Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia [Hardcover]

This book pursues a multidisciplinary approach in order to evaluate the socio-ecological dimensions of infectious diseases in Southeast Asia. It includes 18 chapters written by respected researchers in the fields of history, sociology, ecology, epidemiology, veterinary sciences, medicine and the environmental sciences on six major topics: (1) Infectious diseases and societies, (2) Health, infectious diseases and socio-ecosystems; (3) Global changes, land use changes and vector-borne diseases; (4) Monitoring and data acquisition; (5) Managing health risks; and (6) Developing strategies. The book offers a valuable guide for students and researchers in the fields of development and environmental studies, animal and human health (veterinarians, physicians), ecology and conservation biology, especially those with a focus on Southeast Asia.

Chapter 1: Introduction to socio-ecological dimensions of infectious diseases and health in Southeast Asia.- Part 1: Infectious Diseases and Societies.- Chapter 2: Climate, environment and epidemic febrile diseases: A view from Chinese medicine.- Chapter 3: Long life of people living with HIV/AIDS and the practice of medical power.- Chapter 4: Socio-environmental global changes and infectious diseases: Interdisciplinary approach applied to tourism studies.- Part 2: Socio-Ecosystems and Health.- Chapter 5: Heavy metals contamination in the ecosystem of Mae Tang reservoir in Northern Thailand.- Chapter 6: Water and health: What is the risk and visible burden of the exposure to environmental contaminations? Insights from a questionnaire-based survey in Northern Thailand.- Chapter 7: Melioidosis in Laos.- Part 3: Global Changes, Land Use Changes and Vector-Borne Diseases.- Chapter 8: Adaptation of mosquito vectors to salinity and its impact on mosquito-borne disease transmission in the South and Southeast Asian tropics.- Chapter 9: The malaria landscape: Mosquitoes, transmission, landscape, insecticide resistancel£§