Ticks and tick-borne diseases : geographical distribution and control strategies in the Euro-Asia region /

• Main Authors: Salman, Mowafak Dauod, (Author), Estrada-Peña, Agustín, (Author), Farkas, Róbert, (Author), Jaenson, Thomas G. T., (Author), Koenen, Frank, (Author), Madder, Maxine, (Author), Pascucci, Ilaria, (Author), De Sousa, Rita, (Author), Walker, Alan (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Tick-borne diseases > Epidemiology. > Asia; Tick-borne diseases > Epidemiology. > Europe; Tick-borne diseases > Prevention. > Asia; Tick-borne diseases > Prevention. > Europe; Ticks > Asia.; Ticks > Europe.; Tick-Borne Diseases > epidemiology > Asia.; Tick-Borne Diseases > epidemiology > Europe.; Tick-Borne Diseases > prevention & control > Asia.; Tick-Borne Diseases > prevention & control > Europe.; Ticks > pathogenicity > Asia.; Ticks > pathogenicity > Europe.; Topography, Medical > Asia.; Topography, Medical > Europe.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Veterinary Pests, Vectors and Intermediate Hosts, (New March 2000); Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000); Public Health Pests, Vectors and Intermediate Hosts, (New March 2000); African swine fever virus.; Anaplasma.; Argasidae.; Babesia.; Bartonella.; Borrelia.; Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus.; Ehrlichia.; Francisella tularensis.; Hepatozoon.; Ixodidae.; Man.; Metastigmata.; Piroplasms.; Rickettsia.; Theileria.; Tick-borne encephalitis virus.; African swine fever.; Anaplasmoses.; Babesiosis.; Climate.; Climate change.; Disease control.; Disease prevention.; Disease surveys.; Disease transmission.; Disease vectors.; Domestic animals.; Ehrlichioses.; Emerging infectious diseases.; Environmental factors.; Geographical distribution.; Importation.; Infectious diseases.; Land use.; Life cycle.; Livestock.; Lyme disease.; Protozoal infections.; Q fever.; Relapsing fever.; Rickettsial diseases.; Risk factors.; Sampling.; Theileriosis.; Tickborne diseases.; Tickborne encephalitis.; Tickborne relapsing fever.; Tularaemia.; Viral diseases.; Zoonoses.; Electronic books.
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This book is comprised of 7 chapters covering the geographical distribution and control of ticks and tickborne diseases in the Euro-Asia region. Chapter 1 focuses on the factors behind the emergence and reemergence of tickborne diseases, highlighting the theme of environmental and climatic change an...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Jeremy Gray
• Introduction / Mo Salman and Jordi Tarrés-Call
• Emerging (re-emerging) tick-borne infections and dissemination of ticks / Mo Salman and Agustín Estrada-Peña
• Basic biology and geographical distribution of tick species involved in the transmission of animal pathogens, including zoonoses / Róbert Farkas, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Thomas G.T. Jaenson, Ilaria Pascucci and Maxime Madder
• Factors influencing the spread and distribution of ticks / Maxime Madder and Ilaria Pascucci
• Tick-borne infections (including zoonoses) in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin / Frank Koenen, Ilaria Pascucci, Thomas G.T. Jaenson, Maxime Madder, Rita de Sousa, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Róbert Farkas and Mo Salman
• Maps of reported occurrence of tick-borne pathogens / Agustín Estrada-Peña, Frank Koenen, Ilaria Pascucci, Thomas G.T. Jaenson, Maxime Madder, Rita de Sousa and Róbert Farkas
• Maps of reported occurrence of ticks / Agustín Estrada-Peña, Thomas G.T. Jaenson, Róbert Farkas and Ilaria Pascucci
• Surveillance and control measures / Róbert Farkas, Mo Salman and Agustín Estrada-Peña.