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DISEASES TRANSMITTED BY TICKS
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND MICROBIOLOGY
DISEASES TRANSMITTED BY TICKS
HACER İŞLER
AND
METİN ÖZDEMİR
EDITORS
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Names: İşler, Hacer, editor. | Özdemir, Metin, editor.
Title: Diseases transmitted by ticks / Hacer İşler, Metin Özdemir, MD,
Department of Medical Microbiology, Samsun Gazi State Hospital, Samsun,
Turkey, editors.
Description: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2022] | Series:
Infectious diseases and microbiology | Includes bibliographical
references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2021056516 (print) | LCCN 2021056517 (ebook) | ISBN
9781685073596 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781685073831 (adobe pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Insects as carriers of disease. | Ticks.
Classification: LCC RA639.5 .D57 2022 (print) | LCC RA639.5 (ebook) | DDC
614.4/32--dc23/eng/20211124
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Contents
Preface ………………………………………………………………………………ix
Chapter 1 Tularemia Epidemiology and Diagnostic Methods………………………1
Barış Düzgün
Chapter 2 Pathogenesis of Tularemia………………………………………………..17
Cansu Benli Işık
Chapter 3 Clinical Picture and Treatment of Tularemia…………………………..27
Emine Sehmen
Chapter 4 Epidemiology and Laboratory Diagnosis of Lyme Disease…………….39
Eşe Başbulut
Chapter 5 Pathogenesis of Lyme Disease……………………………………………53
Seda Koç Şahin
Chapter 6 Lyme Disease: Dermatological Perspective……………………………..59
Gökhan Şahin
Chapter 7 Lyme Disease: Neurological Perspective………………………………...69
Murat Polat
Chapter 8 Lyme Disease: Cardiological Perspective………………………………..83
Enis Behçet Ağırdıcı
Chapter 9 Lyme Disease and Nephrologic Approach………………………………91
Demet Yavuz and Nezaket Kadı
Chapter 10 Lyme Disease: Rheumatological Perspective……………………………99
Hatice Şule Baklacıoğlu
Chapter 11 Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever………...107
Mustafa Güzel and Orhan Akpınar
Chapter 12 Pathogenesis of Tick-Borne Fever……………………………………...115
Zülay Kazak
Chapter 13 Clinical Features and Treatment of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever…...121
Tuğba Yanık Yalçın
Chapter 14 Q Fever Epidemiology and Diagnosis………………………………….127
Pervin Özlem Balcı
vi Contents
Chapter 15 Pathogenesis of Q Fever…………………………………………………137
Hatice Olger Uzuner
Chapter 16 Q Fever Clinic and Treatment………………………………………….143
Esmeray Mutlu Yılmaz
Chapter 17 Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Mediterranean Spotted Fever………153
N. Desen Büyüksoy
Chapter 18 Mediterranean Spotted Fever and Other Spotted
Fever Group Rickettsial Infections’ Pathogenesis…………………….159
Fırat Tatlıdil
Chapter 19 Clinical Features and Treatment of Mediterranean Spotted Fever
and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsial Infections……………….163
Derya Bostan Ağırdıcı
Chapter 20 Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Rickettsia…….171
Gül Erdem
Chapter 21 Pathogenesis of Infections Caused by Rickettsia………………………185
Aygün İkinci
Chapter 22 Clinical Features and Treatment
of Infections Caused by Rickettsia……………………………………...191
Hacer Keleş
Chapter 23 Epidemiology and Laboratory Diagnosis
of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever………………………………..201
Metin Özdemir
Chapter 24 Pathogenesis of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever………………...215
Alper Sayiner
Chapter 25 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Clinical
Features and Treatment………………………………………………...227
Ümmü Gülsüm Yüksel
Chapter 26 Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Tick-Borne Encephalitis…………….235
Hande Kahraman
Chapter 27 Pathogenesis of Tick-Borne Encephalitis………………………………245
İlkay Çinar
Chapter 28 Clinical Manifestations and Treatment
of Tick-Borne Encephalitis……………………………………………...251
Ahmet Yılmaz
Chapter 29 Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Colorado Tick Fever…………………261
Hakan Odabaşı
Chapter 30 Pathogenesis of Colorado Tick Fever…………………………………..271
Sultan Çalışkan
Contents vii
Chapter 31 Clinical Picture, Diagnosis, and Treatment
of Colorado Tick Fever………………………………………………….275
Fethiye Akgül
Chapter 32 Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Babesiosis (Pyroplasmosis)………….281
Tugba Avan Mutlu
Chapter 33 Pathogenesis of Babesia…………………………………………………295
Fatma Kutsal and Merve Akaydın Kılıç
Chapter 34 Clinical Features and Treatment of Babesiosis (Pyroplasmosis)……..301
Tülay Ünver Ulusoy
Chapter 35 Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Southern Tick-Associated
Rash Illness, Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis…………………………..311
Mehmet Akif Gün
Chapter 36 Pathogenesis of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness,
Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis………………………………………….323
Seda Gün
Chapter 37 Clinical Features and Treatment of Southern Tick-Associated
Rash Illness, Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis…………………………..331
Fatma Dindar Çelik and Enes Çelik
Chapter 38 Preventive Approach to Tick-Borne Diseases in Primary Care……...341
Duygu Üstünol
Chapter 39 The Role of Radiology in Tick Transmitted Diseases…………………349
Mehmet Büyükşireci
Chapter 40 Ticks of Turkey in Health Perspective…………………………………361
Ali Tümay Gürler and Nurhan İşler
Chapter 41 Approach to Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
in the Emergency Service……………………………………………….371
Metin Yadigaroğlu
Editors’ Contact Information……………………………………………………………..377
Index …………………………………………………………………………….379
