A Colour Atlas of Medical Entomology

A there it is! guide to insects of medical and public health concern, mainly in the tropics. Each chapter covers identification, life cycle and habits of the causative stage and its medical/public health significance.

List of contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Mosquitoes.- 3 Sandflies.- 4 Biting midges (Culicoides).- 5 Biting blackflies (Simulium).- 6 Horseflies.- 7 The 'higher' flies.- 8 Tsetse flies (Glossina).- 9 Fleas.- 10 Lice.- 11 Bedbugs.- 12 Cone-nose bugs.- 13 Cockroaches.- 14 The Arachnids.- 15 Mites.- 16 Bites, stings and other forms of attack.- 17 Control of medically significant arthropods.

Product details

• Authors: Nichola Burgess, Nicholas Burgess, G O Cowan, G. O. Cowan, G.O. Cowan
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2013
• EAN: 9789401046763
• ISBN: 978-94-0-104676-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 212 mm x 268 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 425 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 144 p.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine