Medical Entomology for Students

Since its first edition, this textbook has provided the reader with all the basic information on insects, mites and ticks that affect human health. Arthropod vectors of human diseases, such as malaria and typhus, are a continuing threat to human health. This work covers the identification and biology and ecology of these medically important arthropods and how they can be controlled. Medically important arthropods concern students of tropical medicine, parasitology and pest control. The volume is an essential reference for physicians, nurses and community health workers. Second Edition Pb (2000): 0-521-66659-7