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Disease Transmission by Insects: Its Discovery and 90 Years of Effort to Prevent It

Disease Transmission by Insects: Its Discovery and 90 Years of Effort to Prevent It

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Medical Reference

ISBN10: 3540554572
ISBN13: 9783540554578
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Mar 18 1993
Pages: 361
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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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