A standard reference in doctors' offices and emergency rooms, the award-winning bestselling Physician's Guide to Arthropods of Medical Importance is designed to help clinicians identify various arthropods, trace the signs and symptoms of vector-borne diseases to their sources, and detail currently recommended forms of treatment. Updated to reflect our increased understanding of the nature and significance of arthropod-mediated health problems, this fifth edition also includes a CD-ROM with identification aids, photographs for identifying lesions, and other helpful hints that can assist with identifying medically important specimens.