Flies in Relation to Disease
Flies in Relation to Disease
$54.00
USDFirst published in 1914, this book was written as an exploration into the role of biting flies in the transmission of disease. Attention is focused on the modes of life occupied by the insects, the means by which infections are transmitted, and preventative measures through which infection could be avoided. The text is designed to bridge the gap between entomological and medical areas, allowing for a pragmatic approach to disease prevention that acknowledges the interdependence of fields. As far as possible, the description of an infection will immediately follow that of the family concerned with its transmission. Written as the companion volume to Non-bloodsucking Flies, this is an illuminating book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in entomological studies and the history of medicine.
Product details
June 2011Paperback
9780521235648
418 pages
216 × 140 × 24 mm
0.53kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Diptera - general description and classification
- 3. Biting-flies as carriers of disease
- 4. Orthorrhapha Nematocera
- 5. Family Phychodidæ (moth-flies and sand-flies)
- 6. Diseases carried by Phlebotomus - pappataci fever
- 7. Family Culicidæ (gnats or mosquitoes)
- 8. Culicidæ (mosquitoes) continued. Classification
- 9. Anopheline-transmitted diseases
- 10. Culcinæ
- 11. Diseases transmitted by Culcinæ. Yellow fever, dengue, bird malaria, etc.
- 12. Diseases transmitted by Anophelinæ and Culcinæ. Filariasis
- 13. Orthorrhapha Brachycera
- 14. Family Tabanidæ (breeze-flies, cleggs, horse-flies, gad-flies, seroot-flies)
- 15. Cyclorrhapa Schizophora
- 16. The tsetse-flies - genus Glossina wied., 1830
- 17. Glossina and disease. The Trypanosomes
- 18. Glossina and disease (continued)
- 19. Stomoxys
- 20. Infections transmitted by Stomoxys
- 21. Lyperosia
- 22. Family Hippoboscidæ (tick-flies)
- 23. Infections transmitted by Hippoboscidæ
- Index.
