Medical Entomology: A Textbook on Public Health and Veterinary Problems Caused by Arthropods

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This book is designed primarily as a textbook for graduate and postgraduate courses in Medical, Public Health and Veterinary Entomology. Its uniqueness is that its emphasis is on disease as opposed to arthropods. It includes general discussions of epidemiology, transmission, disease control, vector control and disease surveillance. In addition, it contains chapters oriented towards the many specific arthropod-borne diseases. Furthermore, the book discusses the many direct impacts that parasitic insects have on human and animal health. The arthropods themselves are dealt with in two introductory chapters.

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Medical and Veterinary Entomology

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ASIN: 0125104510

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Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a comprehensive text and is primarily intended for graduate students and upper level undergraduates studying the medical and veterinary significance of insects and related arthropods. The book will also appeal to a larger audience, specialists and non-specialists alike, including entomologists, parasitologists, biologists, epidemiologists, physicians, public health personnel, veterinarians, wildlife specialists and others looking for a readable, authoritative book on this topic. The first two chapters provide overviews of medical-veterinary entomology and epidemiology, respectively. These are followed by individual 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. Each of these chapters provides an overview of the taxonomy, biology and ecology of the group, and is followed by separate sections on their medical and veterinary importance, then by a section on prevention and control and, finally, by a list of references and further reading.

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* Nationally and internationally renowned contributing authors
* Up to date and new information that is easy to locate, with extensive subheadings and highlighted key words throughout text
* Includes extensive coverage of arachnids, including scorpions, solpugids, spiders, mites and ticks
* Designed for teaching several courses including Medical Entomology, Veterinary Entomology or combined Medical-Veterinary Entomology courses

The Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections

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The Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections

Manufacturer: CABI
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ASIN: 0851994733

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This major reference contains essential information on arthropod-borne infections affecting humans and domesticated animals. It contains 150 entries, describing arboviral, viral, bacterial and rickettsial, spirochaetal, protozoal and filarial infections, and the vectors that transmit them. Within each entry, there is information on disease distribution, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, transmission cycles, vector life-cycles, and treatment and control measures. Figures, tables and photographs illustrate the text. Following each entry is a selected bibliography, to aid further reading on the topic.

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The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects
M. J. Lehane
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521543959

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Fully updated since it was first published in 1991, this second edition focuses on the biological modifications common to blood-sucking insects and outlines their medical, social and economic impact. It also covers host-insect interactions and the transmission of parasites by blood-sucking insects. The final chapter is designed as a useful quick-reference section.

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Blood-sucking insects transmit many of the most debilitating diseases to man including malaria, sleeping sickness, filariasis, dengue, typhus and plague. Additionally these insects cause major economic losses in agriculture by direct damage to livestock. This new edition of The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects has been fully updated since it was first published in 1991. It provides a unique, topic-led commentary on the biological aspects that are common to blood-sucking insects. This account focuses on the biological adaptations that clearly suit the blood-sucking habit and further discusses host-insect interactions and the transmission of parasites by blood-sucking insects. It also outlines the medical, social and economic impact of blood-sucking insects. The final chapter is designed as a useful quick-reference section. Written in a clear, concise fashion and well illustrated throughout, the text will be of direct interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of medical and veterinary entomology and parasitology.

Veterinary Ectoparasites: Biology, Pathology and Control

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Veterinary Ectoparasites: Biology, Pathology and Control
Richard Wall , and David Shearer
Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing Limited
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Tsetse Biology and Ecology: Their Role in the Epidemiology and Control of Trypanosmosis

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Tsetse Biology and Ecology: Their Role in the Epidemiology and Control of Trypanosmosis
S. G. A. Leak
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ASIN: 0851993001

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Trypanosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted cyclically by the tsetse fly (Glossina spp.), is arguably still the main constraint to livestock production in Africa. In addition, sleeping sickness, the disease caused in humans by species of Trypanosoma, is an important and neglected disease which continues to threaten millions of people in tsetse-infested areas. Although alternative methods to manage the disease are being investigated, only control or eradication of the tsetse fly will eliminate the chronic nature of the disease. Because its impact is so severe, tsetse-transmitted Trypanosomiasis has been the subject of extensive research, and this volume provides a comprehensive survey of the literature. It will be invaluable resource for medical and veterinary entomologists, parasitologists, and epidemiologists working to manage these debilitating diseases.

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The almost-definitive first text for the short course in medical entomology
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Medical Entomology for Students
M. W. Service
Manufacturer: Chapman & Hall
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ASIN: 041271230X

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Arthropod vectors of disease pose major health problems worldwide. This textbook aims to provide the reader with basic information on the recognition, biology and medical importance of arthropods which affect human health and their control. The book is primarily aimed at students of subjects as diverse as tropical medicine, parasitology, entomology and pest control. It is also intended as a source of information for physicians, nurses, health officials and community health workers. Easy accessibility, beautiful illustrations and clear presentation combine to make this book essential reading for students and teachers alike of this important subject.

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The almost-definitive first text for the short course in medical entomology.......2006-05-20

One of the best, most thorough short books out there on the subject -- easy to tote around, concise, yet readable and even enjoyable. As the previous reviewer mentioned, the stinging arthros are skipped out on, but if that's important to you, your best bet might be downloading the notes pages from the University of California's course pages website (I'd recommend, honestly, snagging all of their pages from their micro and parasitology departments -- these are GOOD notes and videos, priceless and yet price-less), and/or snagging a copy of the appropriate (and it will be longer) chapter on subject same from "Medical and Veterinary Entomology" (which is probably my 5-star GET THIS IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT text/reference and all-around reader on the subject. It's thorough, it's got good pictorial coverage, and it's incredibly readable -- but expensive (worth it, but what good is that if you can't afford it -- and you'll RARELY (read: probably NEVER) find a cheap used copy on here or anywhere).

As for this particular (short, handy, soft-cover and light) book: Note well that if you're taking an undergrad course in med (and maybe also vet) parasitology with entomology, this book is the most often used book in my experience. It can be well-supplemented (especially in the graphics section, which is admittedly poor, save for the very helpful line drawings and graphs) by John T. Sullivan's "Electronic Atlas of Parasitology" CD (currently in Version 2.02 (as far as I know), available from the author who is a professor at UC-San Francisco, via ebay, and possibly also via Amazon, for somewhere around $12-15).

All in all, I thoroughly recommend this book, ESPECIALLY for anybody reviewing for exams or finals, where it truly shines for its concision and well-thought-out format. If you've got labs (and especially if you have a lot of lab quizzes), this book will only get you so far in preparation for that portion of your education (for eg, while you might find descriptions of differentiating culex from aedes, the pictures themselves are pretty much necessary, take my word) -- do do the extra work and obtain something with good pictorial (color is preferable but not necessary) views... even if it is a book specifically on field entomology & identification, or in combination with that CD (more helpful with the parasitology portion, to be honest).

Concise and Thorough.......2000-06-12

This paperback volume is a bit pricey but worth it for the information contained. Line drawings accompany and compliment the text. This book is very much up-to-date. Two shortcomings kept it from a 5 star rating: the bees & wasps are not included, and the addition of some color plates would have been most helpful.

Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance: A Checklist of Preferred Names and Allied Terms (Cabi Publishing)

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Biocontrol of Medical and Veterinary Pests

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Biocontrol of Medical and Veterinary Pests

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Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus: Diagnosis, Management and Control

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Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus: Diagnosis, Management and Control
Sagar M. Goyal , and Julia F. Ridpath
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ASIN: 0813804787

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For almost 60 years, continual research on the subject of Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) has raised as many questions as that research has answered. This common disease continues to cause sickness, death, abortion and fetal anomalies despite the millions of vaccination doses used each year to prevent its spread. Written by international experts on the subject of the BVD virus, BVDV: Diagnosis, Management and Control includes the latest information on BVD and outlines methods of diagnosis, management and control. Researchers, academics, and large animal practitioners will find this book an invaluable and irreplaceable resource for understanding and controlling outbreaks of BVD.

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