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Medical Entomology : a Textbook on Public Health and Veterinary Problems Caused by Arthropods /

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This book is designed primarily as a textbook for graduate and postgraduate courses in Medical, Public Health and Veterinary Entomology. Its uniqueness is that its emphasis is on disease as opposed to arthropods. It includes general discussions of epidemiology, transmission, disease control, vector...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eldridge, Bruce F.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Edman, John D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
Edition:Rev. edition.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Microbiology.
Medical parasitology.
Emerging infectious diseases.
Morphology (Animals)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to Medical Entomology
  • 2. Introduction to Arthropods: Structure, Function and Development
  • 3. Introduction to Arthropods: Systematics, Behavior and Ecology
  • 4. Direct Injury: Phobias, Psychoses, Annoyance, Allergies, Toxins, Venoms and Myiasis
  • 5. Arthropod Transmission of Vertebrate Parasites
  • 6. The Epidemiology of Arthropodborne Diseases
  • 7. Malaria, Babesiosis, Theileriosis and Related Diseases
  • 8. Leishmaniasis and Trypanosomiasis
  • 9. Filariasis
  • 10. Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases
  • 11. Arbovirus Diseases
  • 12. Mechanical Transmission of Disease Agents by Arthropods
  • 13. Surveillance for Arthropodborne Diseases
  • 14. Management of Arthropodborne Diseases by Vector Control
  • 15. Prevention and Control of Arthropodborne Diseases
  • Subject Index
  • Scientific Names Index.