Mosquito

Mosquito

by Jones, Richard

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Bug zappers were invented for one purpose: to kill mosquitoes, the bane of many summer evenings, camping trips, and exotic vacations. These blood-sucking insects do more than leave us with itchy bites, though. The diseases they carry and inject, such as yellow fever, dengue fever, and the West Nile virus, make them responsible for more human deaths than any other animal. The most deadly of these, malaria, has been mostly eradicated from the northern hemisphere, but it continues to pose a mortal…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Mosquito / Richard Jones.

Summary

Bug zappers were invented for one purpose: to kill mosquitoes, the bane of many summer evenings, camping trips, and exotic vacations. These blood-sucking insects do more than leave us with itchy bites, though. The diseases they carry and inject, such as yellow fever, dengue fever, and the West Nile virus, make them responsible for more human deaths than any other animal. The most deadly of these, malaria, has been mostly eradicated from the northern hemisphere, but it continues to pose a mortal threat in developing countries. It kills nearly 700,000 of the 350 million that succumb to the in.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Reaktion books
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (216 pages) : : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781861899477, 1861899475, 9781299191150, 1299191150
  • oclc:ocn828423819
  • LC Classification:QL536
  • Dewey Decimal:595.772

Table of Contents

Will it bite? -- Why drink blood? -- Pest proportions -- Mosquito places -- The parasite within -- The march of progress -- The theatre of war -- Environmental chaos -- The mosquito brand -- Mosquito redux -- The mosquito legacy.

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Subjects

Animals and civilization Animaux et civilisation Antimalarials -- history Art Culicidae Culicidae -- history History Human-animal relationships Insect pests -- Social aspects Insectes dans l'art Insectes nuisibles -- Aspect social Insects in art Literature Littérature MALARIA Malaria -- epidemiology Malaria -- History Mosquitoes Mosquitoes -- Social aspects Mosquitoes as carriers of disease

Writers

Jones, Richard

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