Emerging pests and vector-borne diseases in Europe /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Takken, W., Knols, B. G. J. (Bart G. J.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2007.
Series:Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases. v. 1.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Alarm bells ringing : more of the same, and new and novel diseases and pests
  • Will malaria return to North-West Europe?
  • Malaria in Southern Europe : resurgence from the past?
  • Avian malaria in Europe : an emerging infectious disease?
  • The leishmaniases of Southern Europe
  • Modelling of vector-borne diseases and transmission of bluetongue virus in North-West Europe
  • Bluetongue : an emerging vector-borne disease outbreak in North-western Europe
  • West Nile virus in Europe : waiting for the start of the epidemic?
  • Emergence of Usutu virus in Central Europe : diagnosis, surveillance and epizootiology
  • Should we expect Chikungunya and Dengue in Southern Europe?
  • Tick-borne encephalitis in Europe : dynamics of changing risk
  • Lyme disease in Europe : facts and no fiction
  • Psoroptic manage : rising prevalence in UK sheep flocks and prospects for its control
  • Waiting for the tiger : establishment and spread of the Aedes albopictus mosquito in Europe
  • Bed bugs : research and resurgence
  • Houseflies, annoying and dangerous
  • Novel strategies in head lice control
  • Novel methods for the identification and control of Culicoides midges as vectors of emerging diseases
  • Monitoring systems for adult insect pests and disease vectors
  • Personal protection against European disease vectors
  • Mosquito control in Europe
  • Changes in global scale land use and its implications for nature conservation and emerging vector-borne diseases
  • Wildlife and the risk of vector-borne viral diseases
  • Invasions of vector-borne diseases driven by transportation and climate change
  • Epilogue : emerging pests and vector-borne diseases are a reality.