Vector-borne diseases : understanding the environmental, human health, and ecological connections : workshop summary /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (xxii, 327 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11205037
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Other authors / contributors:Lemon, Stanley M.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats.
ISBN:9780309108980
0309108985
0309108977
9780309108973
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:And assessment -- Vector-borne disease emergence and resurgence. Overview -- The global threat of emergent/reemergent vector-borne diseases / Duane J. Gubler -- Why we do not understand the ecological connections between the environment and human health: the case for vector-borne disease / Durland Fish -- Ecology of emerging vector-borne plant diseases / Rodrigo P.P. Almeida -- Ecology of dsiease: the intersection of human and animal health / Kenneth J. Linthicum [and others] -- Climate change and health: global to local influences on disease risk / Jonathan A. Patz and Sarah H. Olson -- Climate change and vector-borne disease: update on climate effects on Lyme disease and West Nile Virus in North America / Jonathan A. Patz and Christopher K. Uejio -- Vector-borne disease detection and control. Overview -- Longitudinal field studies will guide a paradigm shift in dengue prevention / Thomas W. Scott and Amy C. Morrison -- Innovative decision support and vector control approaches to control denge / Lars Eisen and Barry J. Beaty -- West Nile virus / Lyle R. Petersen.
Other form:Print version: Vector- borne diseases. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2008 9780309108973