Fully updated since it was first published in 1991, this second edition focuses on the biological modifications common to blood-sucking insects and outlines their medical, social and economic impact. It also covers host-insect interactions and the transmission of parasites by blood-sucking insects. The final chapter is designed as a useful quick-reference section.
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'In this well-written book, Lehane provides a masterly and well-referenced summary of key aspects of the biology of blood-sucking habit ... This is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this important subject and deserves to be widely used.' Biologist
'... provides perhaps the most comprehensive, and a very readable, teaching text for medical entomology available today ... the book provides an excellent start point for students and researchers into all the subject areas associated with blood-feeding insects ... This is a great follow up to a good first edition. The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects will be used by teachers of medical entomology, and the cost leaves it well within the student budget. I will be recommending this excellent text to my students.' Parasitology
'... a useful and up-to-date book that will be of interest to medical and veterinary medical entomologists and parasitologists ...' Journal of Insect Conservation
'... provides perhaps the most comprehensive, and a very readable, teaching text for medical entomology available today ... the book provides an excellent start point for students and researchers into all the subject areas associated with blood-feeding insects ... This is a great follow up to a good first edition. The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects will be used by teachers of medical entomology, and the cost leaves it well within the student budget. I will be recommending this excellent text to my students.' Parasitology
'... a useful and up-to-date book that will be of interest to medical and veterinary medical entomologists and parasitologists ...' Journal of Insect Conservation
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Biology of Blood-Sucking Insects provides a unique, topic-led commentary on the biological aspects that are common to blood-sucking insects. This account focuses on the biological modifications that clearly suit the blood-sucking habit and outlines the medical, social and economic impact of blood-sucking insects. It further discusses host-insect interactions and the transmission of parasites by blood-sucking insects. The final chapter is designed as a useful quick-reference section. The second edition has been fully updated since it was first published in 1991.
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periodic ectoparasites, host defensive behaviour, peritrophic matrix, gonotrophic concordance, determining host choice, appetitive searching, temporary ectoparasites, ciconiiform birds, unfed body weight, permanent ectoparasites, morsitans morsitans, optomotor anemotaxis, full blood meal, insect immune system, large blood meals, ectoperitrophic space, haematophagous arthropods, terminal diameter, food canal, behavioural defences, odour plume, blood feeders, sheep ked, midgut cells, triatomine bugs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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periodic ectoparasites, host defensive behaviour, peritrophic matrix, gonotrophic concordance, determining host choice, appetitive searching, temporary ectoparasites, ciconiiform birds, unfed body weight, permanent ectoparasites, morsitans morsitans, optomotor anemotaxis, full blood meal, insect immune system, large blood meals, ectoperitrophic space, haematophagous arthropods, terminal diameter, food canal, behavioural defences, odour plume, blood feeders, sheep ked, midgut cells, triatomine bugs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, New World, Old World, Big Pine Key, Flamingo Key, Rift Valley New!
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- Immune Mechanisms in Invertebrate Vectors (Symposia of the Zoological Society of London) by A. M. Lackie in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Animal Behaviour by Post Grad Committee Vet Sci in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Coevolution of Parasitic Arthropods and Mammals by Ke Chung Kim in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Trypanosomiasis Control and African Rural Development by Anthony M. Jordan in Back Matter
- Tropical and Geographical Medicine by Kenneth S. Warren in Back Matter
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