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Insects as carriers of disease

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  • Life-cycle stages of the parasite Babesia canis and its vector, the kennel tick (Rhicephalus sanguineus). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • Ways in which you cannot catch the HIV virus from hugging to telephones; one of a series of fact sheets about AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph.
  • The larva and fly of the sheep-nostril-fly (Oestrus ovis). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • The larva and fly of a house fly (Musca domestica). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • Hydatidosis (echinococcosis): how it is caught, and what the symptoms look like. Colour lithograph by Peña Plata, ca. 1937.
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Catalogue

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    A textbook of medical entomology / by Walter Scott Patton and Francis William Cragg.

    Patton, Walter Scott, 1876- | Date: 1913
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    Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica : and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans, in that climate / by John Hunter, M.D.F.R.S. and physician to the army.

    Hunter, John, -1809. | Date: MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
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    Life-cycle stages of the parasite Babesia canis and its vector, the kennel tick (Rhicephalus sanguineus). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

    Terzi, A. J. E. (Amedeo John Engel), 1872-1956. | Reference: 41495i
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    Flies infecting food. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.

    Games, Abram, 1914-1996. | Date: [1941] | Reference: 20277i
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    A guide to medical entomology / M. W. Service.

    Service, M. W. | Date: 1980
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