Title Medical and veterinary entomology / edited by Gary Mullen, Lance Durden

Published San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press/Elsevier, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 597 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases / William K. Reisen -- Cockroaches (Blattaria) / Richard J. Brenner -- Lice (Phthiraptera) / Lance A. Durden -- True bugs (Hemiptera) ; Beetles (Coleoptera) / William L. Krinsky -- Fleas (Siphonaptera) / Lance A. Durden, Robert Traub -- Flies (Diptera) / Robert D. Hall, Reid R. Gerhardt -- Moth flies and sand flies (Psychodidae) / Louis C. Rutledge, Raj K. Gupta -- Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) / Gary R. Mullen -- Black flies (Simuliidae) / Peter H. Adler, John W. McCreadie -- Mosquitoes (Culicidae) / Woodbridge A. Foster, Edward D. Walker -- Horse flies and deer flies (Tabanidae) / Bradley A. Mullens -- Muscid flies (Muscidae) / Roger D. Moon -- Tsetse flies (Glossinidae) / William L. Krinsky -- Myiasis (Muscoidea, Oestroidea) / E. Paul Catts, Gary R. Mullen -- Louse flies, keds, and related flies (Hippoboscoidea) / John E. Lloyd -- Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) / Gary R. Mullen -- Ants, wasps, and bees (Hymenoptera) / Roger D. Akre, Hal C. Reed -- Scorpions (Scorpiones) / Gary R. Mullen, Scott A. Stockwell -- Solpugids (Solifugae) ; Spiders (Araneae) / Gary R. Mullen -- Mites (Acari) / Gary R. Mullen, Barry M. OConnor -- Ticks (Ixodida) / Daniel E. Sonenshine, Robert S. Lane, William L. Nicholson Summary Provides coverage of arachnids, including scorpions, solpugids, spiders, mites and ticks. This title contains chapters devoted to each group of insects or arachnids of medical-veterinary importance and the health problems they can cause including their role as vectors of pathogens. It is intended for students, entomologists, biologists and others Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Insects as carriers of disease. Veterinary entomology. Entomology. Zoonoses. Insect Vectors Entomology Insecta -- pathogenicity Zoonoses entomology. MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment. MEDICAL -- Epidemiology. Zoonoses Entomology Insects as carriers of disease Veterinary entomology Entomologia veterinária. Insetos vetores. Zoonoses. Form Electronic book Author Mullen, Gary R. (Gary Richard) Durden, Lance A ISBN 9780080536071 0080536077

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