Medical entomology for students / Mike Service.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Service, M. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insects as carriers of disease.

Insect Vectors--parasitology.

Entolmology.

Medical Subjects:

Insect Vectors--parasitology.

Entolmology.

Physical Description:

x, 289 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (partly color) ; 23 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Arthropod vectors of human infections, such as malaria, filariasis, West Nile virus, Lyme disease, and typhus, are a continuing threat to human health. Medical Entomology for Students provides basic information on the recognition, biology, ecology, and medical importance of the arthropods that affect human health. The fourth edition of this popular textbook is completely updated, and incorporates the latest strategies for controlling insects, ticks, and mites. Extensive illustrations, with new colour photographs of some of the most important vectors and pests, will assist readers in recognizing arthropods such as mosquitoes, flies, and myiasis-causing larvae. The book contains a glossary of entomological and epidemiological terms, and a list of commonly used insecticides and their common names. Each chapter concludes with a list of suggested further reading. With a clear presentation and concise style, this text is specifically aimed at students of medical entomology, tropical medicine, parasitology, and pest control. It will also be essential reading for physicians, nurses, health officials, and community health workers.

Contents:

1 Introduction to mosquitoes (Culicidae) 1

1.1 External morphology 2

1.2 Life cycle 6

1.3 Classification of mosquitoes 12

1.4 Medical importance 20

1.5 Mosquito control 21

2 Anopheline mosquitoes (Anophelinae) 33

2.1 External morphology 34

2.2 Life cycle 34

2.3 Medical importance 36

2.4 Control 46

3 Culicine mosquitoes (Culicinae) 52

3.1 Culex mosquitoes 53

3.2 Aedes mosquitoes 55

3.3 Haemagogus mosquitoes 58

3.4 Sabethes mosquitoes 60

3.5 Mansonia mosquitoes 62

3.6 Coquillettidia mosquitoes 64

3.7 Psorophora mosquitoes 65

3.8 Medical importance 65

3.9 Control 76

4 Black-flies (Simuliidae) 81

4.1 External morphology 82

4.2 Life cycle 83

4.3 Medical importance 88

4.4 Control 90

5 Phlebotomine sand-flies (Phlebotominae) 93

5.1 External morphology 94

5.2 Life cycle 95

5.3 Medical importance 98

5.4 Control 100

6 Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) 103

6.1 External morphology 104

6.2 Life cycle 105

6.3 Medical importance 107

6.4 Control 109

7 Horse-flies (Tabanidae) 111

7.1 External morphology 112

7.2 Life cycle 115

7.3 Medical importance 118

7.4 Control 119

8 Tsetse-flies (Glossinidae) 121

8.1 External morphology 122

8.2 Life cycle 125

8.3 Medical importance 128

8.4 Control 130

9 House-flies and stable-flies (Muscidae) and latrine-flies (Fanniidae) 134

9.1 The common house-fly (Musca domestica) 135

9.2 The greater house-fly (Muscina stabulans) 144

9.3 The stable-fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) 146

9.4 The lesser house-fly and the latrine-fly (Fannia species) 148

10 Flies and myiasis 151

10.1 Types of myiasis 152

10.2 Classification 153

10.3 Calliphoridae: non-metallic flies 153

10.4 Calliphoridae: metallic flies 156

10.5 Sarcophagidae: flesh-flies 162

10.6 Oestridae: bot-flies 164

10.7 Other myiasis-producing flies 166

11 Fleas (Siphonaptera) 168

11.1 External morphology 169

11.2 Life cycle 171

11.3 Medical importance 174

11.4 Tunga penetrans 177

11.5 Control of fleas 179

12 Sucking lice (Anoplura) 183

12.1 The body louse (Pediculus humanus) 184

12.2 The head louse (Pediculus capitis) 189

12.3 The pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) 191

13 Bedbugs (Cimicidae) 194

13.1 External morphology 195

13.2 Life cycle 196

13.3 Medical importance 198

13.4 Control 198

14 Triatomine bugs (Triatominae) 200

14.1 External morphology 201

14.2 Life cycle 202

14.3 Medical importance 204

14.4 Control 205

15 Cockroaches (Blattaria) 208

15.1 External morphology 209

15.2 Life cycle 210

15.3 Medical importance 211

15.4 Control 212

16 Soft ticks (Argasidae) 215

16.1 External morphology 216

16.2 Internal anatomy 217

16.3 Life cycle 218

16.4 Medical importance 220

16.5 Control 222

17 Hard ticks (lxodidae) 224

17.1 External morphology 225

17.2 Life cycle 226

17.3 Behaviour and habits 228

17.4 Medical importance 231

17.5 Control 236

18 Scabies mites (Sarcoptidae) 239

18.1 External morphology 240

18.2 Life cycle 240

18.3 Recognition of scabies 243

18.4 Treatment of scabies 244

19 Scrub typhus mites (Trombiculidae) 246

19.1 External morphology 247

19.2 Life cycle 249

19.3 Ecology 250

19.4 Medical importance 251

19.5 Control 252

20 Miscellaneous mites 254

20.1 Demodicidae: follicle mites (Demodex species) 255

20.2 Pyroglyphidae: house-dust mites (Dermatophagoides and Euroglyphus species) 256

20.3 Other mites 257

Appendix Names of some chemicals and microbials used in vector control 260

Glossary of common terms relevant to medical entomology 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521709286

0521709288

OCLC:

170955038