Handbook For The Identification Of Insects Of Medical Importance

This medical handbook sheds light on the diseases caused by insects. The writers discuss the various arthropods that affect human health. They may cause plague, infections, and poisoning, resulting in serious conditions like malaria, fever, stomach issues, etc. Content includes: Introduction Arthropods Which Are Directly Poisonous Parasitic Arthropods Affecting Man Accidental or Facultative Parasites Arthropods as Simple Carriers of Disease Arthropods as Direct Inoculators of Disease Germs Arthropods as Essential Hosts of Pathogenic Organisms Arthropods as Essential Hosts of Pathogenic Protozoa Some Possible, but Imperfectly Known Cases of Arthropod Transmission of Disease Keys to the Arthropods Noxious to Man

plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.