• General Background
• 49 min
  1. Overview of arthropods & their impact on the health of humans & other vertebrates 1

  • Prof. William S. Romoser
• 42 min
  2. Overview of arthropods & their impact on the health of humans & other vertebrates 2

  • Prof. William S. Romoser
• 49 min
  3. Myiasis in humans and other animals, including applied applications in larval therapy & forensic entomology

  • Dr. Jamie Stevens
• 58 min
  4. Reactions to arthropod allergens, toxins and venoms

  • Prof. Stephen Wikel
• 41 min
  5. Parasite transmission by arthropods

  • Prof. William K. Reisen
• 32 min
  6. Mechanical transmission or dissemination of infectious pathogens/parasites by arthropods

  • Prof. Lane Foil
• 41 min
  7. Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases

  • Dr. Laura C. Harrington
• 36 min
  8. Surveillance, prevention, and control of vector-borne diseases 1

  • Prof. Jonathan Day
• 33 min
  9. Surveillance, prevention, and control of vector-borne diseases 2

  • Prof. Jonathan Day
• 48 min
  10. GIS, remote sensing and spatial analysis for vector-borne diseases

  • Prof. Uriel Kitron
  • Dr. Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec
• Arthropod-Borne Viral Diseases (The ARBO Viruses)
• 27 min
  11. Dengue: biology, diagnosis and pathology

  • Prof. Emeritus Duane J. Gubler
• 27 min
  12. Dengue: epidemiology, prevention and control

  • Prof. Emeritus Duane J. Gubler
• 42 min
  13. The Bunyavirales

  • Prof. Laura D. Kramer
• 62 min
  14. Vector-borne alpha virus infections

  • Prof. Scott Weaver
• Vector-Borne Bacterial/Rickettsial Diseases
• 22 min
  15. The emergence of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases

  • Prof. Durland Fish
• 43 min
  16. Plague and other flea-borne infections

  • Prof. Kevin S. Griffith
• 31 min
  17. Epidemic typhus and other louse- and mite-borne infections

  • Dr. Kevin Macaluso
• Vector-Borne Protozoan Diseases
• 51 min
  18. Malaria in the mosquito

  • Prof. Peter Billingsley
• 38 min
  19. Tsetse fly-transmitted African trypanosomiasis

  • Prof. Mike Lehane
• 28 min
  20. Triatominae vectors of Chagas disease

  • Prof. Christopher J. Schofield
• Vector-Borne Filarial Diseases
• 47 min
  21. The biology and control of human onchocerciasis

  • Prof. Ed Cupp
• 72 min
  22. Lymphatic filariasis

  • Prof. David Molyneux, CMG
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 49 min
  23. Dengue and yellow fever: the anatomy of decline and emergence

  • Prof. Emeritus Duane J. Gubler
• 41 min
  24. Species complexes: confusion in identifying the true vectors of malaria and other parasites

  • Prof. Susan Paskewitz
• 42 min
  25. The Bunyaviridae

  • Prof. Laura D. Kramer
• 73 min
  26. Surveillance, prevention and control of vector-borne infections

  • Prof. Jonathan Day

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1. Introduction
2. Presentation contents
3. Fleas
4. Flea characteristics
5. Public health importance of fleas
6. Plague-background and epidemiology
7. Three pandemics
8. Public health concern
9. Pathogen
10. Plague transmission
11. Classic flea-borne transmission paradigm
12. Re-evaluating the classic paradigm
13. Epidemiology (1)
14. Epidemiology (2)
15. Factors affecting the number of human cases
16. Plague-clinical aspects
17. Clinical presentations
18. Bubonic plague
19. Distribution of bubo locations
20. Septicemic plague (1)
21. Septicemic plague (2)
22. Pneumonic plague (1)
23. Pneumonic plague (2)
24. Other clinical manifestations
25. Diagnosis
26. Presumptive lab diagnosis
27. Confirmed lab diagnosis
28. F1 antigen rapid detection tests
29. Case management and treatment
30. Antimicrobial resistant strains
31. Plague-control and prevention
32. Control and prevention
33. Human control and prevention
34. Flea and rodent control and prevention
35. Bioterrorism and plague
36. Other flea-borne infections
37. Murine typhus (1)
38. Murine typhus (2)
39. Murine typhus - clinical findings
40. Murine typhus - diagnosis and treatment
41. Rickettsia felis
42. Bartonella spp. and fleas
43. Acknowledgments

Topics Covered

• Overview of fleas
• Background and epidemiology of plague
• Clinical aspects of plague, including manifestations, diagnostics, and treatment
• Control and prevention of plague
• Other flea-borne infections

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Series:

• Vector-Borne Diseases

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Microbiology

Therapeutic Areas:

• Infectious Diseases

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on October 26, 2010

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Kevin S. Griffith has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.