Mite-Human Interactions
Nuisances, Vectors, Parasites, Allergens, and Commensals
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2023
- Author: James H. Diaz
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 5 2 4 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 5 2 5 - 2
Mite-Human Interactions: Nuisances, Vectors, Parasites, Allergens, and Commensals offers coverage on the neglected topic of mites, their diversity, and the conditions caused or… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMite-Human Interactions: Nuisances, Vectors, Parasites, Allergens, and Commensals offers coverage on the neglected topic of mites, their diversity, and the conditions caused or vectored by them. The first part of the book differentiates the types of mites as arthropod-borne infectious disease vectors (scrub typhus, rickettsialpox), as bothersome pests (animal and itch mites), as potential allergens (dust and food mites), and as human commensals (follicle mites). The book further provides information on how to diagnose and treat mite-borne infections, infestations, and allergies and recommends ways to prevent and control them.
In addition, the book also delves into topics such as the potential psychological impact of mites with the unusual condition of delusional parasitosis, also known as known as Morgellons disease and addresses the socioeconomic disparity issues in infections, infestations, and mite-associated conditions.
- Identifies the types of mites and differentiates between infections transmitted by ectoparasites from ectoparasitic infestations and allergies
- Provides information on diagnoses, treatments, prevention, and control strategies
- Examines the psychological and socioeconomic impact of infections, infestations, and mite-associated conditions
Researchers, Clinicians, Graduate Students, and Medical/Biomedical Trainees in Parasitology, Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Entomology, and Dermatology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword from a patient
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Ectoparasitic arthropods of medical importance
- Introduction and definitions
- Taxonomy
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Conclusions
- Chapter 2. Introduction to mite-borne infections, infestations, and allergies
- Introduction
- Mite classification and ecology
- Mite reproduction, life cycle, and anatomy
- Mite larval feeding behavior
- Trombiculid mite larval feeding behavior
- Clinical diagnosis of mite bites
- Noninvasive instrumental diagnosis of mite bites
- Treatment of mite bites and allergic reactions
- Infectious disease transmission by mites
- Chiggers or trombidiosis
- Prevention and control of mite bites
- Chapter 3. Chiggers and trombidiosis
- Definitions and taxonomy
- Life cycle
- Regional distribution and ecology
- Feeding behavior
- Clinical manifestations
- Treatment
- Complications
- Prevention and control
- Chapter 4. Scabies
- Definition
- Epidemiology
- Transmission
- Clinical manifestations
- Immune responses in scabies
- Diagnosis
- Therapy
- Prevention
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Rickettsialpox
- Life cycle and feeding behavior
- Epidemiology
- Clinical manifestations
- Differential diagnosis
- Laboratory diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prevention and control
- Chapter 6. Scrub typhus
- Taxonomy
- Arthropod vectors
- Ecology
- Epidemiology
- The microbiology and pathophysiology of rickettsial infectious diseases
- Clinical manifestations of scrub typhus
- Laboratory diagnosis
- Treatment
- Empirical treatment with doxycycline in patients with undifferentiated nonmalaria fever with eschar
- Prevention and control of scrub typhus
- Rickettsialpox and scrub typhus as widely distributed and neglected mite-transmitted infectious diseases
- Chapter 7. Follicle mites
- Definitions
- Life cycle
- Immune responses
- Clinical manifestations
- Treatment
- Chapter 8. Animal (zoonotic) mites: Mites with exclusive animal host reservoirs
- Introduction
- Domestic animal–Transmitted cheyletiellosis
- Life cycle
- Clinical manifestations of cheyletiellosis
- Treatment
- Domestic animal scabies in humans
- Zoonotic acariasis: Definitions
- Clinical manifestations of bird mite bites and infestations
- Treatment of avian bites and infestations
- Prevention and control of avian bites and infestations
- Rat, bat, and snake mite bites
- Clinical manifestations
- Treatment of rat, bat, and snake mite bites
- Prevention and control of rat, bat, and snake mite bites
- Chapter 9. Insect (itch) mites
- Definitions and taxonomy
- Clinical manifestations of pyemotid mite infestations
- Treatment
- Prevention and control of pyemotid mite infestations
- Chapter 10. Plant, food, food storage, and dust mites and allergies
- Definitions and taxonomy
- Clinical manifestations of food and storage mite infestations
- Treatment of food and storage mite infestations
- Prevention and control of food and storage mite infestations
- Dust mites and dust mite allergies
- Feeding behavior and life cycle
- The immune response to dust mite allergens
- The treatment, prevention, and control of dust mite allergies
- Chapter 11. Disparities in mite-borne infestations and allergies
- Background: Mite-transmitted diseases are widely distributed and neglected
- Mite-borne infestations and allergies: Causative factors
- Disparities resulting from overcrowding, poor hygiene, and poverty
- Disparities resulting from advanced age, immunosuppression, and institutionalization
- Disparities resulting from chronic disease and immunosuppression
- Disparities resulting from neglected indigenous populations and genetic predispositions
- Disparities resulting from recreational and workplace exposures
- Conclusions
- Chapter 12. Delusional infestations by mites and other ectoparasites
- Case series
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- Chapter 13. Prevention and control of mite-borne infections and infestations
- Prevention of mite bites and mite-Transmitted infectious diseases
- Chapter 14. Insect repellents versus insecticides: Efficacy, safety, and toxicity
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Why use insect repellents?
- The history of insect repellents
- Selecting the best insect repellents
- Chemical versus plant-based insect repellents: Which are the best?
- Insect repellent use in children and during pregnancy
- Insect repellents and sunscreens
- Area and barrier chemical insect repellents
- Nonchemical measures for the management, control, and prevention of arthropod-borne infectious diseases
- Conclusions
- Chapter 15. Conclusions
- Index
- No. of pages: 300
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443235245
- eBook ISBN: 9780443235252
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James H. Diaz
James H. Diaz, MD, DrPH, is a Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the LSU School of Public Health. He is also a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology at the LSUHSC School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Diaz’s current academic and clinical research interests include: (1) occupational and environmental toxicology; (2) infectious diseases, poisonings, and injuries in international travelers; (3) emerging environmentally associated diseases and poisonings, particularly food-borne, waterborne and vector-borne infectious diseases and poisonings; and (4) the impact of climate change on natural disasters and their public health outcomes., Dr. Diaz has published over 300 original articles and chapters in scientific journals and textbooks. Dr. Diaz currently authors the six-chapter section with updates on Ectoparasitic Infectious Diseases in Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease, the internationally recognized reference text on infectious diseases.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, LSU School of Public Health; Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology at the LSUHSC School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USARead Mite-Human Interactions on ScienceDirect