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OverviewAbout 100 years ago, it was dicovered that insects transmit grave, mainly tropical diseases - very much to the astonishment of the physicians of that time, who saw this as a new, possibly easy, way of eradicating the diseases by exterminating the vectors. For some years, DDT and other then new insecticides achieved great improvements, but subsequently serious setbacks emerged: insecticide-resistance and anxiety about toxicity to man and animals. In the past twenty years, serious efforts have been made tofind alternatives, with varying degrees of success. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James BusvinePublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.569kg ISBN: 9783540554578ISBN 10: 3540554572 Pages: 361 Publication Date: 18 March 1993 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1: The Discovery of Unsuspected Dangers.- Prologue: How Arthropods Came to Transmit Human Diseases.- Section 1: The Insect Vectors.- From Speculation to Certainty: The Incrimination of the Disease Carriers.- Early Indications Based on Circumstantial Evidence.- Experimental Proof of Insect Transmission.- Discovery of Pathogens and Their Association with Some Insects.- The Elucidation of Particular Diseases.- Diseases Transmitted by Mosquitoes.- Filariasis.- Malaria.- Yellow Fever.- Dengue.- Haemorrhagic Dengue.- Miscellaneous Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses.- Diseases Spread by Higher Diptera.- Sleeping Sickness.- Diseases Spread by Houseflies.- Diseases Spread by Eye Flies.- Diseases Transmitted by Biting Midges.- Sandfly-Borne Diseases.- Disease Transmitted by Blackflies.- Diseases Transmitted by Insects Other than Diptera.- Plague.- Louse-Borne Typhus.- The Brill-Zinsser Disease.- Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever.- Flea-Borne Murine Typhus.- Chagas' Disease.- Section 2: Diseases Transmitted by Mites and Ticks.- Some Differences.- Diseases Due to Spirochaetes.- Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever.- Lyme Disease.- Diseases Due to Rickettsia.- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.- Fievre Bouteneuse and Tick Typhus.- Tsutsugamushi (Scrub Typhus).- Rickettsial Pox.- Q Fever.- Diseases Due to Viruses.- Colorado Tick Fever.- Tick-Borne Encephalitides.- Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever.- Kyasanur Forest Disease.- A Tick-Borne Bacterial Disease.- Tularaemia.- Some Concluding Remarks Regarding the Transmission of Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- A Tribute to the Pioneers.- The Possibility of the Emergence of New Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- 2: Control Measures Pre-DDT.- Early Responses to New Opportunities.- Control Measures During the Inter-War Period.- The Control of Various Insect-Borne Diseases.- Diseases Transmitted by Mosquitoes.- Malaria Control up to the First World War.- Anti-Malarial Measures During the Inter-War Period.- Yellow Fever: Control Measures Prior to the First World War.- Measures Against Yellow Fever in the Inter-War Period.- Control of Dengue.- Control of Filariasis.- Control of Diseases Spread by Higher Diptera.- Sleeping Sickness: Control up to the First World War.- Control of Sleeping Sickness in the Inter-War Period.- Control of Housefly-Borne Diseases up to the First World War.- Housefly Control During the Inter-War Years.- Control of Diseases Due to Eye Flies.- Diseases Spread by Biting Midges.- Control of Sandfly-Borne Diseases.- Control of Onchocerciasis.- Diseases Transmitted by Insects Other than Diptera.- Plague Control Prior to the First World War.- Measures Against Plague in the Inter-War Years.- Chagas' Disease.- Typhus Epidemics and Attempts to Control Them During the First World War.- Typhus Control up to and During the Second World War.- 3: The Impact of the new Pesticides.- New Kinds of Insecticide.- Common Names of the New Insecticides.- DDT: The Pioneer.- Other Synthetic Chlorinated Insecticides.- Anti-Cholinesterase Insecticides.- Synthetic Pyrethroids.- Formulation and Application Methods.- Formulation.- Dissemination of Liquid Formulations.- Insecticide Application Methods in Relation to Vector Control.- Major Problems Arising from the Use of the New Insecticides.- Insecticide Resistance.- Toxic Hazards of Insecticides.- Advances in the Control of Various Insect-Borne Diseases.- Diseases Transmitted by Mosquitoes.- Malaria.- Mosquito-Transmitted Virus Diseases.- Yellow Fever.- Various Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses.- Control of Filariasis.- Control of Diseases Spread by Higher Diptera.- Sleeping Sickness.- Control of Diseases Spread by Houseflies.- Control of Diseases Spread by Other Non-Biting Flies.- Diseases Transmitted by Biting Midges.- Control of Onchocerciasis.- Control of Diseases Spread by Sandflies: Leishmaniasis, Sandfly Fever, Bartonellosis.- Diseases Transmitted by Insects Other than Diptera.- Chagas' Disease.- Flea-Borne Diseases: Plague and Murine Typhus.- Louse-Borne Diseases: Typhus and Relapsing Fever.- Some General Conclusions.- 4: Modern Problems and Possibilities.- The Present Predicament.- The Present Situation Regarding Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- Meeting the Challenge.- Current Options for Vector Control.- The Search for New Insecticides.- Control by Altering Vector Behaviour.- Biological Control.- Insect Growth Regulators.- Physical and Chemical Genetic Control Techniques.- Genetic Control by Biological Techniques.- The Sterile Insect Release Method.- Environmental Sanitation.- Human Factors in Vector Control.- Population Pressure.- The Human Factor in the Organisation of Control Measures Locally.- Central Organisation of Vector Control.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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