The vector-borne human infections of Europe: their distribution and burden on public health / Gratz, Norman G
Tác giả : Gratz, Norman G
Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Năm xuất bản : 2004
Chủ đề : 1. Communicable Diseases. 2. Comorbidity. 3. Disease Reservoirs -- epidemiology transmission. 4. Disease Vectors -- epidemiology. 5. Europe. 6. Parasitic Diseases. 7. Technical documents.
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Tóm tắt : | 144 p. While the number of vector-borne diseases and their incidence in Europe ismuch less than that of the tropical, developing countries, there are, nevertheless,a substantial number of such infections in Europe. Furthermore, the incidenceof many of these diseases has been on the rise, and their distribution is spreading. This publication reviews the distribution of all of the vector-borne diseasesof public health importance in Europe, their principal vectors, and the extent oftheir public health burden. Such an overall review is necessary to understand theimportance of this group of infections and the resources that must be allocatedto their control by public health authorities. Medical personnel must be awareof these infections and their distribution to ensure their timely diagnosis andtreatment. New combinations of diseases have also been noted, such as the appearanceand spread of co-infections of HIV virus and leishmaniasis. The effect of global warming may lead to the resurgence of some diseases orthe establishment of others never before transmitted on the continent. Tropicalinfections are constantly being introduced into Europe by returning tourists andimmigrants and local transmission of some of these, such as malaria, has alreadytaken place as a result. |
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