Bats (Chiroptera) as vectors of diseases and parasites :  facts and myths / 
Sven Klimpel, Heinz Mehlhorn, editors. 
 - xii, 187 páginas :  ilustraciones (principalmente color), mapas color. 
 - Parasitology research monographs,  volume 5  2192-3671 ; .
 - Parasitology research monographs ;  v. 5. .
<br/><br/>Incluye bibliografía. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: The world of bats / Heinz Mehlhorn -- Bats: a glimpse on their astonishing morphology and lifestyle / Volker Walldorf and Heinz Mehlhorn -- Bats as potential reservoir hosts for vector-borne diseases / Christian Melaun, Antje Werblow, Markus Wilhelm Busch, Andrew Liston, and Sven Klimpel -- Bat endoparasites: a UK perspective / Jennifer S. Lord and Darren R. Brooks -- Macroparasites of Microchiroptera: bat ectoparasites of Central and South America / Raphael Frank, Julian Münster, Julia Schulze, Andrew Liston, and Sven Klimpel -- Parasitic bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae and Nycteribiidae): host specificity and potential as vectors / Carl W. Dick and Katharina Dittmar -- No myth but reality: blood licking bats / Heinz Mehlhorn -- Vampirism in medicine and culture / Peter Mario Kreuter and Heinz Schott -- Unsolved and solved myths: chupacabras and ´goat-milking´ birds / Heinz Mehlhorn -- Myth and reality: candiru, the bloodsucking fish that may enter humans / Heinz Mehlhorn. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>3642393322 9783642393327 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Etiología (Enfermedades).<br/>Murciélagos--Parásitos.<br/>Parasitología médica.<br/>Quirópteros.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.96  / B334 2014