{"product_id":"9781032314075","title":"Medical Arthropodology","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMedical Arthropodology\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrij Kishore Tyagi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedical \/ Tropical Medicine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedical arthropodology is an incredibly exciting discipline. Representing more than 80% of the world’s species, arthropod-based biomedicine is truly the mother of all sciences while integrating with all other branches of science, technology, and innovation, on the one hand, and constituting an integral part of public and veterinary health, biopharmacy and bioengineering sciences, etc., on the other. The concept of integrated medical arthropodology is novel, based on 3-dimensional fields of knowledge and defined for the first time. This book aims to primarily deal with the dangerous vectors of diseases including those causing much vexation by their sting, bite and\/or envenomation, and injuries. They affect all strata of social groups and both sexes, yet perhaps it is the health of children and women that is most severely affected, both physically and mentally. Vector-borne diseases are particularly considered major public health problems. Worldwide, these infections contribute nearly 17% of all illnesses. In developing nations, including India, these diseases are greatly responsible for retarding human and animal health, economy and the national intelligentsia. Secondarily, and innovatively, the book attempts to throw light on the beneficial aspects of life of arthropods such as biopharmacy, entomophagy, bioprospecting, and vector control through transgenics. Lastly, and for the first time, the book discusses the infinite benefits derived from the biology and behavior of medically important arthropods for developing highly useful products, tools, and technologies to improve human and animal health. Its authenticity and updated text will be duly referenced, and its applicability unprecedentedly integral to the present and future requirements of both students and researchers in their higher research pursuits, career avenues, and enterprising initiatives. Practicing physicians will find guidance with respect to treatment policies. Further, this is the only authoritative book on arthropods ever written in India, and the third after one each in China and the USA, which provides a melange of knowledge from past, present and future,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKey features:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe book is a complete encyclopedia on arthropods of medical importance, together with emerging developments in bioengineering, pharmacological, and nutritive novelties.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe book brings together updated information on all aspects of vectors and vector-borne diseases, their treatment and control, as well as other health hazards due to vector\/pest bites and\/or sting, envenomation etc., which are essential parts of syllabi at university\/medical College Graduate\/post-graduate level and also fulfils requirements of higher research pursuits in medical entomology\/arachnology etc., besides guidance to practicing physicians. Indian examples and references are a key attraction to connect with the largest scientific fraternity.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe book offers a detailed explanation as to why arthropods, particularly, mosquitoes and house flies, cannot transmit HIV or nCoV-2. The book also describes in detail the forensic and military utility of medical arthropodpology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProofs of evidence wrt arthropods’ enormous bioengineering, pharmacological, medicinal and nutritive novelties, among others, are put forth de novo that will help understand the medical significance of arthropods from both sides of the coins – a new concept in medical arthropodology. This also opens open gates to industrially enterprising the arthropods through bioprospecting, besides the budding researchers shall be au fait with the diverse and hugely ramified science in their career and vocational preparedness.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is a truly encyclopaedic treatment of medical arthropodology, giving equal weightage to human- and animal related arthropod-induced infirmities and highlighting \u003ci\u003ede novo\u003c\/i\u003e, the unfathomable biomedical, industrial and nutritive values in order to secure a far better tomorrow to live in!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Dr Brij Kishore Tyagi\u003c\/b\u003e has worked on various different aspects\/groups of medical arthropodology\/entomology over the past 40 years, with a focus on vector-borne diseases and their control in India and elsewhere in the world. He has authored more than 750 scientific titles, plus 47 books, including B\u003ci\u003eiosafety for Human Health and the Environment in the Context of the Potential\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUse of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes (GMMs): A Tool for Biosafety Training Based on Courses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein Africa, Asia and Latin America, 2008–2011\u003c\/i\u003e, a training manual published by the World Health\u003cbr\u003eOrganization (2015).He holds a patent for the invention of a \"mechanical mosquito sampler\" (Patent #191635), and has executed two Transfer of Technologies (ToT). He won the WHO-TDR First Prize in a worldwide competition in 1995 and the ICMR’s prestigious Dr. MOT Iyengar Memorial Award for outstanding research work in the field of Medical Entomology and VBDs, in 2008. He has worked on all important vector-borne diseases prevalent in India’s different states and union territoriess and was rated among the top 15 most productive authors on dengue (2004–2012) in India (cf. Gupta et al., 2014). In addition, he has been actively serving as an expert on various research committees of ICMR, DRDO, DST, DBT-RCGM, ZSI, etc. He has coordinated the first WHO\/TDR Asian Regional Training on Biosafety pertaining to GM Vectors (2008–2011). He is currently serving as the founding President of (i) the Society of Medical Arthropodology, (ii) the Indian Dragonfly Society, and (iii) the Jodhpur Natural History Society. He represented India in preparing the OECD’s Consensus Document on the dengue\/yellow fever vector mosquito, \u003ci\u003eAedes aegypti\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2018. He has served as the chairman of RCGM-DBT’s subcommittee for the formulation of biosafety guidelines to conduct and monitor research trials on Genetically Engineered (GE) mosquitoes and as an Expert Member of the DBT-RCGM Committee on GM insects. As a Visiting Fellow and Professor he has taught graduate\/post-graduate students at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, and Punjabi University, Patiala. Subsequently, he served as the Advisor to VIT University, Vellor, Tamil Nadu, India. He also served as a Member of the Board of Studies of Zoology \u0026amp; Environmental Sciences at Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology, Jodhpur, and as an evaluator of the syllabus of graduate and post-graduate levels at IGNOU, New Delhi. He has examined Ph.D. theses from universities all over India as well as Malaysia. He is currently a Professor of Practice in the Department of Bioscience, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India, and an International Advisor at Reckitt Benckiser, Gurugram, Haryana, India. He has recently been appointed as the Co-Chair of the Dragonfly Specialist Group (IUCN\/SSC) for the quadrennium 2026–2029.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCRC Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCRC Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032314075\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e450\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"CRC Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63540778270860,"sku":"9781032314075","price":279.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032314075","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}