Arthropods as vectors of emerging diseases / Mehlhorn, Heinz

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Culicid mosquitoes as vectors of disease agents in Europe / Helge Kampen, Mandy Kronefeld, and Doreen Werner -- Exotic mosquitoes conquer the world / Norbert Becker ... [et al.] -- Future strategies for European pest management / Reiner Pospischil -- Assessing diversity and abundance of vector populations at a national scale : example of Culicoides surveillance in France after bluetongue virus emergence / R. Venail ... [et al.] -- Bluetongue disease : an analysis of the epidemic in Germany 2006-2009 / Franz J. Conraths ... [et al.] -- Impact of insecticide-treated nets on insects of medical and veterinary relevance / Burkhard Bauer, Dieter Mehlitz, and Peter-Henning Clausen -- The changing distribution patterns of ticks (Ixodida) in Europe in relation to emerging tick-borne diseases / T.N. Petney ... [et al.] -- The huge risks due to Hyalomma ticks / Mohammed A. Bakheit ... [et al.] -- Flies as vectors of microorganisms potentially inducing severe diseases in humans and animals / Falk Gestmann ... [et al.] -- Flies as vectors of parasites potentially inducing severe diseases in humans and animals / Maike Förster ... [et al.] -- Lice as vectors of bacterial diseases / Günter A. Schaub, Astrid H. Kollien, and Carsten Balczun -- Triatomines as vectors of American trypanosomiasis / Carsten Balczun, Christian K. Meiser, and Günter A. Schaub -- Fleas as underestimated vectors of agents of diseases / Heinz Mehlhorn -- Marine crustaceans as potential hosts and vectors for metazoan parasites / Markus Wilhelm Busch ... [et al.] -- Spotted fever rickettsiae and rickettsioses in Germany / Gerhard Dobler and Martin Pfeffer.