Public health entomology / Jerome Goddard.
Material type: TextPublication details: London, CRC Press : 2022Edition: Second editionDescription: xix, 302 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cmISBN: 9781000543049; 9781003120087Subject(s): Insects as carriers of disease | Entomology | Insect Control -- methods | Insect Vectors -- pathogenicity | Insect Bites and Stings -- complicationsAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Public health entomologyDDC classification: 616.9/68 LOC classification: RA 639.5 .G63 2022NLM classification: WA 110Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
History of medical entomology and public health -- Pest control in modern public health -- Setting up a public health entomology program -- Vector-borne disease surveillance -- Regulatory, political, and legal challenges -- Public health entomology preparedness -- Operational research opportunities in public health entomology -- Where to go for help -- Mosquitoes -- Ticks -- Fleas -- Lice -- Sand flies -- Tsetse flies -- Black flies -- Bed bugs -- Kissing bugs -- Mites -- Pests involved in mechanical disease transmission -- Arthropod bites or stings -- Fly larvae in humans (myiasis).
"This second edition of Public Health Entomology maps onto Certificate courses in public health entomology offered by universities and U.S. Centers of Excellence. It comprehensively examines vector-borne disease prevention, surveillance, and control from a governmental and public health perspective with worldwide application"--
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