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Goddard, Jerome,

Public health entomology / Jerome Goddard. - Second edition. - FL : CRC Press, c2022. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of medical entomology and public health -- Pest control in modern public health -- Setting up a public health entomology program -- Vector-borne disease surveillance -- Regulatory, political, and legal challenges -- Public health entomology preparedness -- Operational research opportunities in public health entomology -- Where to go for help -- Mosquitoes -- Ticks -- Fleas -- Lice -- Sand flies -- Tsetse flies -- Black flies -- Bed bugs -- Kissing bugs -- Mites -- Pests involved in mechanical disease transmission -- Arthropod bites or stings -- Fly larvae in humans (myiasis).

"This second edition of Public Health Entomology maps onto Certificate courses in public health entomology offered by universities and U.S. Centers of Excellence. It comprehensively examines vector-borne disease prevention, surveillance, and control from a governmental and public health perspective with worldwide application"--

ISBN: 9781000543049 9781003120087

LCCN: 2021043517

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Insects as carriers of disease.
Entomology.
Insect Control--methods
Insect Vectors--pathogenicity
Insect Bites and Stings--complications

LC Class. No.: RA639.5

Dewey Class. No.: 616.968 / GOD

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WA 110