Biosystematics of Haematophagous Insects

by M.W. Service

With the growing awareness that many tropical diseases are transmitted by insects belonging to species complexes, epidemiologists have sought new methods for identifying the precise vector species involved. This information has a direct bearing on the understanding of such diseases as malaria, mosquito-borne filariasis, and scrub typhus. The contributors to this broad work discuss the taxonomic tools that are being used to unravel species complex...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198577095
• ISBN13: 9780198577096
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"