Medical Entomology for Students

Name: Medical Entomology for Students
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ISBN: 9780521709286

ISBN-10: 0521709288

ISBN-13: 9780521709286

Edition: 4th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Mike Service, M. W. Service

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Arthropod vectors of human infections, such as malaria, filariasis, West Nile virus, Lyme disease and typhus, are a continuing threat to human health. Medical Entomology for Students provides basic information on the recognition, biology, ecology, and medical importance of the arthropods that affect human health. The fourth edition of this popular textbook is completely updated, and now incorporates the latest strategies for controlling insects, ticks and mites. Extensive illustrations, with new colour photographs of some of the most important vectors and pests, will assist readers in recognizing arthropods such as mosquitoes, flies, and myiasis causing larvae. With a clear presentation and…

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List price: $58.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 306
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
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


Acknowledgements



Introduction to mosquitoes (Culicidae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Classification of mosquitoes



Medical importance



Mosquito control


Further reading



Anopheline mosquitoes (Anophelinae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Culicine mosquitoes (Culicinae)



Culex mosquitoes



Aedes mosquitoes



Haemagogus mosquitoes



Sabethes mosquitoes



Mansonia mosquitoes



Coquillettidia mosquitoes



Psorophora mosquitoes



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Black-flies (Simuliidae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Phlebotomine sand-flies (Phlebotominae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Horse-flies (Tabanidae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Tsetse-flies (Glossinidae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



House-flies and stable-flies (Muscidae) and latrine-flies (Fanniidae)



The common house-fly (Musca domestica)



The greater house-fly (Muscina stabulans)



The stable-fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)



The lesser house-fly and the latrine-fly (Fannia species)


Further reading



Flies and myiasis



Types of myiasis



Classification



Calliphoridae: non-metallic flies



Calliphoridae: metallic flies



Sarcophagidae: flesh-flies



Oestridae: bot-flies



Other myiasis-producing flies


Further reading



Fleas (Siphonaptera)



External morphology



Life cycle



Medical importance



Tunga penetrans



Control of fleas


Further reading



Sucking lice (Anoplura)



The body louse (Pediculus humanus)



The head louse (Pediculus capitis)



The pubic louse (Pthirus pubis)


Further reading



Bedbugs (Cimicidae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Triatomine bugs (Triatominae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Cockroaches (Blattaria)



External morphology



Life cycle



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Soft ticks (Argasidae)



External morphology



Internal anatomy



Life cycle



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Hard ticks (lxodidae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Behaviour and habits



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Scabies mites (Sarcoptidae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Recognition of scabies



Treatment of scabies


Further reading



Scrub typhus mites (Trombiculidae)



External morphology



Life cycle



Ecology



Medical importance



Control


Further reading



Miscellaneous mites



Demodicidae: follicle mites (Demodex species)



Pyroglyphidae: house-dust mites (Dermatophagoides and Euroglyphus species)



Other mites


Further reading



Names of some chemicals and microbials used in vector control


Glossary of common terms relevant to medical entomology


Select bibliography


Index