Human Ecology and Infectious Diseases
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Human Ecology and Infectious Diseases

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  2. English
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Human Ecology and Infectious Diseases

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Human Ecology and Infectious Diseases investigates the interrelationships among human behavior, ecology, and infectious diseases, with emphasis on parasitic and zoonotic diseases. The cultural, behavioral, anthropological, and social factors in the transmission of infectious diseases are discussed, along with methods used to make human ecology a more quantitative predictive science in the global challenge of such diseases. Behavioral patterns that place humans at risk to infections and the nature of risk factors are also analyzed. Comprised of 13 chapters, this book begins with an overview of some of the research into those aspects of human behavior that determine risk of helminth infection. The discussion then turns to studies on hookworm and includes an analysis of human behavior and religions that affect transmission of the parasitoses. Human behavior and transmission of zoonotic diseases in North America and Malaysia are documented as are the habits, customs, and superstitions associated with the epidemic of intestinal capillariasis that occurred in the Philippines. Filarial diseases in Southeast Asia are also reviewed, along with the changing patterns of parasitic infections and the cooperation of government and the private sector to lower infection rates in Japan. Cases from Nigeria and Brazil are considered as well. The volume concludes with an assessment of the importance of behavioral and socialcultural factors in determining regional and national patterns in disease incidence and transmission. This monograph should be valuable to students of tropical diseases and public health and to physicians, epidemiologists, anthropologists, veterinarians, and parasitologists.

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Yes, you can access Human Ecology and Infectious Diseases by Neil A. Croll, John H Cross, Neil A. Croll,John H Cross in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Forensic Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780121968809
eBook ISBN
9781483267937
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Forensic Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Human Ecology and Infectious Diseases
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. In Memoriam
  6. Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1. Human Behavior, Parasites, and Infectious Diseases
  9. Chapter 2. Human Behavior and Parasitic Zoonoses in North America
  10. Chapter 3. Human Behavior and Zoonotic Diseases in Malaysia
  11. Chapter 4. Filariasis in Southeast Asia
  12. Chapter 5. Intestinal Capillariasis in the Philippines and Thailand
  13. Chapter 6. Changing Patterns of Parasitic Infections in Japan
  14. Chapter 7. Parasite Control Activities in Japan: Govemment-Expert-Private Sector Partnership
  15. Chapter 8. Human Ecology and the Distribution and Abundance of Hookworm Populations
  16. Chapter 9. The Human Environment and Helminth Infections: A Biomedical Study of Four Nigerian Villages
  17. Chapter 10. The Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection to Man and Its Control
  18. Chapter 11. Paleoparasitology: On the Origins and Impact of Human-Helminth Relationships
  19. Chapter 12. Brucellosis in Nigeria: Epidemiology and Practical Problems of Control
  20. Chapter 13. Epidemiological Patterns in Directly Transmitted Human Infections
  21. Index