Physician's Guide to Arthropods of Medical Importance - Couverture rigide

Goddard, Jerome

 
9780849326622: Physician's Guide to Arthropods of Medical Importance
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ISBN 10 : 0849326621 ISBN 13 : 9780849326622
Editeur : CRC Press Inc, 1996

Synopsis

This text is the essential tool for identifying arthropods-including varieties of insects, spiders, mites, and scorpions-and the health problems they cause. Vector-borne diseases such as malaria, Lyme disease, and tick-borne ehrlichiosis are serious worldwide threats to human health. For those living in industrialized nations, the main threat lies with stings and bites of various species and the reactions they cause. Allergic reactions to even common insects such as bees or fire ants can be severe-sometimes resulting in death. Because quick and accurate diagnosis and treatment is imperative, the Physician's Guide to Arthropods of Medical Importance provides easy-to-find, detailed information about insect- and other arthropod-caused health problems.
The volume begins with several chapters devoted to the pathologic conditions caused by arthropods and treatment regimes for each. When a specific arthropod is discussed in Part I, a parenthetical reference is provided, indicating where more detailed information can be found in Part II.
In Part II, descriptions of each arthropod are listed alphabetically with clearly marked subheadings so you can go directly to the topic you need without reading any extraneous material. Part III provides a glossary of entomological terms and an index, which includes pathologic conditions and common names to further aid you in finding a specific condition or insect.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This text is the essential tool for identifying arthropods-including varieties of insects, spiders, mites, and scorpions-and the health problems they cause. Vector-borne diseases such as malaria, Lyme disease, and tick-borne ehrlichiosis are serious worldwide threats to human health. For those living in industrialized nations, the main threat lies with stings and bites of various species and the reactions they cause. Allergic reactions to even common insects such as bees or fire ants can be severe-sometimes resulting in death. Because quick and accurate diagnosis and treatment is imperative, the Physician's Guide to Arthropods of Medical Importance provides easy-to-find, detailed information about insect- and other arthropod-caused health problems.
The volume begins with several chapters devoted to the pathologic conditions caused by arthropods and treatment regimes for each. When a specific arthropod is discussed in Part I, a parenthetical reference is provided, indicating where more detailed information can be found in Part II.
In Part II, descriptions of each arthropod are listed alphabetically with clearly marked subheadings so you can go directly to the topic you need without reading any extraneous material. Part III provides a glossary of entomological terms and an index, which includes pathologic conditions and common names to further aid you in finding a specific condition or insect.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jerome Goddard is currently an associate extension professor of medical and veterinary entomology in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology at Mississippi State University. He is also an affiliate faculty member in the School of Medicine, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, in Jackson. His main research interests are the ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne diseases, the health and medical impacts of bed bugs, and mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases.

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Éditeur
CRC Press Inc
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0849326621
ISBN 13 
9780849326622
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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