Flies in Relation to Disease: Bloodsucking Flies

by Edward Hindle

• ISBN13: 9780521235648
• ISBN10: 0521235642
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

First published in 1914, this book was written as an exploration into the role of biting flies in the transmission of disease. Attention is focused on the modes of life occupied by the insects, the means by which infections are transmitted, and preventative measures through which infection could be avoided. The text is designed to bridge the gap between entomological and medical areas, allowing for a pragmatic approach to disease prevention that acknowledges the interdependence of fields. As far as possible, the description of an infection will immediately follow that of the family concerned with its transmission. Written as the companion volume to Non-bloodsucking Flies, this is an illuminating book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in entomological studies and the history of medicine.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Diptera - general description and classification

Biting-flies as carriers of disease

Orthorrhapha Nematocera

Family Phychodidæ (moth-flies and sand-flies)

Diseases carried by Phlebotomus - pappataci fever

Family Culicidæ (gnats or mosquitoes)

Culicidæ (mosquitoes) continued. Classification

Anopheline-transmitted diseases

Culcinæ

Diseases transmitted by Culcinæ. Yellow fever, dengue, bird malaria, etc.

Diseases transmitted by Anophelinæ and Culcinæ. Filariasis

Orthorrhapha Brachycera

Family Tabanidæ (breeze-flies, cleggs, horse-flies, gad-flies, seroot-flies)

Cyclorrhapa Schizophora

The tsetse-flies - genus Glossina wied., 1830

Glossina and disease. The Trypanosomes

Glossina and disease (continued)

Stomoxys

Infections transmitted by Stomoxys

Lyperosia

Family Hippoboscidæ (tick-flies)

Infections transmitted by Hippoboscidæ

Index

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