Biological and environmental control of disease vectors /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Insect pests > Biological control.; Pests > Biological control.; Insects as carriers of disease.; Insects > Control.; Insect Vectors.; Insect Control > methods.; Pest Control, Biological > methods.; Tropical Diseases.; Biological Control.; Environmental Pest Management.; Integrated Pest Management.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Repellents and Attractants.; Other Control Measures.; Water Resources.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000); Public Health Pests, Vectors and Intermediate Hosts, (New March 2000); Arthropods.; Dengue virus.; Fishes.; Plants.; Plasmodium.; Schistosoma.; Biological control.; Biological control agents.; Dengue.; Disease control.; Disease vectors.; Entomogenous fungi.; Entomopathogens.; Environmental control.; Human diseases.; Integrated pest management.; Lymphatic filariasis.; Malaria.; Mosquito-borne diseases.; Natural enemies.; Pathogens.; Pheromones.; Sanitation.; Schistosomiasis.; Screens.; Semiochemicals.; Vector control.; Vector-borne diseases.; Water management.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 207 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book, inclusive of 11 chapters, discusses various non-pesticide-based control strategies against several medically-important disease vector species, including those relevant to the control of malaria, dengue, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis. Each chapter is dedicated to the discussion of a specific strategy, which includes biological control with arthropods, fungi, and larvivorous fishes, control using various plants, control using semiochemicals, environmental control (i.e., house screening, sanitation, water management), and integrated vector management. Successful applications of these various control strategies in the field are described, as well as recommendations for further improvements. This book will be of valuable use to those engaged in tropical medicine and medical entomology.