Diseases Transmitted by Ticks

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: Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
BISAC: MED022090; MED052000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/MVXE4447

The incidence of tick-borne diseases affecting humans has increased with increased travel and exposure to exotic environments. Ticks are important as vectors of European tick-borne encephalitis, Russian summer-spring encephalitis, and Lyme disease in America, Europe, and Asia. No struggle methods used to date have provided complete eradication of ticks and reduced the risk of tick-borne disease transmission. Ticks are still the most important vectors in the transmission of many infectious diseases. The primarily transmitted diseases to humans from ticks can be listed as Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), Lyme disease, Q fever, Tick-borne encephalitis, Mediterranean spotted fever, Monocytic ehrlichiosis, Granulocytic ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis. Besides causing severe health problems in humans, ticks also create significant economic losses on livestock. This group of diseases is more common than thought and can become chronic or show a severe course and result in death without being diagnosed.

Tick-borne diseases are incredibly diverse, both biologically and clinically, and symptoms are often non-specific, making recognition and appropriate treatment difficult. We aimed to examine the various disease syndromes in detail from a clinical perspective and support the medical literature for these diseases, which generally occur outside the clinicians’ practice field. In the book chapters, the expected risks of the patients, the epidemiology and pathogenesis of the disease, and necessary clinical applications in treatment and follow-up processes will be discussed.

We aimed to draw attention to the issues about tick-borne diseases in the light of recent developments and cases. As a ready-made resource, this book will cover basic and recent literature information, which will be very useful for students and professionals in human and veterinary medicine, public health, medical entomology, acarology, and ecology.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Tularemia Epidemiology and Diagnostic Methods
(Barış Düzgün – Medical Microbiology Laboratory, Fatih State Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey)

Chapter 2. Pathogenesis of Tularemia
(Cansu Benli Işık – Department of Medical Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Samsun Research and Training Hospital, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 3. Clinical Picture and Treatment of Tularemia
(Emine Sehmen – Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gazi State Hospital, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 4. Epidemiology and Laboratory Diagnosis of Lyme Disease
(Eşe Başbulut – Department of Medical Microbiology, Health Science University, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 5. Pathogenesis of Lyme Disease
(Seda Koç Şahin – Department of Pathology, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Samsun, Turkey

Chapter 6. Lyme Disease: Dermatological Perspective
(Gökhan Şahin – Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey

Chapter 7. Lyme Disease: Neurological Perspective
(Murat Polat – Department of Neurology, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey

Chapter 8. Lyme Disease: Cardiological Perspective
(Enis Behçet Ağırdıcı – Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Chapter 9. Lyme Disease and Nephrologic Approach
(Demet Yavuz and Nezaket Kadı – Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 10. Lyme Disease: Rheumatological Perspective
(Hatice Şule Baklacıoğlu – Department of Rheumatology, University of Health Sciences, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 11. Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever
(Mustafa Güzel and Orhan Akpınar – Maltepe Medical Center Department of Medical Microbiology, Maltepe Medical Center, Istanbul, Turkey, et al.)

Chapter 12. Pathogenesis of Tick-Borne Fever
(Zülay Kazak – Department of Pathology, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 13. Clinical Features and Treatment of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever
(Tuğba Yanık Yalçın – Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey)

Chapter 14. Q Fever Epidemiology and Diagnosis
(Pervin Özlem Balcı – Department of Microbiology, Tokat State Hospital, Tokat, Turkey)

Chapter 15. Pathogenesis of Q Fever
(Hatice Olger Uzuner – Department of Pathology, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 16. Q Fever Clinic and Treatment
(Esmeray Mutlu Yılmaz – Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Samsun, Turkey

Chapter 17. Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Mediterranean Spotted Fever
(N. Desen Büyüksoy – Department of Medical Microbiology, Dokuz Eylül University Hospital, İzmir, Turkey

Chapter 18. Mediterranean Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsial Infections’ Pathogenesis
(Fırat Tatlıdil – Department of Pathology, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 19. Clınıcal Features and Treatment of Medıterranean Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fever Group Rıckettsıal Infectıons
(Derya Bostan Ağırdıcı – Department of Dermatology, Alsancak Nevvar Salih İşgören State Hospital, İzmir, Turkey)

Chapter 20. Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Rickettsia
(Gül Erdem – Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Health Sciences, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey)

Chapter 21. Pathogenesis of Infections Caused by Rickettsia
(Aygün İkinci – Department of Pathology, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Samsun, Turkey

Chapter 22. Clinical Features and Treatment of Infections Caused by Rickettsia
(Hacer Keleş – Department of Dermatology, Health Sciences University, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 23. Epidemiology and Laboratory Diagnosis of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
(Metin Özdemir – Department of Medical Microbiology, Samsun Gazi State Hospital, Samsun, Turkey

Chapter 24. Pathogenesis of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
(Alper Sayiner – Department of Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

Chapter 25. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Clinical Features and Treatment
(Ümmü Gülsüm Yüksel – Department of Critical Care Medicine, Health Sciences University, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey

Chapter 26. Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Tick-Borne Encephalitis
(Hande Kahraman – Department of Medical Microbiology, Hitit University, Erol Olcok Training and Research Hospital, Corum, Turkey)

Chapter 27. Pathogenesis of Tick-Borne Encephalitis
(İlkay Çinar – Department of Pathology, Giresun University Medical School, Giresun, Turkey)

Chapter 28. Clinical Manifestations and Treatment of Tick-Borne Encephalitis
(Ahmet Yılmaz – Department of Neurology, Medibafra Hospital, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 29. Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Colorado Tick Fever
(Hakan Odabaşı – Department of Medical Microbiology, Health Sciences University, Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. Dr İlhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Chapter 30. Pathogenesis of Colorado Tick Fever
(Sultan Çalışkan – Department of Pathology, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 31. Clinical Picture, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Colorado Tick Fever
(Fethiye Akgül – Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Batman Training and Research Hospital, Batman, Turkey)

Chapter 32. Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Babesiosis (Pyroplasmosis)
(Tugba Avan Mutlu – Department of Microbiology, Ömer Halisdemir University, Nigde, Turkey)

Chapter 33. Pathogenesis of Babesia
(Fatma Kutsal and Merve Akaydın Kılıç – Department of Pathology, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 34. Clinical Features and Treatment of Babesiosis (Pyroplasmosis)
(Tülay Ünver Ulusoy – Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, University of Health Sciences, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey)

Chapter 35. Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis
(Mehmet Akif Gün – Ondokuz Mayis State Hospital, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 36. Pathogenesis of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis
(Seda Gün – Ondokuz Mayis University, Medical School, Department of Pathology, Samsun, Turkey)

Chapter 37. Clinical Features and Treatment of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis
(Fatma Dindar Çelik and Enes Çelik – Department of Internal Medicine, Kepez State Hospital, Antalya, Turkey, et al.)

Chapter 38. Preventive Approach to Tick-Borne Diseases in Primary Care
(Duygu Üstünol – Department of Family Medicine, Sulakyurt State Hospital, Kırıkkale, Turkey

Chapter 39. The Role of Radiology in Tick Transmitted Diseases
(Mehmet Büyükşireci – Department of Radiology, Erol Olçok Training and Research Hospital, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey

Chapter 40. Ticks of Turkey in Health Perspective
(Ali Tümay Gürler and Nurhan İşler – Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey, et al.)

Chapter 41. Approach to Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in the Emergency Service
(Metin Yadigaroğlu – Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey)

Index


Editor’s ORCID iD

Hacer İşler https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0722-8425
Metin Özdemir – https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9678-0862

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