The ''Journal of Invertebrate Pathology'' is a
peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research on the induction and pathogenesis of diseases of
invertebrate
Invertebrates are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''backbone'' or ''spine''), derived from the notochord. This is a grouping including all animals apart from the chordate ...
s, owned by
Academic Press
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Academic Press publishes referen ...
(part of
Elsevier
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). The journal publishes the results of physiological, morphological, genetic, immunological, and ecological studies as related to the etiologic agents of diseases of invertebrates, including the suppression of diseases in beneficial species, and the use of diseases in controlling undesirable species.
It was founded by American microbiologist
Edward Arthur Steinhaus in 1959 as the ''Journal of Insect Pathology'',
renamed in 1965, and in 1968 adopted as the official journal of the
Society for Invertebrate Pathology shortly after it was also founded by Steinhaus.
See also
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Arbovirus
Arbovirus is an informal name for any virus that is transmitted by arthropod vectors. The term ''arbovirus'' is a portmanteau word (''ar''thropod-''bo''rne ''virus''). ''Tibovirus'' (''ti''ck-''bo''rne ''virus'') is sometimes used to more sp ...
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List of Elsevier periodicals
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List of entomology journals
The following is a list of entomological
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of ani ...
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List of insect-borne diseases
References
Entomology journals and magazines
Elsevier academic journals
Triannual journals
Publications established in 1959
Society for Invertebrate Pathology
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