This book was written to provide relevant Public Health entomological information on Insects and Acarids (ticks and mites) which serve as biological and mechanical vectors of Vector-Borne disease-agents worldwide. Further, the Clinico-pathological aspects of important Vector-Borne diseases has been discussed in the text, including chemotherapaeutic treatment regimens and applicable control measures. Furthermore, the control of insect- and Acarid-Vectors involved in disease-agents transmission has also been adequately discussed. In addition, this text may especially benefit Physicians, Medical...

This Book has been written to to provide Public Health information on Insects and Acarids (Ticks & Mites) that transmit Vector-Borne Diseases with immense Health implications both locally and internationally. Further, the author strongly believes that a book of this calibre, which discusses Arthropod Vectors, Vector-Borne Diseases, the Haematological dimension, Poverty dimension and Blood Transfusion Therapy (all in one volume) may not currently exist in Libraries and Bookshops anywhere in the World. Thus, the major Vector-Borne Diseases, especially Malaria, Leishmaniases, African and...