print email comment close Insects, Disease, and History URL: http://entomology.montana.edu/historybug/ Description: "This is a site devoted to understanding the impact that insects have had on world history. This site focuses on the influence of insect-borne disease on history" by providing essays on topics such as the role of insects as biological weapons, yellow fever and the Mexican-American War, and insects and the Civil War. Also includes disease and insect profiles, timeline, and glossary. Searchable. Edited by a research entomologist and an entomology professor. Extra Keywords typhus malaria plague chagas Lymphatic Filariasis Leishmaniasis dengue Library of Congress Subject Headings: Insects Insects as carriers of disease World history LII Database Information: Record 9896 created by Maria Brandt on 08/03/2004 Last modification on 12/19/2006 Published: 12/19/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9896