Strengthening the Army R&D program [[electronic resource] /] / John W. Lyons, Joseph N. Mait, and Dennis R. Schmidt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910697570103321
• Autore: Lyons John W. <1930->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, , [2005]
• Descrizione fisica: vi, 47 pages : digital, PDF file
• Collana: [Defense & technology papers ; ; no. 12]
• Altri autori (Persone): MaitJoseph N. <1958->; SchmidtDennis R
• Soggetti: Military research - United States; Laboratories - United States - Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 27, 2009).; Series title from Center for Technology and National Security Policy web site.; "March 2005."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.

Climate, ticks and disease / / edited by Pat Nuttall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910760493603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, Oxfordshire : , : CABI, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9781789249644; 1789249643; 9781789249651; 1789249651
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 recurs en línia (xx, 566 pàgines) : il·lustracions
• Collana: CABI climate change series ; ; 12
• Disciplina: 595.429
• Soggetti: Ticks; Ticks as carriers of disease; Tick-borne diseases; Climatic changes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Section 1: Climate -- 1.1 Climate and the tick ecosystem -- eo1: Future Climate of Africa -- eo2: Vegetation-Climate Interactions: Into the Tick Zone -- 1.2. Modelling climate change impacts -- eo3: Climate Change and Lyme Disease -- eo4: How to Model the Impact of Climate Change on Vector-Borne Diseases? -- eo5: Challenges of Modelling and Projecting Tick Distributions -- eo6: Considerations for Predicting Climate Change Implications on Future Spatial Distribution Ranges of Ticks -- 1.3. Synopsis: Climate -- Synopsis: Climate -- Section 2: Ticks -- 2.1. Climate impacts on tick physiology -- eo7: Can the Impact of Climate Change on the Tick Microbiome Bring a New Epidemiological Landscape to Tick-Borne Diseases? -- eo8: Climate Influence on Tick Neurobiology -- eo9: The Impact of Climate Change on Tick Host-Seeking Behaviour -- eo10: Expected Transitions in Ticks and Their Heritable Endosymbionts Under Environmental Changes -- eo11: Drought and Tick Dynamics During Climate Change -- eo12: Climate Influences on Reproduction and Immunity in the Soft Tick, ; Ornithodoros moubata -- eo13: Climate Change and Ticks: Measuring Impacts -- 2.2. Climate impacts on tick populations -- eo14: Scandinavia and Ticks in a Changing Climate -- eo15: Birds, Ticks and Climate Change -- eo16: How Tick Vectors are Coping with Global Warming -- eo17: Possible Direct and Human-Mediated Impact of Climate Change on Tick Populations in Turkey -- eo18: Climate Change Alone Cannot Explain Altered Tick Distribution Across Europe: A Spotlight on Endemic and Invasive Tick Species -- eo19: Climate and Management Effects on Tick-Game Animal Dynamics -- eo20: Climate-Driven Livestock Management Shifts and Tick Populations.; eo21: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Medically Important Tick Species in North America -- 2.3. Climate impacts on tick species -- eo22: Climate Change and Tick Evolution: Lessons from the Past -- eo23: Amblyomma Ticks and Future Climates -- eo24: Climate Impacts on Dermacentor reticulatus Tick Population Dynamics and Range -- eo25: Changes Expected in Ixodes ricinus Temporal and Spatial Distribution in Europe -- eo26: Range Expansion of Ixodes scapularis in the USA -- eo27: Distribution, Seasonal Occurrence and Biological Characteristics of Haemaphysalis longicornis, a Vector of Bovine Piroplasmosis in Japan -- eo28: Climate and Vector Potential of Medically Important North American Ticks -- eo29: The Impact of Climate Change on the Biology of the Cattle Tick, Rhipicephalus microplus: Current Knowledge and Gaps to be Filled -- 2.4. Climate impacts on vector capacity -- eo30: Climate Impacts on the Vector Capacity of Tropical and Temperate Populations of the Brown Dog Tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato -- eo31: Argasidae: Distribution and Vectorial Capacity in a Changing Global Environment -- eo32: Effects of Climate Change on Babesiosis Vectors -- 2.5. Synopsis: Ticks -- Synopsis: Ticks -- Section 3: Disease -- 3.1. Vector-host-pathogen triangle -- eo33: Conflict and Cooperation in Tick-Host-Pathogen Interactions Contribute to Increased Tick Fitness and Survival -- eo34: Climate, Ticks and Pathogens: Gaps and Caveats -- eo35: Climate and Prediction of Tick-Borne Diseases Facing the Complexity of the Pathogen-Tick-Host Triad at Northern Latitudes -- eo36: Is the Clock 'Ticking' for Climate Change? -- eo37: Climate Instability and Emerging Tick-Borne Disease -- eo38: Co-infections of Ticks -- eo39: Impact of Climate Change on Co-feeding Transmission -- eo40: Human Behaviour Trumps Entomological Risk.; eo41: It's All in the Timing: Effect of Tick Phenology on Pathogen Transmission Dynamics -- eo42: Anaplasma Species' Novel Tick-Host-Pathogen Relationships and Effects of Climate Change -- eo43: Zoonotic Potential in the Genera Anaplasma and Ehrlichia -- eo44: Tick Vectors, Tick-Borne Diseases and Climate Change -- eo45: Climate and Other Global Factors at the Zoonotic Interface in America: Influence on Diseases Caused by Tick-Borne Pathogens -- eo46: Microclimatic Conditions and RNA Viruses in Ticks -- 3.2. Vector-borne infections of humans -- eo47: Climate, Ticks and Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Central Europe -- eo48: Tick-Borne Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Infections -- eo49: Climate Impact on Lyme Borreliosis and Its Causative Agents -- eo50: Climate Change and Tick-Borne Encephalitis in the Greater Alpine Region -- eo51: The Expansion of Japanese Spotted Fever and the Complex Group of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Japan -- eo52: Spatiotemporal and Demographic Patterns of Transmission of Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus in India -- eo53: Argasid Ticks, Relapsing Fever and a Changing Climate -- eo54: The Potential Effects of Climate Change on Lyme Borreliosis in East-Central Europe -- eo55: Epidemiology of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopaenia Syndrome in China -- eo56: Climate Change and Debilitating Symptom Complexes ; Attributed to Ticks in Australia -- eo57: Effect of Climate Change on Mosquito-Borne Pathogens -- 3.3. Vector-borne infections of domesticated animals -- eo58: Ornithodoros Tick Vectors and African Swine Fever Virus -- eo59: Tick-Borne Diseases of Livestock in the UK -- eo60: Impact of Climate Change on Tick-Borne Diseases of Livestock in Pakistan - Looking Ahead -- eo61: The Emergence of Tick-Borne Diseases in Domestic Animals in Australia -- 3.4. Vector-borne infections in different regions.; eo62: Tick-Borne Infections in Central Europe -- eo63: Impact of Climate Change on Ticks and Tick-Borne Infections in Russia -- eo64: Is Climate Change Affecting Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Taiwan? -- eo65: Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in the Caribbean Region in the Context of Climate Change -- eo66: The Strange Case of Tick-Borne Viruses in Turkey -- eo67: Melting, Melting Pot - Climate Change and Its Impact on Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in the Arctic -- eo68: Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in the Middle East -- eo69: The Emergence of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in the USA -- eo70: Role of Climate and Other Factors in Determining the Dynamics of Tick and Tick-Transmitted Pathogen Populations and Distribution in Western, Central and Eastern Africa -- eo71: Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in China -- eo72: Tick-Borne Rickettsioses in Africa -- eo73: Climate and the Emergence of Tick-Borne Disease in Canada -- eo74: Climate Change Impacts on Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Scotland and Implications for Lyme Disease Risk -- eo75: Possible Impact of Climate and Environmental Change on Ticks and Tick-Borne Disease in England -- eo76: Climate Change, Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Northern Europe -- eo77: Tick and Tick-Borne Disease Circulation in a Changing Marine Ecosystem -- 3.5. Synopsis: Disease -- Synopsis: Disease -- Section 4: Final Synopsis and Future Predictions -- Final Synopsis and Future Predictions -- Index -- Cabi -- Back.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections, and provide predictions for the future.