Reprint

Control of Communicable Diseases in Human and in Animal Populations: 70th Anniversary Year of the Birth of Professor Rick Speare (2 August 1947 – 5 June 2016)

Edited by
October 2018
222 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03897-314-0 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03897-315-7 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Control of Communicable Diseases in Human and in Animal Populations: 70th Anniversary Year of the Birth of Professor Rick Speare (2 August 1947 – 5 June 2016) that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Medicine & Pharmacology
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

This book is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Rick Speare, whose academic contribution included high-level research on zoonotic diseases and public health in general, of human and veterinarian medical interest, following the One Health approach. He dedicated much of his work to Aboriginal communities. In 2016, Rick was tragically killed in a car crash while driving to a seminar at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. The book contains a total of 17 papers on communicable diseases in tropical environments, many of them published by Rick’s former colleagues and co-researchers. Some papers contain material collected together with Rick, which for the first time is published here.

Format
  • Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY license
Keywords
dogs; canine; domestic; parasites; zoonoses; hookworm; Queensland; Australia; strongyloidiasis; Strongyloides stercoralis; Australia; PCR; SSCP; cross-cultural health education; health education; Aboriginal language; worldview; health literacy; discovery education; informed consent; scabies; strongyloidiasis; echinococcus; hydatid disease; tree-kangaroo; zoonosis; public health; Strongyloides stercoralis; aboriginal; indigenous; soil-transmitted helminths; mass drug administration; Strongyloidiasis; low birth weight; wasting; medical students; healthcare students; immunisation; vaccination; occupational diseases; infection control; Strongyloides stercoralis; strongyloidiasis; life cycle; public health; control; biology; Schistosoma mansoni; HIV-1; point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen; sensitivity; specificity; adult; Tanzania; Wuchereria bancrofti; lymphatic filariasis; elephantiasis; scabies; epidemiology; parasitic skin disease; cross-sectional study; Nigeria; strongyloidiasis; Strongyloides stercoralis; notifiable; Australia; strongyloidiasis; Strongyloides stercoralis; Indigenous; child health; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; epidemiology; Central Australia; brucellosis; cattle; human; serological and molecular methods; Australia; biosecurity; parasites; zoonoses; wildlife; leprosy; epidemiology; spatial analysis; prevention and control; Brazil; respiratory diseases; diarrhea; hospitalizations; children; Mauritania; deaths; n/a