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Integrated vector management : controlling vectors of malaria and other insect vector borne diseases / Graham Matthews.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Matthews, G. A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Insects as carriers of disease--Integrated control.
- Insects as carriers of disease.
- Vector control.
- Insect pests--Integrated control.
- Insect pests.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Controlling vectors of malaria and other insect vector borne diseases
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Diseases transmitted by insects continue to have a major impact on human populations. Malaria, dengue, onchocerciasis, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis all adversely affect man. Malaria is one of the most important causes of child mortality and reduces economic development in many countries, with agricultural productivity often greatly reduced, as many vectors are active in the wet season favourable for crop production. Vector control is crucial to reduce the extent to which drugs are needed to treat the diseases, as the parasite can become resistant, or the drugs are often too expensive fo
- Contents:
- Indoor residual spraying
- Space treatment
- Bed nets and treated clothing
- Larviciding
- Integrated vector management
- Other insects: flies, cockroaches and bed bugs
- Looking ahead.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613246721
- 9781119950332
- 1119950333
- 9781283246729
- 1283246724
- 9781119950325
- 1119950325
- OCLC:
- 759159304
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