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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 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056516 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056517 Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. † New York 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