This is an easy to understand introduction to the field of medical entomology for more readers than just students of biology and entomology another appropriate title might be medical entomology for health care providers and public health practitioners source doodys review service. Medical entomology for students provides basic information on the recognition biology ecology and medical importance of the arthropods that affect human health the fourth edition of this. Medical entomology for students fifth edition despite numerous scienti investigations on vector borne human infec tions such as malaria ariasis lyme disease and typhus these diseases continue to threaten human health understanding the role of vectors in diseasetransmissionandthemostappropriatecontrolstrategiesisthere foreessential. Medical entomology for students has been an invaluable resource for physicians nurses health officers and entomology students since the first edition appeared in 1996 the author mike service emeritus professor at the liverpool school of tropical medicine is an internationally recognized authority on medical entomology