The Biology of Disease Vectors
By: edited by Barry J. Beaty and William C. Marquardt.
Contributors: Beaty, Barry J., 1944-; Marquardt, William C.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 1996
Place of publication: P.O. Box 849 Niwot, Colorado 80544, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 641
ISBN-13: 9780870814112
Copyright date: 1996
Subjects: Insects as carriers of disease; Insects -- Molecular aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contributors; title: Preface; title: -------; title: I INTRODUCTION TO ARTHROPODS AS VECTORS; title: 1 Introduction to Arthropods and Vectors; title: William C. Marquardt; title: 2 Common Problems of Arthropod Vectors of Disease; title: José M. C. Ribeiro; title: 3 Vector Behavior; title: Marc J. Klowden; title: 4 Natural Cycles of Vector-Borne Pathogens; title: Jennifer L. Woodring, Stephen Higgs, and Barry J. Beaty; title: 5 Anopheline Mosquitoes and the Agents They Transmit; title: Robert Gwadz and Frank H. Collins; title: 6 Culicine Mosquitoes and the Agents They Transmit; title: Roger S. Nasci and Barry R. Miller; title: 7 Black Flies and the Agents They Transmit; title: E.W. Cupp; title: 8 Biting Midges and the Agents They Transmit; title: Frederick R. Holbrook; title: 9 Sand Flies and the Agents They Transmit; title: Robert B. Tesh and Hilda Guzman; title: 10 Hemimetabolic Vectors and Some Cyclorraphan Flies and the Agents They Transmit; title: William C. Marquardt; title: 11 Fleas and the Agents They Transmit; title: Rex E. Thomas; title: 12 Ticks and Mites and the Agents They Transmit; title: Joseph Piesman and Kenneth L. Gage; title: -------; title: II MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF VECTORS; title: 13 Genome Organization of Vectors; title: Dennis L. Knudson, Lianghtao Zheng, Scott W. Gordon, Susan E. Brown, and Fotis C. Kafatos; title: 14 Molecular Genetic Manipulation of Vectors; title: Jonathon O. Carlson; title: 15 Gene Expression in Vectors; title: Anthony A. James and Ann Marie Fallon; title: -------; title: III BIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF VECTORS; title: 16 Embryonic Development; title: E.W. Cupp and Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena; title: 17 Physiology of Mosquitoes; title: Henry H. Hagedorn; title: 18 The Vector Alimentary System; title: Wilham S. Romoser; title: 19 The Peritrophic Matrix of Insects; title: Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena and Maung Maung Oo; title: 20 The Salivary Glands of Disease Vectors; title: Kenneth R. Stark and Anthony A. James; title: 21 Fat Body and Hemolymph; title: Miranda C. van Heusden; title: 22 Energy Metabolism; title: Rolf Ziegler; title: 23 Immune Responses of Vectors; title: Susan M. Paskewttz and Bruce M. Christensen; title: -------; title: IV POPULATION GENETICS AND MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; title: 24 Population Biology as a Tool for Studying Vector-Borne Diseases; title: William C. Black IV and Chester G. Moore; title: 25 Population Genetics in Vector Biology; title: Walter J. Tabachnick and William C. Black IV; title: 26 Molecular Taxonomy and Systematics of Arthropod Vectors; title: Wilham C. Black IV and Leonard E. Munstermann; title: -------; title: V SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF VECTORS; title: 27 Collecting Methods for Vector Surveillance; title: Chester G. Moore and Kenneth L. Gage; title: 28 Environmental Management for Vector Control; title: Carl J. Mitchell; title: 29 Chemical Control of Vectors; title: Susan Palchick; title: 30 Insecticide Resistance; title: James A. Ferrari; title: 31 Biological Control of Mosquitoes; title: Jennifer L. Woodring and Elizabeth W. Davidson; title: 32 Microbial Control of Vectors; title: Elizabeth W. Davidson and Norbert Becker; title: 33 Genetic Control of Vectors; title: Karamyit S. Rai; title: 34 Immunologic Control of Vectors; title: Stephen K. Wikel; title: 35 Rearing and Containment of Mosquito Vectors; title: Stephen Higgs and Barry J. Beaty; title: INDEX