Vector biology, ecology, and control
By: Peter W. Atkinson, editor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9789048124572; 9789048124589
Subjects: Control; Insects as carriers of disease; Communicable Disease Control; Insect pests; Insect Control; Insect Vectors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The role of global climate patterns in the spatial and temporal distribution of vector-borne disease / Kenneth J. Linthicum ... [et al.]; title: The DDT story: environmentalism over rights to health and life / Donald R. Roberts; title: Vector-borne diseases in the 21st century: counting up or counting down? / Anthony A. James; title: The global threat of emergent/re-emergent vector-borne diseases / Duane J. Gubler; title: The need for synergy and value creation in contemporary vector research and control / Bart G. J. Knols, Ingeborg van Schayk; title: "Dramas" down-under: changes and challenges in Australia / Richard C. Russell; title: Novel strategies to control Aedes aegypti and dengue / Barry Beaty ... [et al.]; title: Dengue haemorrhagic fever in Thailand: current incidence and vector management / Apiwat Tawatsin, Usavadee Thavara; title: Using "Mulla's formula" to estimate percent control / William K. Reisen; title: Longitudinal field studies will guide a paradigm shift in dengue prevention / Thomas W. Scott, Amy C. Morrison; title: Recombinant bacterial larvicides for control of important mosquito vectors of disease / Brian A. Federici; title: Current prospects for the control of the vectors of malaria and filariasis / Christopher F. Curtis; title: Unraveling a complex transmission cycle: implications for control / Laura D. Kramer, A. Marm Kilpatrick; title: Sustainable mosquito control in California: a template for the world / David Brown; title: The Rhine larviciding program and its application to vector control / Norbert Becker; title: Integrated malaria management / Robert J. Novak, Peter Burgess, Ian Brooks.