A Colour Atlas of Medical Entomology

This atlas should enable users to identify arthropods of medical and public health importance and to assess their significance; it will also assist in the accurate diagnosis of the patient's condition and the prevention of recurrence.

List of contents

Introduction. Mosquitoes. Sandflies. Biting midges (Culicoides). Biting blackflies (Simulium). Horseflies. The Higher flies. Tsetse flies (Glossina). Fleas. Lice. Bedbugs. Cone-nose bugs. Cockroaches. The Arachnids. Mites. Bites, stings and other forms of attack. Control of medically significant arthropods. Index

Summary

An illustrated atlas which enables clinicians and researchers to identify arthropods of medical and public health importance. Each chapter covers identification, life cycle and condition caused, and micrographs of every specimen at relevant stages of its life cycle are included.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas R. H. Burgess, G. O. Cowan, G.O. Cowan
• Publisher: Chapman and Hall
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.1992
• EAN: 9780412323409
• ISBN: 978-0-412-32340-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 285 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 651 g
• Series: Chapman & Hall Medical Atlas Series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General