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The Arthropods

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Parasitic Diseases

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Arthropods influence human well being not only as hosts of parasitic organisms and vectors of a wide variety of pathogens but also as direct causes of tissue damage and disease. They also affect human health by reducing the availability of food. Insects destroy an estimated 20% of all food crops; this destruction continues despite the increasing use of pesticides in the fields and storage areas. Livestock are also affected by arthropod-borne infections. Vast areas of Africa are short of protein foods, because cattle suffer trypanosomiasis transmitted by tsetse flies and a variety of tick-borne diseases.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Michael Katz M.D. (Reuben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman, Professor of Public Health (Tropical Medicine), Director, Parasitologist)

  2. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Michael Katz M.D. (Reuben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman, Professor of Public Health (Tropical Medicine), Director, Parasitologist)

  3. Pediatric Service, Babies Hospital, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Michael Katz M.D. (Reuben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman, Professor of Public Health (Tropical Medicine), Director, Parasitologist)

  4. Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Michael Katz M.D. (Reuben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman, Professor of Public Health (Tropical Medicine), Director, Parasitologist)

  5. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Dickson D. Despommier PH.D. (Professor of Public Health (Parasitology) and Microbiology, Director)

  6. Parasitology Laboratory, Clinical Microbiological Service, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Dickson D. Despommier PH.D. (Professor of Public Health (Parasitology) and Microbiology, Director)

  7. Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20205, USA

    Robert W. Gwadz PH.D. (Senior Scientist)

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Katz, M., Despommier, D.D., Gwadz, R.W. (1989). The Arthropods. In: Parasitic Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0327-5_5

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