Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Author: Mullen   Gary R.;Durden   Lance A.  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2002

E-ISBN: 9780080536071

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780125104517

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780125104517

Subject: R384 medical entomology

Language: ENG

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Description

Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a comprehensive text and is primarily intended for graduate students and upper level undergraduates studying the medical and veterinary significance of insects and related arthropods. The book will also appeal to a larger audience, specialists and non-specialists alike, including entomologists, parasitologists, biologists, epidemiologists, physicians, public health personnel, veterinarians, wildlife specialists and others looking for a readable, authoritative book on this topic. The first two chapters provide overviews of medical-veterinary entomology and epidemiology, respectively. These are followed by individual chapters devoted to each group of insects or arachnids of medical-veterinary importance and the health problems they can cause including their role as vectors of pathogens. Each of these chapters provides an overview of the taxonomy, biology and ecology of the group, and is followed by separate sections on their medical and veterinary importance, then by a section on prevention and control and, finally, by a list of references and further reading.

  • Nationally and internationally renowned contributing authors
  • Up to date and new information that is easy to locate, with extensive subheadings and highlighted key words throughout text
  • Includes extensive coverage of arachnids, including scorpions, solpugids, spiders, mites and ticks
  • Designed for teaching several courses including Medical Entomology

Chapter

Chapter 2. Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Diseases

Chapter 3. Cockroaches (Blattaria)

Chapter 4. Lice (Phthiraptera)

Chapter 5. True Bugs (Hemiptera)

Chapter 6. Beetles (Coleoptera)

Chapter 7. Fleas (Siphonaptera)

Chapter 8. Flies (Diptera)

Chapter 9. Moth Flies and Sand Flies (Psychodidae)

Chapter 10. Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae)

Chapter 11. Black Flies (Simuliidae)

Chapter 12. Mosquitoes (Culicidae)

Chapter 13. Horse Flies and Deer Flies (Tabanidae)

Chapter 14. Muscid Flies (Muscidae)

Chapter 15. Tsetse Flies (Glossinidae)

Chapter 16. Myiasis (Muscoidea, Oestroidea)

Chapter 17. Louse Flies, Reds, and Related Flies (Hippoboscoidea)

Chapter 18. Moths and Butterflies (Lepidoptera)

Chapter 19. Ants, Wasps, and Bees (Hymenoptera)

Chapter 20. Scorpions (Scorpiones)

Chapter 21. Solpugids (Solifugae)

Chapter 22. Spiders (Araneae)

Chapter 23. Mites (Acari)

Chapter 24. Ticks (Ixodida)

Taxonomic Index

Subject Index

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