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Disease Transmission by Insects

Its Discovery and 90 Years of Effort to Prevent it

James Busvine (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 361 Seiten

1993 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-55457-8 (ISBN)

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About 100 years ago, it was dicovered that insects transmitgrave, mainly tropical diseases - very much to theastonishment of the physicians of that time, who saw this asa new, possibly easy, way of eradicating the diseases byexterminating the vectors. For some years, DDT and otherthen new insecticides achieved great improvements, butsubsequently serious setbacks emerged:insecticide-resistance and anxiety about toxicity to man andanimals. In the past twenty years, serious efforts have beenmade tofind alternatives, with varying degrees of success.

1: The Discovery of Unsuspected Dangers.- Prologue: How Arthropods Came to Transmit Human Diseases.- Section 1: The Insect Vectors.- Section 2: Diseases Transmitted by Mites and Ticks.- Some Concluding Remarks Regarding the Transmission of Arthropod-Borne Diseases.- 2: Control Measures Pre-DDT.- Early Responses to New Opportunities.- Control Measures During the Inter-War Period.- The Control of Various Insect-Borne Diseases.- 3: The Impact of the new Pesticides.- New Kinds of Insecticide.- Advances in the Control of Various Insect-Borne Diseases.- 4: Modern Problems and Possibilities.- The Present Predicament.- Current Options for Vector Control.- Human Factors in Vector Control.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.3.1993
Zusatzinfo	XII, 361 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	545 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
Schlagworte	Diptera • Disease Transmission • Geschichte der Medizin • history of medicine • Infektion / Infektionskrankheiten • insect • Insects • Insekten • Krankheitsübertragung • Malaria • Pesticides • Tropenmedizin • Tropical medicine
ISBN-10	3-540-55457-2 / 3540554572
ISBN-13	978-3-540-55457-8 / 9783540554578
Zustand	Neuware