Bats (Chiroptera) as vectors of diseases and parasites facts and myths / Sven Klimpel, Heinz Mehlhorn, editors.

Other author Klimpel, Sven.
Other author Mehlhorn, Heinz.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerlin ; New York : Springer, [2014]
Descriptionxii, 187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
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SeriesParasitology research monographs, 2192-3671 ; volume 5
Parasitology research monographs ; v. 5. 2192-3671 UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Introduction: The world of bats / Heinz Mehlhorn -- Bats: a glimpse on their astonishing morphology and lifestyle / Volker Walldorf and Heinz Mehlhorn -- Bats as potential reservoir hosts for vector-borne diseases / Christian Melaun, Antje Werblow, Markus Wilhelm Busch, Andrew Liston, and Sven Klimpel -- Bat endoparasites: a UK perspective / Jennifer S. Lord and Darren R. Brooks -- Macroparasites of Microchiroptera: bat ectoparasites of Central and South America / Raphael Frank, Julian Münster, Julia Schulze, Andrew Liston, and Sven Klimpel -- Parasitic bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae and Nycteribiidae): host specificity and potential as vectors / Carl W. Dick and Katharina Dittmar -- No myth but reality: blood licking bats / Heinz Mehlhorn -- Vampirism in medicine and culture / Peter Mario Kreuter and Heinz Schott -- Unsolved and solved myths: chupacabras and "goat-milking" birds / Heinz Mehlhorn -- Myth and reality: candiru, the bloodsucking fish that may enter humans / Heinz Mehlhorn.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013951330
ISBN9783642393327 (alk. paper)
ISBN3642393322 (alk. paper)

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