Medical Entomology for Students - Softcover

Service, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521709288 ISBN 13: 9780521709286

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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 now 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. 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

About this title

Book Description

Updated edition of successful textbook providing basic information on the recognition, biology, ecology, and medical importance of the arthropods that affect human health. Now including colour photographs and the latest control strategies, this text is specifically aimed at students of medical entomology, tropical medicine, parasitology, and pest control.

About the Author

Mike Service is a world authority on medical entomology, with fifty years' experience of research and teaching. He is Emeritus Professor of Medical Entomology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and has written over 200 research papers on medical entomology. In 1997 he was awarded the Sir Rickard Christophers medal by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and in 2002 the Harry Hoogstraal Medal by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, for research on medical vectors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521709288
• ISBN 13: 9780521709286
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 306