Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages) : illustrations |
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Infectious disease |
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Infectious disease (Totowa, N.J.)
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Contents |
Arthropods and Health; Dynamics of Arthropod-Borne Diseases; Mosquito-Borne Diseases; Tick-Borne Diseases; Flea-Borne Diseases; Sand Fly-Transmitted Diseases; Miscellaneous Vector-Borne Diseases; Bed Bugs: Do They Transmit Diseases?; Why Mosquitoes and Other Arthropods Cannot Transmit HIV; Brown Recluse Bites: Facts and Fables; Fire Ant Attacks on Humans; Medical Conditions Caused by Arthropod Stings or Bites; Myiasis; Imaginary Insect or Mite Infestations |
Summary |
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. This work provides for each disease a description of the vector involved, notes on its biology and ecology and distribution maps |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Arthropod vectors.
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Arboviruses.
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Protozoan diseases.
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Infections
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Arbovirus infections.
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Arthropod Vectors
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Arboviruses
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Arbovirus Infections
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Protozoan Infections
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MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment.
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MEDICAL -- Epidemiology.
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Arbovirus Infections.
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Protozoan infections.
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Arthropod vectors.
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Arboviruses.
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Protozoan diseases.
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Infections.
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Arbovirus infections
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Arboviruses
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Arthropod vectors
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Protozoan diseases
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781603274005 |
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1603274006 |
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9781603273992 |
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1603273999 |
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1281960209 |
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9781281960207 |
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9786611960209 |
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6611960201 |
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