Medical Entomology for Students
ISBN: 9781107668188 | 1107668182
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 6/30/2012
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Written for students of medical entomology, the fifth edition of this popular textbook has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest strategies for controlling insects, ticks and mites. Useful features include a glossary of entomological and epidemiological terms and a list of commonly used insecticides and their common trade names.
Despite numerous scientific investigations on vector-borne human infections such as malaria, Lyme disease and typhus these diseases continue to threaten human health. Understanding ... MORE
Despite numerous scientific investigations on vector-borne human infections such as malaria, Lyme disease and typhus these diseases continue to threaten human health. Understanding ... MORE
| Preface to the first edition | |
| Preface to the second edition | |
| Preface to the third edition | |
| Preface to the fourth edition | |
| Preface to the fifth edition | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction to mosquitoes (Culicidae) | |
| Anopheline mosquitoes (Anophelinae) | |
| Culicine mosquitoes (Culicinae) | |
| Black flies (Simuliidae) | ... MORE |
| Phlebotomine sand flies (Phlebotominae) | |
| Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) | |
| Horse flies (Tabanidae) | |
| Tsetse flies (Glossinidae) | |
| House flies and stable flies (Muscidae) and latrine flies (Fanniidae) | |
| Flies and myiasis | |
| Fleas (Siphonaptera) | |
| Sucking lice (Anoplura) | |
| Bedbugs (Cimicidae) | |
| Triatomine bugs (Triatominae) | |
| Cockroaches (Blattaria) | |
| Soft ticks (Argasidae) | |
| Hard ticks (Ixodidae) | |
| Scabies mites (Sarcoptidae) | |
| Scrub typhus mites (Trombiculidae) | |
| Miscellaneous mites | |
| Appendix: names of some chemicals and microbials used in vector control | |
| Glossary of common terms relevant to medical entomology | |
| Select bibliography | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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