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 Jorg Heukelbach.

• TeilnehmendeR: Heukelbach, Jorg,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

About the Special Issue Editor -- Jorg Heukelbach Control of Communicable Diseases in Human and in Animal Populations: 70th Anniversary of the Year of the Birth of Professor Rick Speare (2 August 1947-5 June 2016) Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 106, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3040106 -- Angela Wilson and Deborah Fearon Paediatric Strongyloidiasis in Central Australia Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 64, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020064 -- Gemma J. Robertson, Anson V. Koehler, Robin B. Gasser, Matthew Watts, Robert Norton and Richard S. Bradbury Application of PCR-Based Tools to Explore Strongyloides Infection in People in Parts of Northern Australia Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2017, 2, 62, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed2040062 -- Matthew Paltridge and Aileen Traves The Health Effects of Strongyloidiasis on Pregnant Women and Children: A Systematic Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 50, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020050 -- Literature Review Wendy Page, Jenni A. Judd and Richard S. Bradbury The Unique Life Cycle of Strongyloides stercoralis and Implications for Public Health Action Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 53, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020053 -- Adrian Miller, Elizebeth L. Young, Valarie Tye, Robert Cody, Melody Muscat, Vicki Saunders, Michelle L. Smith, Jenni A. Judd and Rick Speare A Community-Directed Integrated Strongyloides Control Program in Queensland, Australia Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 48, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020048 -- Meruyert Beknazarova, Harriet Whiley, Jenni Judd, Jennifer Shield, Wendy Page, Adrian Miller, Maxine Whittaker and Kirstin Ross -- Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 61, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020061 -- Erin Fergus, Richard Speare and Clare Heal Immunisation Rates of Medical Students at a Tropical Queensland University Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 52, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020052 -- Catherine A. Gordon, Malcolm K. Jones and Donald P. McManus The History of Bancroftian Lymphatic Filariasis in Australasia and Oceania: Is There a Threat of Re-Occurrence in Mainland Australia? Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 58, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020058 -- Muhammad Zahoor Khan and Muhammad Zahoor An Overview of Brucellosis in Cattle and Humans, and its Serological and Molecular Diagnosis in Control Strategies Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 65, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020065 -- Amy L. Shima, Constantin C. Constantinoiu, Linda K. Johnson and Lee F. Skerratt Echinococcus Granulosus Infection in Two Free-Ranging Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) from the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 47, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020047 -- Uade Samuel Ugbomoiko, Samuel Adeola Oyedeji, Olarewaju Abdulkareem Babamale and Jorg Heukelbach Scabies in Resource-Poor Communities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria: Epidemiology, Clinical Features and Factors Associated with Infestation Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 59, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020059 -- Jennifer M. Shield, Thérèse M. Kearns, Joanne Garngulkpuy, Lisa Walpulay, Roslyn Gundjirryirr, Leanne Bundhala, Veronica Djarpanbuluwuy, Ross M. Andrews and Jenni Judd Cross-Cultural, Aboriginal Language, Discovery Education for Health Literacy and Informed Consent in a Remote Aboriginal Community in the Northern Territory, Australia Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 15, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3010015 -- R. C. Andrew Thompson Exotic Parasite Threats to Australia's Biosecurity-Trade, Health, and Conservation Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 76, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3030076 -- Simone Gillespie and Richard S. Bradbury A Survey of Intestinal Parasites of Domestic Dogs in Central Queensland Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2017, 2, 60, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed2040060. Mohamed Lemine Cheikh Brahim Ahmed, Abdellahi Weddih, Mohammed Benhafid, Mohamed Abdellahi Bollahi, Mariem Sidatt, Khattry Makhalla, Ali H. Mokdad, Jorg Heukelbach and Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf Hospitalizations and Deaths Associated with Diarrhea and Respiratory Diseases among Children Aged 0-5 Years in a Referral Hospital of Mauritania Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 103, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3030103 -- Humphrey D. Mazigo and Jorg Heukelbach Diagnostic Performance of Kato Katz Technique and Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen Rapid Test in Diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni Infection in HIV-1 Co-Infected Adults on the Shoreline of Lake Victoria, Tanzania Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 54, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020054 -- Eliana Amorim de Souza, Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Jorg Heukelbach, Reagan Nzundu Boigny, Carlos Henrique Alencar and Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr. Epidemiology and Spatiotemporal Patterns of Leprosy Detection in the State of Bahia, Brazilian Northeast Region, 2001-2014 Reprinted from: Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 79, doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3030079.