Infectious diseases along the Silk Roads : the spread of parasitoses and culture past and today / / Heinz Mehlhorn, Xiaoying Wu, Zhongdao Wu, editors

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 174 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.90958
• Soggetto topico: Communicable diseases - Silk Road - History; Parasitology - Silk Road - History
• Altri autori: MehlhornHeinz WuXiaoying WuZhongdao <1962->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Part I: The Silk Roads: Past and Future -- 1: Network Expansion and Disease Spread along the Former and Present Straits of the Silk Road(S) and Other International Strai... -- 1.1 Examples of Agents of Selected Diseases along the Silk Roads and further Related Sites -- 1.2 The Shrinking of our Recent World by Enlarging the Former Straits -- Further Reading -- 2: Belt and Road Initiative Revisited -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 International Background of BRI -- 2.3 The Proposition of Belt and Road Initiative -- 2.3.1 One Belt -- 2.3.2 One Road -- 2.3.3 Comprehensive Network -- 2.3.4 Policy Coordination -- 2.3.5 Facility Connectivity -- 2.4 Integration with International Organization and Countries along the Routes -- 2.4.1 Continuous Expansion of Strategic Cooperation -- 2.4.2 Fruitful Communication at the Summit Forum -- 2.5 The Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Economic Development and Health Care Status in Silk Road Countries -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 ASEAN Countries -- 3.2.1 Economic Development -- 3.2.2 Current Status of Medical and Health Care -- 3.3 Japan and South Korea -- 3.3.1 Economic Development Status -- 3.3.2 Current Status of Medical and Health Care -- 3.4 South Asian Countries -- 3.4.1 Economic Development Status -- 3.4.2 Current Status of Medical and Health Care -- 3.5 Middle East Countries -- 3.5.1 Economic Development Status -- 3.5.2 Current Status of Medical and Health Care -- 3.6 East and North African Countries -- 3.6.1 Economic Development Status -- 3.6.2 Current Status of Medical and Health Care -- References -- 4: Traditional Medicines Along the BRI Countries -- 4.1 Traditional Chinese Medicine -- 4.2 Traditional Indian Medicine -- 4.3 Arab-Islamic Traditional Medicine -- 4.4 Exchange of TCM with Other Traditional Medicines -- References. ; Part II: Parasite and Disease Spread Along the Silk Roads: A Review to Date -- 5: Infectious Diseases in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Countries -- 5.1 Current Status of Infectious Diseases in RBI Countries -- 5.2 The Disease Burden of Infectious Diseases in RBI Countries -- 5.3 Translation of China´s Experiences to Other BRI Counties -- References -- 6: Disease Details on Plague (Black Death), Cholera, Brucellosis, and Tick-Borne Encephalitis Along the Silk Road(s) of Former... -- 6.1 Plague (Black Death): History -- 6.1.1 Plague (Disease) -- 6.1.2 Vectors of Plague Bacteria -- 6.1.2.1 Human Flea (Pulex irritans) (Fig. 6.1) -- 6.1.2.2 Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis) (Fig. 6.2) -- 6.1.2.3 Dog Flea (Ctenocephalides canis) -- 6.1.2.4 Rat Fleas (Nosopsyllus fasciatus) -- 6.1.2.5 Further hosts -- 6.2 Cholera -- 6.2.1 Important treatment -- 6.2.2 Selected important cholera pandemics, which had also been spread along the Silk Road system in many regions of the globe -- 6.3 Brucellosis -- 6.4 Spring-Summer Meningoencephalitis/Tick-Borne Encephalitis -- 6.4.1 Incubation period -- 6.4.2 Symptoms of disease -- 6.4.3 Severe symptomatic cases -- 6.4.4 Therapy -- 6.4.5 Prevention -- 6.4.6 Vaccination -- References -- Further Reading -- 7: Plague Disease: From Asia to Europe and Back along the Silk Road -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Yersinia pestis -- 7.3 Clinical Manifestations of Plague and Reservoir Hosts of Yersinia pestis -- 7.4 Fleas as Vectors of Yersinia pestis and Bacterium-Vector Interactions -- 7.5 Historic Plague Pandemics -- 7.6 Silk Road and Spread of Plague -- 7.6.1 The Silk Road -- 7.6.2 The Silk Road and Spread of Diseases -- 7.6.3 The Silk Road and the Justinian Plague -- 7.6.4 The Silk Road and the Second Pandemic including the Black Death -- 7.6.5 The Third Pandemic -- 7.7 Conclusions -- References -- 8: Dengue along the Silk Road. ; 8.1 Dengue Virus, Vectors, and Epidemiology -- 8.1.1 Dengue Virus -- 8.1.2 Dengue Vectors -- 8.1.3 Dengue Epidemiology -- 8.1.3.1 Dengue Distribution -- 8.1.3.2 Dengue Transmission -- 8.1.3.2.1 Transmission through the Bite Mosquito of Aedes Mosquito -- 8.1.3.2.2 Maternal Transmission -- 8.1.3.2.3 Other Transmission Modes of Dengue -- 8.2 Dengue Disease Burden -- 8.3 Influence Factors of Dengue Epidemic -- 8.3.1 Risk Due to Climate Changing -- 8.3.2 Risk Due to Travel -- 8.3.3 Risk Due to Mosquito Vector Spread -- 8.3.4 Risk Due to Other Infectious Diseases -- 8.4 Disease Characteristics (Signs and Symptoms) -- 8.4.1 Dengue Fever -- 8.4.2 Severe Dengue -- 8.5 Diagnostics -- 8.5.1 Virus Isolation Methods -- 8.5.2 RT-PCR or Real-Time Fluorescence Quantitative PCR Technique -- 8.5.3 Serological Methods -- 8.5.3.1 Detection of Dengue Virus NS1 Antigen -- 8.5.3.2 Detection of Anti-Dengue Virus Antibodies -- 8.6 Prevention and Control -- 8.6.1 Dengue Patient Treatment -- 8.6.2 Vaccination against Dengue -- 8.6.3 Aedes Mosquito Vector Control -- 8.6.3.1 Environmental Management -- 8.6.3.2 Mechanical Approaches -- 8.6.3.3 Chemical Control -- 8.6.3.4 Biological Control -- 8.6.3.4.1 Population Replacement -- 8.6.3.4.2 Population Suppression -- 8.6.4 Personal Protection to Avoid Mosquito Bites -- 8.6.5 Community Engagement -- 8.6.6 Active Mosquito Monitoring -- References -- 9: Intestinal Parasites at the Xuanquanzhi Relay Station on the Silk Road 2000Years Ago -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Disease and the Silk Road -- 9.3 Sources of Evidence for Parasites in Past Populations -- 9.4 How Parasites Can Provide Evidence for Migration with Disease -- 9.5 Archaeological and Textual Evidence for Parasites in China -- 9.6 The Latrines at Xuanquanzhi Relay Station -- 9.7 Conclusion -- References -- 10: Dicrocoelium in Iran: From Bronze Age to the Twenty-First Century. ; 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 What Is Dicrocoelium? -- 10.1.2 Life Cycle -- 10.1.3 Epidemiology in Livestock -- 10.1.4 Clinical Presentation in Livestock -- 10.1.5 Human Dicrocoeliasis -- 10.1.6 Diagnosis -- 10.2 Ancient Dicrocoeliosis/Dicrocoeliasis -- 10.2.1 What Do We Know? -- 10.2.2 Challenges in Ancient Egg Identification -- 10.3 Dicrocoeliosis and Dicrocoeliasis in Iran -- 10.3.1 Current Epidemiology -- 10.3.2 Archaeoparasitological and Paleoparasitological Findings -- 10.4 Conclusion -- References -- 11: Development of Vaccine to Stop Endemic of Hydatid Disease and Promote Connectivity of the Belt and Road Initiative -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Pathogenesis and Epidemiology -- 11.3 Current Control Measures and Interventions -- 11.4 Achievements, Challenges, and Resolutions -- 11.5 Vaccine Candidates -- 11.5.1 EG95 -- 11.5.2 EgP-29 -- 11.5.3 FABPs -- 11.5.4 EgA31 -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The heart of this volume is exploring the links between human disease spread and the broad Silk Road trading networks which connect Eurasian civilizations past and today. Compiled by an international team of subject authors, this book includes two themed parts. Readers are first introduced into history naming, former, present and future routes of the Silk Road, representing the longest trade way and culture diffuser in the world. The second part contains the main book focus and addresses medical research as well as individual diseases and parasite groups from the region in detail. By drawing an arc between the past and present disease situation, the authors trace how parasites and vectors spread around the globe, and what impact infectious diseases had and will have upon human civilizations. Through its interdisciplinary character this book will be enjoyed by interested readers from the fields of parasitology and palaeoparasitology, medical sciences and public health, as well as cultural history.
• Titolo autorizzato: Infectious diseases along the Silk Roads
• ISBN: 3-031-35275-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910746285203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Parasitology Research Monographs; ; 17