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.
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Dimensions: 191 x 235mm
Publication Date: 01 Oct 2024
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780443267246
About James H. Diaz
James H. Diaz MD DrPH is a Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the LSU School of Public Health in New Orleans LA. Dr. Diazs current academic and clinical research interests include (1) occupational and environmental toxicology; (2) infectious diseases poisonings and injuries in international travelers; (3) emerging environmentally associated diseases and poisonings particularly food-borne water-borne and vector-borne infectious diseases and poisonings; and (4) the impact of climate change on natural disasters and their public health outcomes. Dr. Diaz has published over 300 original articles and chapters in scientific journals and textbooks. Dr. Diaz currently authors the six-chapter section with updates on ectoparasitic infectious diseases in Mandell Douglas and Bennetts Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases the internationally recognized reference text on infectious diseases.