Medical and Veterinary Entomology

AvGary R. Mullen,Lance A. Durden

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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The first and second editions of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, edited by Gary R. Mullen and Lance A. Durden, published in 2002 and 2009, respectively, have been highly praised and become widely used as a textbook for classroom instruction. This fully revised third edition continues the focus on the diversity of arthropods affecting human and animal health, with separate chapters devoted to each of the taxonomic groups of insects and arachnids of medical or veterinary concern, including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. Each chapter includes sections on taxonomy, morphology, life history, and behavior and ecology, with separate sections on those species of public-health and veterinary importance. Each concludes with approaches to management of pest species and prevention of arthropod-borne diseases. The third edition provides a comprehensive source for teaching medical and/or veterinary entomology at the college and university level, targeted particularly at upper-level undergraduate and graduate/postgraduate programs. In addition to its value as a student textbook, the volume has appeal to a much broader audience, specialists and non-specialists alike. It provides a key reference for biologists in general, entomologists, zoologists, parasitologists, physicians, public-health personnel, veterinarians, wildlife biologists, vector biologists, military entomologists, the general public and others seeking a readable, authoritative account on this important topic.

Completely revised and updated edition
Includes a distinguished group of 40 nationally and internationally recognized contributors
Sixteen new authors, in addition to 25 continuing contributors from the first and second editions
A new chapter on Arthropod Toxins and Venoms
Illustrated with 560, mostly color, figures and updated maps depicting the distribution of important arthropod taxa and arthropod-borne diseases
A significantly expanded and well-illustrated chapter on Molecular Tools Used in Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Coverage of emerging and newly recognized arthropod concerns, including mosquito-borne Zika and
Chikungunya viruses; tick-borne Bourbon and Heartland viruses; tick-borne rickettsioses and anaplasmosis; and red meat allergy associated with tick bites
A 1700-word Glossary
An Appendix of Arthropod-Related Viruses of Medical and Veterinary Importance

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-10-02
Mått:216 x 276 x 45 mm
Vikt:2 080 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:792
Upplaga:3
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780128140437

Utforska kategorier

Zoologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Djurböcker inom Djur och Natur

Mer om författaren

Gary Mullen is Professor of Entomology emeritus in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University, AL, USA. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in entomology at Cornell University before serving as medical entomologist and administrator of the Pennsylvania Vector Control Program, Allegheny County Health Department, Pittsburgh, PA. He joined the faculty of Auburn University in 1975 as a medical-veterinary entomologist, acarologist, and aquatic ecologist, teaching courses and conducting research at Auburn for 34 years. His major areas of research have focused on biting flies, notably mosquitoes and biting midges, and ticks as vectors of animal pathogens Lance Durden is Professor of Vector Ecology and Curator of the Insect Collection in the Department of Biology at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, USA. He earned a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of London, UK and has worked at Vanderbilt School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, Auburn University in Alabama, and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Frederick, Maryland. He is the author or co-author of approximately 300 peer-reviewed publications including 24 book chapters and 7 books or monographs. His research focuses on ectoparasitic arthropods and vector-borne diseases.

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"In my opinion, the third edition of Medical and Veterinary Entomology is the most comprehensive textbook on the topic. ...I suspect that this edition will become one of the most used references for nonentomological readers such as veterinarians, physicians, and epidemiologists who need information about arthropod-borne diseases. The editors assembled an impressive list of authors who are subject-matter experts, and each chapter was written by authoritative experts on the taxa being presented." --Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Assocation

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction2. Morphological Adaptations of Parasitic Arthropods3. Arthropod Toxins and Venoms4. Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Diseases5. Forensic Entomology6. Cockroaches (Blattaria)7. Lice (Phthiraptera)8. True Bugs (Hemiptera)9. Beetles (Coleoptera)10. Fleas (Siphonaptera)11. Flies (Diptera)12. Phlebotomine Sand Flies and Moth Flies (Psychodidae)13. Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae)14. Black Flies (Simuliidae)15. Mosquitoes (Culicidae)16. Horse Flies and Deer Flies (Tabanidae)17. Muscid Flies (Muscidae)18. Tsetse Flies (Glossinidae)19. Myiasis (Muscoidea, Oestroidea)20. Louse Flies, Keds, and Bat Flies (Hippoboscoidea)21. Moths and Butterflies (Lepidoptera)22. Ants, Wasps, and Bees (Hymenoptera)23. Scorpions (Scorpiones)24. Solpugids (Solifugae)25. Spiders (Araneae)26. Mites (Acari)27. Ticks (Ixodida)28. Molecular Tools Used in Medical and Veterinary Entomology Appendix: Arthropod-Related Viruses of Medical and Veterinary Importance

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