3rd Edition
by Gary R. Mullen (Editor), Lance A. Durden (Editor)
The first and second editions of Medical and Veterinary Entomology,
edited by Gary R. Mullen and Lance A. Durden, published in 2002 and
2009, respectively, have been highly praised and become widely used as a
textbook for classroom instruction. This fully revised third edition
continues the focus on the diversity of arthropods affecting human and
animal health, with separate chapters devoted to each of the taxonomic
groups of insects and arachnids of medical or veterinary concern,
including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. Each chapter includes
sections on taxonomy, morphology, life history, and behavior and
ecology, with separate sections on those species of public-health and
veterinary importance. Each concludes with approaches to management of
pest species and prevention of arthropod-borne diseases. The third
edition provides a comprehensive source for teaching medical and/or
veterinary entomology at the college and university level, targeted
particularly at upper-level undergraduate and graduate/postgraduate
programs. In addition to its value as a student textbook, the volume has
appeal to a much broader audience, specialists and non-specialists
alike. It provides a key reference for biologists in general,
entomologists, zoologists, parasitologists, physicians, public-health
personnel, veterinarians, wildlife biologists, vector biologists,
military entomologists, the general public and others seeking a
readable, authoritative account on this important topic.
- Completely revised and updated edition
- Includes a distinguished group of 40 nationally and internationally recognized contributors
- Sixteen new authors, in addition to 25 continuing contributors from the first and second editions
- A new chapter on Arthropod Toxins and Venoms
- Illustrated
with 560, mostly color, figures and updated maps depicting the
distribution of important arthropod taxa and arthropod-borne diseases
- A significantly expanded and well-illustrated chapter on Molecular Tools Used in Medical and Veterinary Entomology
- Coverage of emerging and newly recognized arthropod concerns, including mosquito-borne Zika and
- Chikungunya
viruses; tick-borne Bourbon and Heartland viruses; tick-borne
rickettsioses and anaplasmosis; and red meat allergy associated with
tick bites
- A 1700-word Glossary
- An Appendix of Arthropod-Related Viruses of Medical and Veterinary Importance
