Durland Fish, professor emeritus of microbial diseases and professor of forestry and environmental studies, received the Harry Hoogstraal Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Medical Entomology. The ...

Journal of Medical Entomology is published bimonthly in January, March, May, July, September, and November. The journal publishes reports on all phases of medical entomology and medical acarology, ...

WHILE medical entomology is mainly concerned with the parts played by insects and ticks in the transmission, causation and spread of disease, its limits have to go farther afield. It needs to embrace ...

IN the second edition of this work the chief new features are the historical introduction, dealing with the development of medical entomology, and the additions to various chapters of material derived ...

Insects that have not been previously associated with human corpses actually interact with dead human bodies, which may provide clues for forensic entomologists in the future, new research suggests.

Announcing the new second edition of Medical and Veterinary Entomology by Gary Mullen and Lance Durden. For medical, veterinary, entomology and public health students, this acclaimed textbook has been ...

AMES, Iowa – Most Iowans take precautions to repel mosquitoes. On a sweltering morning in mid-June, Ryan Smith ducked into a wooded area at Emma McCarthy Lee Park carrying a bucket of stinky liquid ...

Robert “Bob” Kimsey ’76, Ph.D. ’84, is also known as “Dr. Death.” On Picnic Day each year, the assistant adjunct professor sets up a booth in Briggs Hall and educates visitors on the importance of ...

Ticks pose a grave risk to public health, with nearly half a million cases of the tick-borne Lyme disease treated every year in the United States. A global infestation of bed bugs after World War II ...

Fans of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and similar TV shows know that forensic entomology involves the use of insects and other arthropods in legal matters, including homicide cases. Entomologists who ...