Overview

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Second Edition, has been fully updated and revised to provide the latest information on developments in entomology relating to public health and veterinary importance. Each chapter is structured with the student in mind, organized by the major headings of Taxonomy, Morphology, Life History, Behavior and Ecology, Public Health and Veterinary Importance, and Prevention and Control. This second edition includes separate chapters devoted to each of the taxonomic groups of insects and arachnids of medical or veterinary concern, including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. Internationally recognized editors Mullen and Durden include extensive coverage of both medical and veterinary entomological importance. This book is designed for teaching and research faculty in medical and veterinary schools that provide a course in vector borne diseases and medical entomology; parasitologists, entomologists, and government scientists responsible for oversight and monitoring of insect vector borne diseases; and medical and veterinary school libraries and libraries at institutions with strong programs in entomology.

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Author:   Gary R. Mullen (Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, AL, USA) ,  Lance A. Durden (Professor and Curator, Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   2.110kg
ISBN:  

9780123725004

ISBN 10:   0123725003
Pages:   637
Publication Date:   22 April 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9780128140437
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION Lance A. Durden and Gary R. Mullen 2 MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS OF PARASITIC ARTHROPODS Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena 3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES William K. Reisen 4 FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY William L. Krinsky 5 COCKROACHES (BLATTARIA) Richard J. Brenner and Richard D. Kramer 6 LICE (PHTHIRAPTERA) Lance A. Durden and John E. Lloyd 7 TRUE BUGS (HEMIPTERA) William L. Krinsky 8 BEETLES (COLEOPTERA) William L. Krinsky 9 FLEAS (SIPHONAPTERA) Lance A. Durden and Nancy C. Hinkle 10 FLIES (DIPTERA) Robert D. Hall and Reid R. Gerhardt 11 MOTH FLIES AND SAND FLIES (PSYCHODIDAE) Louis C. Rutledge and Raj K. Gupta 12 BITING MIDGES (CERATOPOGONIDAE) Gary R. Mullen 13 BLACK FLIES (SIMULIIDAE) Peter H. Adler and John W. McCreadie 14 MOSQUITOES (CULICIDAE) Woodbridge A. Foster and Edward D. Walker 15 HORSE FLIES AND DEER FLIES (TABANIDAE) Bradley A. Mullens 16 MUSCID FLIES (MUSCIDAE) Roger D. Moon 17 TSETSE FLIES (GLOSSINIDAE) William L. Krinsky 18 MYIASIS (MUSCOIDEA, OESTROIDEA) Philip J. Scholl, E. Paul Catts, and Gary R. Mullen 19 LOUSE FLIES, KEDS, AND RELATED FLIES (HIPPOBOSCOIDEA) John E. Lloyd 20 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA) Gary R. Mullen 21 ANTS, WASPS AND BEES (HYMENOPTERA) Hal C. Reed and Peter J. Landolt 22 SCORPIONS (SCORPIONES) Gary R. Mullen and Scott A. Stockwell 23 SOLPUGIDS (SOLIFUGAE) Gary R. Mullen 24 SPIDERS (ARANEAE) Gary R. Mullen and Richard S. Vetter 25 MITES (ACARI) Gary R. Mullen and Barry M. OConnor 26 TICKS (IXODIDA) William L. Nicholson, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Robert S. Lane, and Gerrit Uilenberg 27 MOLECULAR TOOLS IN MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY Dana Nayduch APPENDIX. ARTHROPOD-RELATED VIRUSES OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY IMPORTANCE Michael J. Turell GLOSSARY TAXONOMIC INDEX SUBJECT INDEX

Reviews

From previous edition: .,. highly recommended as a reference for public, college and university libraries... -CHOICE (February 2003) This volume should command a place in all libraries and on bookshelves. -VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY (May 2003) .,. is without a doubt the finest book available in English on the subject today. -FLORIDA SCIENTIST (2003) .,. an excellent book, probably the best text to comprehensively cover both medical and veterinary entomology. -Mike Service for ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY (2002)

From previous edition: <br>. ..highly recommended as a reference for public, college and university libraries... <br>- CHOICE (February 2003) <br><br> This volume should command a place in all libraries and on bookshelves. <br>- VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY (May 2003) <br><br>. .. is without a doubt the finest book available in English on the subject today. <br>- FLORIDA SCIENTIST (2003) <br><br>. .. an excellent book, probably the best text to comprehensively cover both medical and veterinary entomology. <br>- Mike Service for ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY (2002)

From previous edition: <br>. ..highly recommended as a reference for public, college and university libraries... <br>- CHOICE (February 2003) <br> This volume should command a place in all libraries and on bookshelves. <br>- VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY (May 2003) <br>. .. is without a doubt the finest book available in English on the subject today. <br>- FLORIDA SCIENTIST (2003) <br>. .. an excellent book, probably the best text to comprehensively cover both medical and veterinary entomology. <br>- Mike Service for ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY (2002)

Without a doubt the finest book available in English on the subject today. --FLORIDA SCIENTIST from the previous edition

Author Information

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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