Mosquitoes, Communities, and Public Health in Texas

Mosquitoes, Communities, and Public Health in Texas focuses on 87 known species of mosquitoes found throughout Texas. It includes information on the ecology, medical and public health importance, and biological diversity of each species. In addition, it provides detailed identification keys for both larval and adult stages of all mosquito genera and species known to occur in Texas, along a review of surveillance and control strategies. The expansion of invasive mosquitoes from other regions (including Mexico), together with climate change occurrences increase the likelihood for an increase in diseases, such as West Nile Virus, Yellow Fever, Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika.

This unique work is the first unified reference and resource rich in mosquito information for medical entomologists, mosquito and vector control professionals, pest management professionals, biologists, environmentalists, wildlife professionals, government regulators, instructors of medical entomology and public health professionals who have disease or vector responsibilities, mosquito taxonomists, epidemiologists, entomology students, academia, pest control industry, and libraries, etc., with utility for medical, veterinary and health professionals.

• Brings into one volume the previously fragmented or unavailable information on the species of mosquitoes found in Texas and neighboring states of Mexico
• Provides a variety of audiences with key data on mosquito biology, distribution and how to identify each
• Includes a geographic distribution map, habitat associations, and medical importance on Zika, West Nile virus, Dengue and Chikungunya for each species

Entomologists, mosquito and vector control professionals, pest management professionals, biologists, environmentalists, veterinary scientists and practitioners, wildlife biologists/professionals, government regulators, instructors of medical entomology, health department and public health professionals who have disease or vector responsibilities, mosquito taxonomists at the Universities and Colleges throughout Texas, members of the Society of Southwestern Entomologists, members of the Texas Mosquito Control Association, USDA professionals, CDC professionals, epidemiologists, entomology students, academia, pest control industry, libraries, etc. The audience for this book will broadly include relevant medical, veterinary, and health professionals as well as biological, entomological, and life sciences personnel

Part I: Mosquitoes
1. Taxonomy, Identification, and Biology of Mosquitoes
2. Mosquito Species of Texas
3. Key to the Genera of Adult Female Mosquitoes of Texas
4. Key to the Genera and Fourth Stage Mosquito Larvae of Texas
5. Key to the Species of Adult Female Mosquitoes of Texas
6. Key to the Species of Fourth Stage Mosquito Larvae of Texas

Part II : Communities
7. Mosquito Surveillance
8. Mosquito Control
9. Mosquito Species of Neighboring States of Mexico
10. Invasive Mosquito Species and Potential Introductions

Part III: Public Health
11. Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Texas
12. Recent Expansion of Mosquito-Borne Pathogens into Texas
13. Functional Relationship Between Public Health and Mosquito Abatement
14. Roles of Vaccines for Prevention of Mosquito-Borne Diseases
15. Personal Protective Measures Against Mosquitoes