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Titolo: | Medical and veterinary entomology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gary Mullen, Lance Durden |
Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (615 p.) |
Disciplina: | 614.4/32 |
Soggetto topico: | Insects as carriers of disease |
Veterinary entomology | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | MullenGary R (Gary Richard) DurdenLance A |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Medical and Veterinary Entomology; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; General Entomology; Medical-Veterinary Entomology Literature; History of Medical-Veterinary Entomology; Identification and Systematics of Arthropods of Medical-Veterinary Importance; Types of Problems Caused by Arthropods; Arthropod-Borne Diseases; Food Contaminants; Fear of Arthropods; Delusory Parasitosis; Toxins and Venoms; Host Defenses; Forensic Entomology; Minor Arthropod Problems of Medical-Veterinary Interest; References and Further Reading |
Chapter 2. Epidemiology of Vector-Borne DiseasesComponents of Transmission Cycles; Modes of Transmission; Transmission Cycles; Interseasonal Maintenance; Vector Incrimination; Surveillance; References and Further Reading; Chapter 3. Cockroaches (Blattaria); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Common Cockroach Species; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 4. Lice (Phthiraptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Lice of Medical Interest; Lice of Veterinary Interest | |
Public Health ImportanceVeterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 5. True Bugs (Hemiptera); Kissing Bugs (Reduviidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; Bed Bugs (Cimicidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 6. Beetles (Coleoptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance | |
Veterinary ImportancePrevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 7. Fleas (Siphonaptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Fleas of Medical-Veterinary Importance; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 8. Flies (Diptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Families of Minor Medical or Veterinary Interest; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading | |
Chapter 9. Moth Flies and Sand Flies (Psychodidae)Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 10. Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 11. Black Flies (Simuliidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control | |
References and Further Reading | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 entomolog |
Titolo autorizzato: | Medical and veterinary entomology |
ISBN: | 1-281-75504-4 |
9786611755041 | |
0-08-053607-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910458830803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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