Prevention of Bug Bites, Stings, and Disease

FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; 1. What's Biting Me? ; 2. Location, Location, Location ; 3. When is Enough Enough? ; 4. Stop Them at the Source ; 5. WANTED: Dead or Dead ; 6. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors ; 7. Suit Up! ; 8. Put on Something Natural ; 9. Repellents that Work ; 10. Formulation: The Choice is Up to You ; 11. How Do I Know What Works? ; 12. How Do I Know That It's Safe? ; 13. Will It Hurt?: Toxic Stings and Bites ; 14. Future Directions ; 15. Putting It All Together ; GLOSSARY ; REFERENCES ; INDEX

Daniel Strickman is a National Program Leader in the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Stephen P. Frances is an entomologist at the Australian Army Malaria Institute in Brisbane. Mustapha Debboun is a medical and veterinary entomologist in the U.S. Army Medical Department.

"This is a book that succeeds on several fronts. It is a tremendous resource for those of us who provide the public with information about arthropods and human health, as well as a very understandable handbook for the general public on how to avoid insect altercations. It is also one of the best reviews I have seen of both natural and synthetic repellents and the steps one may take to minimize contact with obnoxious arthropods. The authors did an exceptional job in creating a book that is clearly written, in a style that balances cold facts with the realities of everyday life and tosses in a bit of humor for flavor. It answers the questions all of us have about keeping medically important insect at least at femur's, if not arm's, length."--Marc J. Klowden for American Entomologist

"The authors have gone beyond a simple guide to insect repellents with this new text. Across the 15 chapters, the important biting (and stinging) arthropods are identified, and the strategies to avoid their bites, stings and the disease causing pathogens they may carry are discussed. Equally appealing to the scientist and 'entomophobe', this book draws on an astonishing amount of information from the scientific literature but presents it in a relatively straightforward, and occasionally humorous, manner that will not be off-putting to the layperson."--Australian Journal ofEntomology