Advances in human vector control
By: J. Marshall Clark, editor ; sponsored by the ACS AGRO Division, Pesticide Science Society of Japan.
Contributors: Clark, J. Marshall 1949-; American Chemical Society. Division of Agrochemicals.; American Chemical Society.; Nihon Nōyaku Gakkai.
Series: ACS symposium series -- 1014; ACS symposium series -- 1014.
Publisher: American Chemical Society; Distributed by Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC; [New York]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780841269774
Subjects: Vector control; Insects -- Control; Insects as carriers of disease; Insecticides; Insect Control -- methods; Arachnid Vectors; Insect Vectors; Insecticides; Pest Control
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Vector biology diagnostics and public health pesticides development through the product development partnership route / Janet Hemingway; title: Pyrethroid resistance in the African malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae, and potential of alternative insecticides for indoor residual spraying and use on mosquito nets / Mark Rowland and Raphael N'Guessan; title: Insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex pipiens complex : concerns about development of pyrethroid resistance / Osamu Komagata, Shinji Kasai, and Takashi Tomita; title: Vector control for prevention of dengue : current status and future strategies / Tessa B. Knox and Thomas W. Scott; title: Current status and challenges of Chagas disease control initiatives in the Americas / Jun Nakagawa; title: Human head lice : status, control, and resistance / J. Marshall Clark ... [et al.]; title: ABC's of indoor health : allergens, baits, and cockroach mitigation strategies / Coby Schal; title: Current status of house dust mites in Japan and prospects for control agents / Tomoyuki Hashimoto; title: Controlling dengue virus transmission in the field with genetically modified mosquitoes / Ken E. Olson and Alexander W.E. Franz; title: Pharmacological mapping of the acetylcholinesterase catalytic gorge in mosquitoes with bis(n)-tacrines / Troy D. Anderson ... [et al.]; title: Olyset net : a long lasting insecticidal net for vector control / Takaaki Itoh ... [et al.]; title: Biological efficacy of metofluthrin, a new pyrethroid insecticide, highly effective against mosquitoes / Takao Ishiwatari ... [et al.]; title: An inconvenient truth of pyrethroids. Do they have a promising future? / Hitoshi Kawada; title: The body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus (Phthiraptera : Pediculidae), genome project : past, present, and opportunities for the futures / Barry R. Pittendrigh ... [et al.]; title: Resistance management of the human head louse using molecular tools / Si Hyeock Lee ... [et al.]; title: Monitoring of KDR-mediated pyrethroid resistance in head louse colonies in Japan / Shinji Kasai ... [et al.].