Keywords:
Infectious diseases
;
Veterinary medicine
;
Aquatic ecology
;
Microbiology
;
Epidemiology
;
Parasitology
;
Waterborne Diseases
;
Parasitology
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Important rivers and their worldwide contributions to epidemics on earth -- Chapter 2: Conquering the God of Plague in China: a tale of over 60 years -- Chapter 3: Cholera (Blue skin disease) and its history -- Chapter 4: Spreading of cholera along rivers in early times of the USA before detection of the agents of disease -- Chapter 5: Human cercarial dermatitis (HCD) or swimmer’s itch along rivers and lakes -- Chapter 6: Blood sucking leeches – not only nasty but also dangerous and helpful -- Chapter 7: Important foodbornetrematodiases in Lower Mekong River Basin -- Chapter 8: Important protozoan diseases in Lower Mekong River Basin -- Chapter 9: Free-living amoebae and associated drug resistant bacteria in surface waters-A public health concern? -- Chapter 10. Nile River, Impact on Human Health in Egypt from Pharaohs until now -- Chapter 11: Epidemic status of schistosomiasis control in Guangdong province. Chapter 12: Konna – a help for a self-help project at the Niger River in Mali -- Chapter 13: Leishmaniasis in Israel and Palestinian territories -- Chapter 14: Past and present of tropical diseases in the Amazon river -- Chapter 15: Brazil’s big river projects and their impact on the occurrence of tropical diseases -- Chapter 16: The major rivers and the genesis of the recent area of ticks Ixodes persulcatus in Western Siberia -- Chapter 17: The Main River and Main-Danube Canal – a hub for Ponto-Caspian parasite invasion -- Chapter 18: "Father Rhine" - from the Alps to the North Sea -- Chapter 19: The River Rhine as hotspot of parasite invasions -- Chapter 20: Free-living amoebae in rivers and ponds and their multiple role in environmental health
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XI, 454 p. 233 illus., 227 illus. in color)
Edition:
1st ed. 2019
ISBN:
9783030290610
Series Statement:
Parasitology Research Monographs 12
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29061-0
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-29061-0
Language:
English
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