Elsevier S & T

Biology of Disease Vectors

Marquardt, William H.

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Table of contents

Cover
Contentsvii
Addresses of Authors and Contributorsxiii
Prefacexix
Preface to the First Editionxxi
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND VECTORS1
Chapter 1. The Arthropods3
Chapter 2. Evolution of Arthropod Disease Vectors9
Chapter 3. Mites and Disease25
Chapter 4 Ticks, the Ixodida45
Chapter 5. Kissing Bugs and Bedbugs, the Heteroptera57
Chapter 6. Lice, the Phthiraptera67
Chapter 7. Fleas, the Siphonaptera77
Chapter 8. Introduction to the Diptera93
Chapter 9. Mosquitoes, the Culicidae95
Chapter 10. The Biting Midges, the Ceratopogonidae (Diptera)113
Chapter 11. Black Flies, the Simuliidae127
Chapter 12. Phlebotamine Sand Flies, the Psychodidae141
Chapter 13. Tsetse Flies, the Glossinidae, and Transmission of African Trypanosomes153
PART II: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE165
Chapter 14. Natural Cycles of Vector-Borne Pathogens167
Chapter 15. Population Biology as a Tool to Study Vector-Borne Diseases187
Chapter 16. Use of Geographic Information System Methods in the Study of Vector-Borne Diseases207
Chapter 17. Invasive Species and Emerging Vector-Borne Infections219
Chapter 18. Molecular Techniques for Epidemiology and the Evolution of Arthropod-Borne Pathogens227
Chapter 19. Surveillance of Vector-Borne Diseases257
PART III: PHYSIOLOGY OF INSECTS AND ACARINES275
Chapter 20. Vector Olfaction and Behavior277
Chapter 21. The Adult Midgut: Structure and Function289
Chapter 22. The Peritrophic Matrix of Hematophagous Insects297
Chapter 23. Vector Nutrition and Energy Metabolism311
Chapter 24. Mosquito Endocrinology317
Chapter 25. Vitellogenesis of Disease Vectors, From Physiology to Genes329
Chapter 26. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation by Mosquitoes347
Chapter 27. Immune Responses of Vectors363
Chapter 28. Blood-Feeding Arthropod Salivary Glands377
PART IV: VECTOR GENETICS387
Chapter 29. Systematic Relationships Among Disease Vectors389
Chapter 30. Genetics of Vector Competence415
Chapter 31. Genome Evolution in Mosquitoes449
Chapter 32. Population Genetics of Disease Vectors465
Chapter 33. Molecular Taxonomy and Systematics of Arthropod Vectors505
PART V: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF INSECTS AND ACARINES529
Chapter 34. Brief Introduction to Molecular Biology, Genomics, and Transmission of Vector-Borne Path531
Chapter 35. Cultured Cells as a Tool for Analysis of Gene Expression539
Chapter 36. Genomics and Gene Expression in Vectors551
Chapter 37. Analysis of Stage- and Tissue-Specific Gene Expression in Insect Vectors565
Chapter 38. Gene Expression in Acarines587
Chapter 39. Virus-Induced, Transient Expression of Genes in Mosquitoes601
Chapter 40. Stable Transformation of Vector Species613
PART VI: CONTROL OF INSECTS AND ACARINES625
Chapter 41. Chemical Control of Vectors and Mechanisms of Resistance627
Chapter 42. Environmental Management for Vector Control639
Chapter 43. Biological Control of Mosquitoes649
Chapter 44. Genetic Control of Vectors661
Chapter 45. Immunological Control of Vectors671
PART VII: SPECIAL METHODS AS APPLIED TO VECTORS OF DISEASE AGENTS683
Chapter 46. Transgenic Mosqitoes and DNA Research Safeguards685
Chapter 47. Gene Bank Data for Hematophagous Arthropods693
Chapter 48. The Containment of Arthropod Vectors699
Chapter 49. Care, Maintenance, and Experimental Infestation of Ticks in the Laboratory Setting705
Chapter 50. Care, Maintenance, and Experimental Infection of Human Body Lice713
Chapter 51. Care, Maintenance, and Handling of Infected Triatomines717
Chapter 52. Care, Maintenance, and Experimental Infection of Fleas (Siphonaptera)727
Chapter 53. Care, Maintenance, and Experimental Infection of Mosquitoes733
Chapter 54. Care, Maintenance, and Experimental Infection of Biting Midges741
Chapter 55 Care, Maintenance, and Experimental Infection of Black Flies747
Chapter 56. Care, Maintenance, and Experimental Infection of Phlebotomine Sand Flies757
Chapter 57. Care, Maintenance, and Experimental Infection of Tsetse Flies763
Index767

Book details

Vendor Elsevier S & T
SKU 9780124732766
ISBN-13 9780080494067
Author Marquardt, William H.
Edition 2nd
Category Medical
Subject Public Health

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Biology of Disease Vectors presents a comprehensive and advanced discussion of disease vectors and what the future may hold for their control. This edition examines the control of disease vectors through topics such as general biological requirements of vectors, epidemiology, physiology and molecular biology, genetics, principles of control and insecticide resistance. Methods of maintaining vectors in the laboratory are also described in detail.

No other single volume includes both basic information on vectors, as well as chapters on cutting-edge topics, authored by the leading experts in the field. The first edition of Biology of Disease Vectors was a landmark text, and this edition promises to have even more impact as a reference for current thought and techniques in vector biology.

Current - each chapter represents the present state of knowledge in the subject area
Authoritative - authors include leading researchers in the field
Complete - provides both independent investigator and the student with a single reference volume which adopts an explicitly evolutionary viewpoint throuoghout all chapters.
Useful - conceptual frameworks for all subject areas include crucial information needed for application to difficult problems of controlling vector-borne diseases

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