
Mosquitoes, Communities, and Public Health in Texas
Description
Key Features
- 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
Readership
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
Table of Contents
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 TexasPart II: Communities
7. Mosquito Surveillance
8. Mosquito Control
9. Mosquito Species of Neighboring States of Mexico
10. Invasive Mosquito Species and Potential IntroductionsPart III: Public Health
11. Mosquito-Borne Diseases
12. Recent Expansion of Mosquito-Borne Pathogens into Texas
13. Functional Relationship Between Public Health and Mosquito Abatement
14. Vaccines for Mosquito-Borne Diseases Affecting Texas
15. Personal Protective Measures Against Mosquitoes
Product details
- No. of pages: 420
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2019
- Published: September 14, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128145456
- eBook ISBN: 9780128145463
About the Editors
Mustapha Debboun
Affiliations and Expertise
Martin Reyna Nava
Affiliations and Expertise
Leopoldo Rueda
Affiliations and Expertise
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