No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher. with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. ForewordMankind has been plagued by mosquitoes as nuisances and as vectors of mosquito-borne diseases for centuries, resulting in inestimable economic losses and indeterminable human suffering. Mosquitoes transmit some of the deadliest diseases known to man-malaria and yellow feveras well as dengue, encephalitis, filariasis and a hundred or so other maladies. In spite of decades of mosquito control efforts throughout affected regions worldwide, this scourge has not left us and our present-day overpopulated, jet-linked world remains on the edge of resurgence and outbreaks of old and new mosquito-borne disease epidemics.Ninety-two mosquito species of more than 3200 recorded worldwide, traverse the European continent. In Europe malaria was eradicated ca. 50 years ago. Current trends in re-emerging mosquito-borne infectious diseases, exemplified by increasing numbers of imported malaria cases and recent outbreaks of West Nile Fever (WNF) virus, however, have given rise to growing public concern. Seasonal outbreaks of nuisance mosquito populations, which plague ecologically sensitive tourist and urban areas cause significant economic damage and constitute the major problem in Europe.This book is the product of a monumental task of collecting, processing and organising vital information on the mosquito populations of Europe. It presents a multitude of information on the bionomics, systematics, ecology and control of both pestiferous (nuisance) and disease vectors in an easily readable style providing practical guidance and important information to both professional and layman alike. It is conveniently divided into four parts containing sixteen chapters. Part one deals with general information on systematics, morphology and biology of mosquitoes, their medical significance and a very useful subchapter on mosquito research that includes important techniques and technologies utilised in mosquito surveys for sampling eggs, larvae and adult mosquito populations. Part two contains keys to identification of larval and adult mosquito genera. Part three gives a very detailed and instructive account of the morphology, ecology and distribution of all 92 European species included in 8 genera: Anopheles, Aedes, Ochlerotatus, Culex, Culiseta, Coquillettidia, Orthopodomyia and Uranotaenia. This part is extremely important for species identification in any successful mosquito control or mosquito-borne disease surveillance programme.Part four dealing with control of mosquitoes is well ordered in seven sections: biological, chemical and physical control as well as personal protection, integrated pest management, implementation of sur...

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher. with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. ForewordMankind has been plagued by mosquitoes as nuisances and as vectors of mosquito-borne diseases for centuries, resulting in inestimable economic losses and indeterminable human suffering. Mosquitoes transmit some of the deadliest diseases known to man-malaria and yellow feveras well as dengue, encephalitis, filariasis and a hundred or so other maladies. In spite of decades of mosquito control efforts throughout affected regions worldwide, this scourge has not left us and our present-day overpopulated, jet-linked world remains on the edge of resurgence and outbreaks of old and new mosquito-borne disease epidemics.Ninety-two mosquito species of more than 3200 recorded worldwide, traverse the European continent. In Europe malaria was eradicated ca. 50 years ago. Current trends in re-emerging mosquito-borne infectious diseases, exemplified by increasing numbers of imported malaria cases and recent outbreaks of West Nile Fever (WNF) virus, however, have given rise to growing public concern. Seasonal outbreaks of nuisance mosquito populations, which plague ecologically sensitive tourist and urban areas cause significant economic damage and constitute the major problem in Europe.This book is the product of a monumental task of collecting, processing and organising vital information on the mosquito populations of Europe. It presents a multitude of information on the bionomics, systematics, ecology and control of both pestiferous (nuisance) and disease vectors in an easily readable style providing practical guidance and important information to both professional and layman alike. It is conveniently divided into four parts containing sixteen chapters. Part one deals with general information on systematics, morphology and biology of mosquitoes, their medical significance and a very useful subchapter on mosquito research that includes important techniques and technologies utilised in mosquito surveys for sampling eggs, larvae and adult mosquito populations. Part two contains keys to identification of larval and adult mosquito genera. Part three gives a very detailed and instructive account of the morphology, ecology and distribution of all 92 European species included in 8 genera: Anopheles, Aedes, Ochlerotatus, Culex, Culiseta, Coquillettidia, Orthopodomyia and Uranotaenia. This part is extremely important for species identification in any successful mosquito control or mosquito-borne disease surveillance programme.Part four dealing with control of mosquitoes is well ordered in seven sections: biological, chemical and physical control as well as personal protection, integrated pest management, implementation of sur...

Most people involved in urban pest control in developed countries 10 years ago would have agreed that bedbugs were almost consigned to history. Around 5 years ago, however, something changed, with the result that bedbugs are back in force. Bedbugs now cause serious concern, both to those controlling the problems, and especially to those on the receiving end.The outbreak is a classic urban pest management problem, with a wide range of interested parties, such as the public, the pesticide and pest control industries, the hospitality industry, housing organisations, the media, the health service and local government. The outbreak also raises issues such as our ability to deal with such outbreaks on both a technical level, and a broader administrative level. There must also be questions of how we can support the necessary research into pests that are of intense but sporadic impact.At the same time, those involved with the problem are extremely relieved that bedbugs, despite their multiple blood-feeding habits, do not appear to transmit any human pathogens, or we may have been looking at a far more serious situation.

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