Bridging laboratory and field research for genetic control of disease vectors
By: edited by B.G.J. Knols and C. Louis.
Contributors: Knols, B. G. J.; Louis, C.
Series: Wageningen UR frontis series -- v. 11.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Vector control -- Congresses; Insects as carriers of disease -- Congresses; Biotechnology -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Result of a working group that met in Nairobi, Kenya, 14-16 July 2004.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Report of the working-group meeting / Christos Louis and Bart G.J. Knols; title: Review of previous applications of genetics to vector control / Chris F. Curtis; title: Genomics and expected benefits for vector entomology / Christos Louis; title: Genetic approaches for malaria control / Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena; title: Current thoughts about the integration of field and laboratory sciences in genetic control of disease vectors / Thomas W. Scott; title: Genetic approaches in Aedes aegypti for control of dengue: an overview / Kenneth Olson .... [et al.]; title: Malaria and dengue vector biology and control in West and Central Africa / Didier Fontenille and Pierre Carnevale; title: Malaria and dengue vector biology and control in Southern and Eastern Africa / Maureen Coetzee; title: Malaria and dengue vector biology and control in Southeast Asia / Pattamaporn Kittayapong; title: Malaria and dengue vector biology and control in Latin America / Mario H. Rodriguez; title: Transition from the laboratory to the field and effective interplay / Christos Louis; title: Evaluation of drive mechanisms (including transgenes and drivers) in different environmental conditions and genetic backgrounds / Anthony A. James ... [et al.]; title: Tools for monitoring the genetic structure and stability of mosquito populations / Gregory C. Lanzaro, Sergey Nuzhdin and Frederic Tripet; title: What are relevant assays for refractoriness / George K. Christophides ... [et al.]; title: Fitness studies: developing a consensus methodology / Thomas W. Scott ... [et al.]; title: Mosquito mating behaviour / Willem Takken ... [et al.]; title: Pathogen evolution issues in genetically modified mosquito vector strategies / Mario H. Rodriquez; title: Models to investigate some issues regarding the feasibility of driving refractoriness genes into mosquito vector populations / Chris F. Curtis; title: Identification and characterization of field sites for genetic control of disease vectors / Bart G.J. Knols and Hervé Bossin; title: Application of genetically modified mosquitoes in national vector control programmes: thoughts on integrated control / Abraham Mnzava ... [et al.]; title: Entomological correlates of epidemiological impacts: how do we know it is working? / Andrew Githeko; title: Ethical, legal and social issues in the use of genetically modified vectors for disease control / Yeya T. Touré and Lucien Manga.