Public health entomology /

Goddard, Jerome,

Public health entomology / Jerome Goddard. - Second edition. - London, CRC Press : 2022. - xix, 302 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

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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Insects as carriers of disease.
Entomology.
Insect Control--methods
Insect Vectors--pathogenicity
Insect Bites and Stings--complications

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