Medical Entomology for Students

Name: Medical Entomology for Students
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ISBN: 9781107668188

ISBN-10: 1107668182

ISBN-13: 9781107668188

Edition: 5th 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Mike Service

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Despite numerous scientific investigations on vector-borne human infections such as malaria, Lyme disease and typhus these diseases continue to threaten human health. Understanding the role of vectors in disease transmission, and the most appropriate control strategies, is therefore essential. This book provides information on the recognition, biology, ecology and medical importance of the arthropods that affect human health. The fifth edition of this popular textbook is completely updated and incorporates the latest strategies for controlling insects, ticks and mites. Numerous illustrations, with new colour photographs of some of the most important vectors, aid recognition. A glossary of…

Book details

List price: $84.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/10/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 334
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Mike Service is a world authority on medical entomology and has over 50 years experience of research and teaching in the field. He is Emeritus Professor of Medical Entomology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. In 1997 he was awarded the Sir Rickard Christophers medal by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and in 2002 the Harry Hoogstraal Medal by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, for research on medical vectors.



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)



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