| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 174 pages) |
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Parasitology research monographs ; volume 17 |
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Parasitology research monographs ; v. 17.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Part I: The Silk Roads: Past and Future -- 1: Network Expansion and Disease Spread along the Former and Present Straits of the Silk Road(S) and Other International Strai... -- 1.1 Examples of Agents of Selected Diseases along the Silk Roads and further Related Sites -- 1.2 The Shrinking of our Recent World by Enlarging the Former Straits -- Further Reading -- 2: Belt and Road Initiative Revisited -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 International Background of BRI -- 2.3 The Proposition of Belt and Road Initiative -- 2.3.1 One Belt -- 2.3.2 One Road -- 2.3.3 Comprehensive Network |
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2.3.4 Policy Coordination -- 2.3.5 Facility Connectivity -- 2.4 Integration with International Organization and Countries along the Routes -- 2.4.1 Continuous Expansion of Strategic Cooperation -- 2.4.2 Fruitful Communication at the Summit Forum -- 2.5 The Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Economic Development and Health Care Status in Silk Road Countries -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 ASEAN Countries -- 3.2.1 Economic Development -- 3.2.2 Current Status of Medical and Health Care -- 3.3 Japan and South Korea -- 3.3.1 Economic Development Status |
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3.3.2 Current Status of Medical and Health Care -- 3.4 South Asian Countries -- 3.4.1 Economic Development Status -- 3.4.2 Current Status of Medical and Health Care -- 3.5 Middle East Countries -- 3.5.1 Economic Development Status -- 3.5.2 Current Status of Medical and Health Care -- 3.6 East and North African Countries -- 3.6.1 Economic Development Status -- 3.6.2 Current Status of Medical and Health Care -- References -- 4: Traditional Medicines Along the BRI Countries -- 4.1 Traditional Chinese Medicine -- 4.2 Traditional Indian Medicine -- 4.3 Arab-Islamic Traditional Medicine |
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4.4 Exchange of TCM with Other Traditional Medicines -- References -- Part II: Parasite and Disease Spread Along the Silk Roads: A Review to Date -- 5: Infectious Diseases in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Countries -- 5.1 Current Status of Infectious Diseases in RBI Countries -- 5.2 The Disease Burden of Infectious Diseases in RBI Countries -- 5.3 Translation of Chinaś Experiences to Other BRI Counties -- References -- 6: Disease Details on Plague (Black Death), Cholera, Brucellosis, and Tick-Borne Encephalitis Along the Silk Road(s) of Former... -- 6.1 Plague (Black Death): History |
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6.1.1 Plague (Disease) -- 6.1.2 Vectors of Plague Bacteria -- 6.1.2.1 Human Flea (Pulex irritans) (Fig. 6.1) -- 6.1.2.2 Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis) (Fig. 6.2) -- 6.1.2.3 Dog Flea (Ctenocephalides canis) -- 6.1.2.4 Rat Fleas (Nosopsyllus fasciatus) -- 6.1.2.5 Further hosts -- 6.2 Cholera -- 6.2.1 Important treatment -- 6.2.2 Selected important cholera pandemics, which had also been spread along the Silk Road system in many regions of the globe -- 6.3 Brucellosis -- 6.4 Spring-Summer Meningoencephalitis/Tick-Borne Encephalitis -- 6.4.1 Incubation period -- 6.4.2 Symptoms of disease |
| Summary |
The heart of this volume is exploring the links between human disease spread and the broad Silk Road trading networks which connect Eurasian civilizations past and today. Compiled by an international team of subject authors, this book includes two themed parts. Readers are first introduced into history naming, former, present and future routes of the Silk Road, representing the longest trade way and culture diffuser in the world. The second part contains the main book focus and addresses medical research as well as individual diseases and parasite groups from the region in detail. By drawing an arc between the past and present disease situation, the authors trace how parasites and vectors spread around the globe, and what impact infectious diseases had and will have upon human civilizations. Through its interdisciplinary character this book will be enjoyed by interested readers from the fields of parasitology and palaeoparasitology, medical sciences and public health, as well as cultural history |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 27, 2023) |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases -- Silk Road -- History
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Parasitology -- Silk Road -- History
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Communicable diseases
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Parasitology
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Asia -- Silk Road
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mehlhorn, Heinz, editor
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Wu, Xiaoying, editor
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Wu, Zhongdao, 1962- editor.
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| ISBN |
9783031352751 |
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3031352750 |
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