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Disease Transmission by Insects : Its Discovery and 90 Years of Effort to Prevent It
Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9783540554578
- ISBN-10: 3540554572
- Publisher: Springer
- Publish Date: March 1993
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.78 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.16 pounds
- Page Count: 361
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