DESCRIPTION:
Teaching and research faculty in medical and veterinary schools that provide a course in vector borne diseases and medical entomology Parasitologists, entomologists, government scientists responsible for oversight and monitoring of insect vector borne diseases Medical and veterinary school libraries and libraries at institutions with strong programs in entomology.
CONTENTS:
1 INTRODUCTION
2 MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS OF PARASITIC ARTHROPODS
3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
4 FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY
5 COCKROACHES (BLATTARIA)
6 LICE (PHTHIRAPTERA)
7 TRUE BUGS (HEMIPTERA)
8 BEETLES (COLEOPTERA)
9 FLEAS (SIPHONAPTERA)
10 FLIES (DIPTERA)
11 MOTH FLIES AND SAND FLIES (PSYCHODIDAE)
12 BITING MIDGES (CERATOPOGONIDAE)
13 BLACK FLIES (SIMULIIDAE)
14 MOSQUITOES (CULICIDAE)
15 HORSE FLIES AND DEER FLIES (TABANIDAE)
16 MUSCID FLIES (MUSCIDAE)
17 TSETSE FLIES (GLOSSINIDAE)
18 MYIASIS (MUSCOIDEA, OESTROIDEA)
19 LOUSE FLIES, KEDS, AND RELATED FLIES (HIPPOBOSCOIDEA)
20 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA)
21 ANTS, WASPS AND BEES (HYMENOPTERA)
22 SCORPIONS (SCORPIONES)
23 SOLPUGIDS (SOLIFUGAE)
24 SPIDERS (ARANEAE)
25 MITES (ACARI)
26 TICKS (IXODIDA)
27 MOLECULAR TOOLS IN MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY
APPENDIX. ARTHROPOD-RELATED VIRUSES OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY IMPORTANCE
GLOSSARY
TAXONOMIC INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX
