This book provides a comprehensive exploration of vector-borne diseases highlighting current trends control strategies and their public health implications. With contributions from experts it informs readers about specific diseases caused by vectors such as mosquitoes and other zoonotic agents presenting innovative approaches for prevention and management.

The book begins with a focus on mosquito control strategies emphasizing their significance in reducing the burden of vector-borne diseases. It further unravels the impact of Rickettsial infections providing insights into these often-underdiagnosed diseases. Scrub typhus is explored through its co-infections with other vector-borne zoonotic diseases and analyzed using an integrated omics approach to better understand its pathogenesis and treatment. The final chapter sheds light on lymphatic filariasis a neglected tropical disease covering its endemic nature clinical manifestations like elephantiasis and hydrocele mass drug administration programs and novel vector management techniques.

This resource is ideal for public health professionals researchers and students providing actionable insights into combating vector-borne diseases globally.

Key Features:

Discusses innovative mosquito control strategies and integrated vector management.

Explores lesser-known diseases like scrub typhus and Rickettsial infections with advanced omics approaches.

Provides a detailed analysis of lymphatic filariasis including treatment strategies like antifilarial drugs and mass drug administration.

Highlights the importance of public health interventions in combating neglected tropical diseases.

Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research – Anti infectives is a book series that brings updated reviews to readers interested in learning about advances in the development of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of infectious diseases. The scope of the book series covers a range of topics including the chemistry pharmacology molecular biology and biochemistry of natural and synthetic drugs employed in the treatment of infectious diseases. Reviews in this series also include research on multi drug resistance and pre-clinical / clinical findings on novel antibiotics vaccines antifungal agents and antitubercular agents. Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research – Anti infectives is a valuable resource for pharmaceutical scientists and postgraduate students seeking updated and critically important information for developing clinical trials and devising research plans in the field of anti infective drug discovery and epidemiology.

The seventh volume of this series features these interesting reviews:

- Nucleic acid and peptide aptamers as potential antiviral drugs

- Host-directed antibiotic-adjuvant combination and antibiotic-antibiotic combinations for treating multidrug-resistant (mdr) gram-negative pathogens

- Bioactive substances as anti-infective strategies against clostridioides difficile

- Anti-toxoplasma drug discovery and natural products: a brief overview

- Development of antimalarial and antileishmanial drugs from amazonian biodiversity

This monograph is a collection of reviews that presents results obtained from new and somewhat unconventional methods used to fight multiple drug resistance (MDR) acquired by microorganisms and tumours. Two directions are considered: (i) the modification of non-antibiotic medicines by exposure to un-coherent or laser optical radiation to obtain photoproducts that receive bactericidal or possibly tumouricidal properties and (ii) the development of new vectors (micrometric droplets of solutions containing medicinal agents) to transport medicines to targets based on optical and micro spectroscopic methods.

Chapters shed light on pendant droplets used for antibiotic drug delivery the science of lasers and their interactions with fluids in pendant droplets and spectroscopic analyses of droplets used to treat MDR infections. It therefore equips researchers and medical professionals with information about tools that enable them to respond to medical emergencies in challenging environments.

The intended readership for this monograph includes graduate students medical doctors fluid physicists biologists photochemists and experts in drug delivery methods employed in extreme conditions (such as those found in outer space and hypergravity conditions) who are learning about using techniques such as laser spectroscopy biophotonics and optofluidics/microfluidics.

Frontiers in Parasitology is an Ebook series devoted to publishing the latest and the most important advances in parasitology. Eminent scientists present reviews on the microbiology cytology epidemiology genomics and molecular biology of microbial parasites and their associated infections. Additionally the series also gives information about new diagnostic and therapeutic protocols. The Ebook series is essential reading to all scientists involved in studying harmful microbes and their impact on human health.

Despite the high impact on human health caused by Tuberculosis (TB) infections worldwide nearly 45 years have passed since a novel drug was introduced for its treatment. As MDR-TB and XDR-TB cases rise globally new strategies and drugs are desperately needed to address this problem. Tuberculosis Treatment: The Search For New Drugs covers a wide range of topics about TB drug discovery. The e-book begins with historical information about Tuberculosis discovery and treatment and explores modern treatment strategies formulations (synthetic and natural) and class of compounds. The extraction of important drugs from various sources is also covered in separate chapters along with information about promising drugs undergoing clinical testing. The e-book is a useful reference for readers interested in learning about the array of pharmaceuticals discovered and used to combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections.

Multiple drug resistance among bacteria has become a global issue with a considerable impact on the mortality associated with infectious diseases. This book is a detailed compilation of available knowledge on the surveillance and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in various countries throughout the world. Readers will be updated on current information on the understanding of mechanisms involved in drug resistance and the geographical distribution of resistance determinant markers. This volume should be a useful guide for microbiologists and clinicians interested in designing antimicrobial therapies tailored for patients in specific geographical regions.