TY - BOOK ID - 32940924 TI - Brazilian Sand Flies : Biology, Taxonomy, Medical Importance and Control AU - Rangel, Elizabeth F. AU - Shaw, Jeffrey J. PY - 2018 SN - 3319755447 3319755439 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Sand flies. KW - Life sciences. KW - Parasitology. KW - Microbiology. KW - Entomology. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. KW - Phlebotominae KW - Psychodidae KW - Medical parasitology. KW - Insects KW - Zoology KW - Microbial biology KW - Biology KW - Microorganisms KW - Human beings KW - Human parasitology KW - Medical sciences KW - Parasitology KW - Parasitic diseases KW - Parasites KW - Plant systematics. KW - Plant taxonomy. KW - Botanical classification KW - Botanical systematics KW - Botanical taxonomy KW - Botany KW - Classification KW - Plant biosystematics KW - Plant classification KW - Plant systematics KW - Plant taxonomy KW - Systematic botany KW - Systematics (Botany) KW - Taxonomy, Plant KW - Plant taxonomists KW - Plants UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32940924 AB - This is the first English-language book dedicated to Brazilian sand flies and their medical importance. No other country has so many species of these haematophagous insects as Brazil and their diversity has reached an astonishing level. The book contains comprehensive chapters, written by Brazilian experts on their regional distribution, their ecology and their importance as vectors of pathogens and parasites. Methods for sampling, processing and preserving phlebotomines are reviewed as are perspectives on surveillance and leishmaniasis vector control. A novel classification is presented whose aim is to help investigators identify the species that they are working with more efficiently. ER -