Meet the editor

Sara Savić, PhD, DVM, is a researcher working in a diagnostic laboratory within the Scientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad" in Novi Sad, Serbia. Her main work is based on the diagnostic procedures for zoonotic diseases and vector-borne zoonoses. Dr. Savić completed her PhD degree on Diagnostics of Lyme disease in dogs and ticks, and then turned her interests and career towards other vector-borne diseases important for public health

and One Health issues. The significance of multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary work has become most interesting during the past decade. Her expertise is in bacterial and parasitic vector-borne zoonoses, especially in blood parasites. Dr. Savić has published over 100 publications so far as a leading author or as a coauthor in different scientific journals or at conferences.

**Preface III**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Vectors **9**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 33**

Vector Borne Zoonotic Diseases and Pathogens **49**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 73**

**Chapter 6 87**

Vector Control **105**

**Chapter 7 107**

Use of Artificial Intelligence on the Control of Vector-Borne Diseases *by Daniel da Silva Motta, Roberto Badaró, Alex Santos and Frank Kirchner*

Introductory Chapter: Vectors and Vector-Borne Pathogens around Us

Aedes: What Do We Know about Them and What Can They Transmit?

Sandfly-Borne Viruses of Demonstrated/Relevant Medical Importance

An Overview of Leishmaniasis: Historic to Future Perspectives

*by Biswadeep Das, Sayam Ghosal and Swabhiman Mohanty*

*by Ana Sofia Santos and Maria Margarida Santos-Silva*

*by Nazli Ayhan and Remi N. Charrel*

Vector-Borne Infections in Bulgaria

*Ixodes ventalloi* Gil Collado, 1936: A Vector Role to be Explored

**Section 1**

Contents

*by Sara Savić*

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

*by Mümtaz Güran*

*by Iva Christova*

**Section 4**
