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Disease Transmission by Insects

Its Discovery and 90 Years of Effort to Prevent it

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. James R. Busvine

    1. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Maidenhead, UK

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Discovery of Unsuspected Dangers

    • James R. Busvine
    Pages 1-101

  3. Control Measures: Pre-DDT

    • James R. Busvine
    Pages 103-214

  4. The Impact of the New Pesticides

    • James R. Busvine
    Pages 215-300

  5. Modern Problems and Possibilities

    • James R. Busvine
    Pages 301-343

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 344-361
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About this book

About 100 years ago, it was dicovered that insects transmit grave, mainly tropical diseases - very much to the astonishment of the physicians of that time, who saw this as a new, possibly easy, way of eradicating the diseases by exterminating the vectors. For some years, DDT and other then new insecticides achieved great improvements, but subsequently serious setbacks emerged: insecticide-resistance and anxiety about toxicity to man and animals. In the past twenty years, serious efforts have been made tofind alternatives, with varying degrees of success.

Authors and Affiliations

  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Maidenhead, UK

    James R. Busvine

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Disease Transmission by Insects

  • Book Subtitle: Its Discovery and 90 Years of Effort to Prevent it

  • Authors: James R. Busvine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45716-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-55457-8Published: 18 March 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-45716-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 361

  • Topics: Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, Zoology, Virology, Microbiology

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