Integrated vector management [[electronic resource] ] : controlling vectors of malaria and other insect vector borne diseases / / Graham Matthews

• Autore: Matthews G. A
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.4/32
• Soggetto topico: Insects as carriers of disease - Integrated control; Vector control; Insect pests - Integrated control
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Indoor residual spraying -- Space treatment -- Bed nets and treated clothing -- Larviciding -- Integrated vector management -- Other insects: flies, cockroaches and bed bugs -- Looking ahead.
• Sommario/riassunto: Diseases transmitted by insects continue to have a major impact on human populations. Malaria, dengue, onchocerciasis, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis all adversely affect man. Malaria is one of the most important causes of child mortality and reduces economic development in many countries, with agricultural productivity often greatly reduced, as many vectors are active in the wet season favourable for crop production. Vector control is crucial to reduce the extent to which drugs are needed to treat the diseases, as the parasite can become resistant, or the drugs are often too expensive fo
• Altri titoli varianti: Controlling vectors of malaria and other insect vector borne diseases
• Titolo autorizzato: Integrated vector management
• ISBN: 1-119-95033-3; 1-283-24672-4; 9786613246721; 1-119-95032-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781606603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II