Climate, Ticks and Disease (eBook)

Pat Nuttall is Emeritus Professor of Arbovirology in the Zoology Department, University of Oxford, and Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. Current research interests are in viruses transmitted by ticks, and how tick saliva promotes virus transmission. Prior to re-joining the University of Oxford in 2013, she was employed by the UK's Natural Environment Research Council, becoming Director of the Institute of Virology & Environmental Microbiology in 1995 and Director of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in 2001. Her research resulted in the first NERC spin out company, Evolutec Ltd. She created Wolfson Innovate to promote college entrepreneurism, now expanded to Oxford University's All-Innovate venture. Distinctions include: Ivanovsky Medal for Virology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Order of the British Empire for services to environmental sciences; LeConte Scholar, Georgia Southern University, USA; Honorary Professor, Nankia University, China; Chevalier dans l'ordre du Mérite Agricole, France; Harry Hoogstraal award, American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

This work is valuable not only for the wealth of knowledge it conveys, but also for highlighting the areas where our knowledge is most limited. It shows, for example, that a complete picture of the geographic distribution of TBDs is out of reach, since available data on ticks and the infections they transmit in many countries and regions (especially in south-eastern Asia) are extremely limited or nonexistent. Pat Nuttall as the Editor deserves special recognition for her service to the research community in bringing together an authoritative group of recognized specialists, organizing their contributions, and providing excellent informative synopses to each section as well as the final synopsis to the entire book. This monumental book is a valuable resource for those working in a broad range of disciplines, including medical acarology, entomology and zoology, parasitology, epidemiology, environmental science, and public health to name a few. A copy of the book would make a good investment for research laboratories and investigators specializing in any of these fields. It should be available from every library serving specialists and decision-makers in the broader areas of biology, medicine, environment, and public policy.