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Nature 456, 36-37 (6 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/456036a; Published online 5 November 2008
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Insects of war, terror and torture
Kenneth J. Linthicum1
Abstract
Whether natural or intentional, the security threats posed by arthropods — from assassin bugs to disease-carrying pests — should be of concern to us all, explains Kenneth J. Linthicum.
BOOK REVIEWED-Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War
by Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Oxford University Press: 2008. 400 pp. £14.99, $27.95 (hbk)
From plagues to malaria transmission, insects and other arthropods have threatened military and civilian populations throughout human history. The success or failure of military campaigns has frequently been determined by correctly anticipating the risks of diseases borne by insects and other vectors, and then mitigating against them.
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