Overview
Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a fully searchable abstracts database of internationally published research on medical and veterinary entomology, covering not only insects but also other arthropods that are of medical and veterinary importance in the broadest sense.
Selected from the applied life sciences database CAB Abstracts, it includes the latest research on the subject, including taxonomy, molecular genetics, biochemistry, physiology, behaviour, ecology, faunistics, pesticides, entomopathogens and natural enemies, other control methods and sociocultural aspects of mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, lice, cockroaches, scorpions and other relevant arthropods of medical and veterinary importance (including wild animals as well as domestic ones); and also all aspects of bacterial and viral diseases transmitted by arthropod vectors. Invasive arthropods are covered if harmful to man, animals or domestic environments.
Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology is updated weekly online, delivering all the latest searchable summaries covering key English and non-English language journal articles, reports, conferences and books about medical and veterinary entomology.
Created and indexed by subject specialists, it provides access to these abstracts using comprehensive indexing and classification codes. It includes a fully searchable backfile to 1990 of over 150,000 abstracts with over 9,000 new records added each year.
Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology is also available in print as a monthly journal with author, subject and serials cited indexes.
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Coverage
Blood-feeding arthropods
All aspects, including biology and control, of haematophagous or blood-feeding arthropods, such as
- lice (Phthiraptera)
- triatomine bugs (Triatominae)
- fleas (Siphonaptera)
- mosquitoes (Culicidae)
- black flies (Simuliidae)
- biting midges (Ceratopogonidae)
- sandflies (Phlebotominae)
- horse flies (Tabanidae)
- ticks (Ixodoidea)
- chiggers (Trombiculidae)
Disease vectors and intermediate hosts
All aspects, including biology and control, of arthropod vectors of diseases caused by viruses, bacteria and parasites. Such vectors include:
- lice (Phthiraptera)
- triatomine bugs (Triatominae)
- fleas (Siphonaptera)
- mosquitoes (Culicidae)
- black flies (Simuliidae)
- biting midges (Ceratopogonidae)
- sandflies (Phlebotominae)
- ticks (Ixodoidea)
- chiggers (Trombiculidae)
Arthropod intermediate hosts of parasites, such as cyclopoid copepepod intermediate hosts of guineaworm (Dracunculus).
Parasitic arthropods and arthropod parasitoses
All aspects, including biology and control, of arthropods parasitic on man and wild and domestic vertebrates, and the diseases that they cause. These include:
- lice (Phthiraptera)
- fleas (Siphonaptera)
- warble flies (Oestridae)
- bot flies (Gasterophilidae)
- ectoparasitic flies (Hippoboscidae, Nycteribiidae, Streblidae)
- ticks (Ixodidae, Argasidae, Nuttalliellidae)
- chiggers (Trombiculidae)
- scab mites (Psoroptidae, etc)
- scabies mites (Sarcoptidae)
- follicle mites (Demodecidae)
- parasitic crustaceans (Branchiura, Cirripedia, Copepoda and Isopoda)
- tongue worms (Pentastomida)
Synanthropic and zoophilic arthropods
All aspects, including biology and control, of arthropods which are associated with buildings (houses, hospitals, restaurants, etc) and/or humans more generally, or which are intimately associated with wild or domestic vertebrates or their nests and burrows. Includes:
- lachryphagous or tear-drinking moths (Lepidoptera)
- keratin-eating insects
- silverfish (Thysanura)
- cockroaches (Blattaria)
- pest ants (Formicidae)
- arthropod faunas of birds’ nests and animal burrows
Carrion and dung insects and mites
All aspects, including the behaviour and ecology, of arthropods associated with animal carrion, carcasses and faeces. Includes:
- dung beetles (Scarabaeidae)
- carrion beetles (Silphidae)
- blow flies (Calliphoridae)
- flesh flies (Sarcophagidae)
- house flies (Muscidae)
- dung flies (Scathophagidae)
Allergenic arthropods
All aspects, including the biology and control, of arthropods which are allergenic to humans and other animals, such as
- house dust mites (Dermatophagoides, etc)
- cockroaches (Blattaria)
- non-biting midges (Chironomidae)
Also includes the study of arthropod allergens
Stinging insects
All aspects, including the biology and control, of insects and other arthropods which sting, such as
- bees (Apidae)
- wasps (Vespidae)
- ants (Formicidae)
- scorpions (Scorpiones)
Also includes caterpillars (Lepidoptera) and spiders (Araneae) with urticating hairs.
Venomous and poisonous arthropods
All aspects, including the biology and control, of venomous or toxic insects and arachnids, such as
- blister beetles (Meloidae)
- venomous spiders (Atrax, Latrodectus, Loxosceles, Phoneutria, etc)
- scorpions (Scorpiones)
Arthropod toxins
All aspects of the biochemistry and molecular biology of toxins and venoms of insects and arachnids, including apamin, cantharidin, mastoparan and melittin.
Vector-borne diseases
All aspects of vector-borne viral diseases and disease agents (arboviruses), including:
- bluetongue
- dengue
- Japanese encephalitis
- West Nile fever
- yellow fever
All aspects of vector-borne bacterial, rickettsial and spirochaetal diseases and disease agents, including:
- anaplasmosis
- ehrlichiosis
- heartwater
- Lyme borreliosis
- plague
- Q fever
- scrub typhus
- spotted fevers
Selected aspects (epidemiology, vector-parasite relationships, vector control) of vector-borne diseases caused by protozoa, including:
- babesiosis
- malaria
- leishmaniasis
- trypanosomiasis
Selected aspects (epidemiology, vector-parasite relationships, vector control) of vector-borne diseases caused by helminths
- nematodes (e.g. filariasis and onchocerciasis)
- cestodes
- acanthocephalans
Pest management and vector control
All aspects of the management and control of arthropods of medical and veterinary importance. Subjects covered include:
- pesticides
- pesticide resistance
- insect repellents
- insect attractants
- biological control, natural enemies (entomopathogens, parasites, parasitoids, predators)
- sterile insect technique
- genetic engineering
- host resistance
- immunization
- trapping
- habitat manipulation
- environmental management
Forensic entomology
- association between arthropods and carrion or carcasses
- use of arthropods to determine post-mortem interval and/or post-mortem history of human corpses
- medico-legal entomology
Other aspects of arthropods in relation to public health and animal health
- arthropods and human therapeutics
- medicinal uses of arthropod products, such as honey, propolis and royal jelly
- arthropod phobias
- delusional parasitoses
- cultural entomology
- urban entomology