediculosis (lice) - p. 9 3. Chapter 3. Trombidiosis (larval chigger mites) - p. 27 4. Chapter 4. Scrub typhus (larval typhus mites) - p. 35 5. Chapter 5. Scabies (scabies mites) - p. 47 6. Chapter 6. Rickettsialpox (rat mites) - p. 65 7. Chapter 7. Animal (zoonotic) and insect mites - p. 71 8. Chapter 8. Plant, food, dust, and follicle mites and allergies - p. 87 9. Chapter 9. Myiasis, murine typhus, tungiasis, and plague (flies and fleas) - p. 103 10. Chapter 10. Tick-transmitted bacterial diseases - p. 127 11. Chapter 11. Babesiosis - p. 165 12. Chapter 12. Tick-transmitted viral diseases - p. 173 13. Chapter 13. The tick sialome, tick-transmitted coinfections, and tick paralysis - p. 185 14. Chapter 14. Red meat allergies after tick bites - p. 197 15. Chapter 15. True bugs (Order Hemiptera) as ectoparasites: Bedbugs - p. 213 16. Chapter 16. Insect repellents, insecticides, and vector control - p. 221 17. Chapter 17. Delusional ectoparasitosis (Morgellons disease) - p. 237 18. Chapter 18. Conclusions - p. 249 19. Index - p. 253
