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Olfaction in Mosquito-Host Interactions
Wiley 2008; US$ 175.00This new work contains the first integrated discussion of the role of olfaction in mosquito-host interactions. It covers the practical applications of this knowledge in attempting to control malaria as a problem for world health. The volume begins with a general overview of mosquito life cycle styles and how odour-mediated host location fits into the... more...
Vector Biology, Ecology and Control
Springer 2009; US$ 139.99The control of mosquitoes and other insect vectors of human pathogens in an area-wide, environmentally and sustainable way is critical to solving global health problems in the developing world but also to industrialized countries that already have in place efficient vector control programs. The rapid spread of West Nile virus through the United States... more...
The Chickens Fight Back
Greystone Books 2009; US$ 14.95Emerging diseases like mad cow, SARS, and avian flu are ? for the moment, at least ? far more prevalent in animals than in humans. Still, the knowledge that measles, TB, and smallpox were at one time ?emerging? diseases that eventually made a permanent, and quite deadly, jump to humans gives epidemiologists pause. This book examines the various groups... more...
Integrated Vector Management
Wiley 2011; US$ 124.95Diseases transmitted by insects continue to have a major impact on human populations. Malaria, dengue, onchocerciasis, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis all adversely affect man. Malaria is one of the most important causes of child mortality and reduces economic development in many countries, with agricultural productivity often greatly reduced,... more...
Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Environment
Wiley 2011; US$ 149.95Written by authorities from various related specialties, this book presents the most complete treatment possible of the conditions responsible for water- and sanitation-related diseases, the pathogens and their biology, morbidity and mortality resulting from lack of safe water and sanitation, distribution of these diseases, and the conditions that... more...
Dynamic Models of Infectious Diseases
Springer 2012; US$ 169.99Despite great advances in public health worldwide, insect vector-borne infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Diseases that are transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, sand flies, fleas, and ticks affect hundreds of millions of people and account for nearly three million deaths all over the world. In the past there... more...
The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Babesia Infection
ICON Group International Inc. 2002; US$ 28.95This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to babesia infection (also Babesiasis;... more...
The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Baylisascaris Infection
ICON Group International Inc. 2002; US$ 28.95This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to baylisascaris infection (also... more...
Wastewater Pathogens
Wiley 2004; US$ 74.95A practical guide to wastewater pathogens The fourth volume in Wiley's Wastewater Microbiology series, Wastewater Pathogens offers wastewater personnel a practical guide that is free of overly technical jargon. Designed especially for operators, the text provides straight facts on the biology of treatment as well as appropriate protective measures.... more...
Microbe-vector Interactions in Vector-borne Diseases
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 173.00This volume describes the way causal pathogens of diseases interact with the vectors that transmit them. It details the elegant biological adaptations that enable pathogens to live with and sometimes control their vectors, knowledge which has led to novel preventative strategies such as antibiotics and vaccines. more...









