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Main description: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...
Main description:
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
Review quote:
"This second edition will become a standard in the field and complements the other medical entomology books currently available... The expanded content, reorganization, and updates in this edition make this a welcome replacement for the first edition."
- Doody Enterprises, Inc., 2005
"This has always been a must-have volume on my shelves. It is an indispensable reference not only for medical entomologists, but for all those concerned with disease transmission, epidemiology, ecology, and with the interactions between arthropod vectors and infectious agents. Individual chapters, arranged in logical sections, are superbly written and illustrated. The book provides a detailed conceptual framework for the study of disease emergence, arthropod physiology, genetics of vector competence, and the molecular biology of gene expression. A remarkably useful section is also provided on methods for experimental manipulation of insects and ticks. As the field is moving rapidly, this Second Edition is most welcome!" - Thomas P. Monath, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Acambis, and
Adjunct Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
From my first experience in the world of the arboviruses I was struck by the complexity, the mystery, the diverse public health threats represented by so many specific vector - host - virus interactions. Imagine, an infection in a mosquito yielding tremendous amounts of virus but no obvious harm to the vector. Imagine, the same infection in a human ending in the most damaging encephalitis possible. Imagine, important vectors from virtually every taxonomic niche of the phylum Arthropoda. Imagine, important vector-borne infectious agents from virtually every taxonomic niche of the microorganisms, parasites and viruses. Imagine, 100+ years of vector control efforts and the reality that the vector-borne diseases are thriving, in too many instances causing more disease then ever. So, as I consider the next battles in the war against the vector-borne diseases, I find this second edition of the book, Biology of Disease Vectors, by Bill Marquardt and colleagues, fitting into my library in a most important way. Clearly, it is the vectors that deserve our attention (we have made grand progress on the infectious agents themselves and the diseases they cause), and this book provides an excellent updating on the state of our knowledge as we set out to prevent and control the vector-borne diseases. The progress in the field since the publication of the first edition suggests that we might be gaining ground - I hope so..." - Frederick A. Murphy, University of California, Davis
"The first edition of this book was put together ten years ago by Barry Beaty and Bill Marquardt, and served well the renowned Biology of Disease Vectors Course given yearly at Colorado State University and abroad. That course and its alumni have done much to revolutionise this exciting field in the interim.
"The completely re-written second edition will be a great help to this ongoing revolution. Its scope is broad and its coverage thorough. It introduces beautifully the insect and acarine vectors to undergraduate and graduate students, but will also be invaluable for both those entering the field and for scientists already working in it. The book is a unique resource that deals with all the key approaches to understand and control vectors: their basic biology, epidemiology, physiology, genetics and molecular biology. It also provides introductions to the methods of laboratory management and field control. Congratulations!" - Fotis C. Kafatos, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
"This volume should be extremely useful for faculty and graduate students interested in tropical medical entomology. It encompasses all elements of the field including epidemiology, ecology, systematics, genomics and bioinformatics and provides an outsanding and current look at this rapidly advancing field." - Diane McMahon-Pratt, Yale University School of Medicine
"The style is light, but informative, and both attracts and keeps the reader's attention whilst encouraging further study via the recommended reading lists...good value for money and I recommend it highly to new investigators and old hands alike."
-Hilary Hurd, Keele University, for Parasitology
Table of contents:
The Arthropods
Evolution of Arthropods Disease Vectors
Mites and Disease
IXODIDA (ticks)
Heteroptera
Lice
Fleas
Introduction to the Diptera
Mosquitoes
The Biting Midges, The Ceratopogonidae (Diptera)
Black Flies, The Simuliidae
Sand Flies
Tste (Glossinidae) and Transmission of African Trypanosomes
Natural Cycles of Vector-Borne Pathogens
Population Biology as a Toll to Study Vector-Borne Diseases
Geo Information Systems
Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases
Molecular Techniques for Epidemology and the Evolution of Arthropod Borne Pathogens
Surveillance
Vector Olfaction and Behavior
The Adult Midgut: Structure and Function
The Peritrophic Matrix of Hematophagous Insects
Vector Nutrition and Energy Metabolism
Mosquito Endocrinology
Vitellogenesis of Disease Vectors, from Physiology to Genes
Osmotic and Ionic Regulation by Mosquitoes
Immune Responsese of Vectors
Blood-Feeding Arthropod Savilary Glands and Saliva
Systematic Relationships Among Disease Vectors
Genetics of Vector Competence
Genome Evolution in Mosquitoes
Population Genetics of Disease Vectors
Molecular Taxonomy and Systematics of Anthropod Vectors
Intro gene expres
Cultured Cells as A Tool for Analysis of Gene Expression
Genomics and Gene Expression in Vectors
Analysis of Stage- and Tissue-Specific Gene Expression in Insect Vectors
Gene Expression in Acarines
Virus-Induced, Transient Expression of Genes in Mosquitoes
Stable Transformation of Vector Species
Chemical Control of Vectors and Mechanisms of Resistance
Environmental Management for Vector Control
Biological Control of Mosquitoes
Genetic Control of Vectors
Immunological Control of Vectors
Transgenic Mosquitoes and DNA Research Safeguards
Gene Bank Data for Hematophagous Arthropods
The Contaminent of Arthropod Vectors
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Ticks
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Lice
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Triatomins
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Fleas
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Mosquitoes
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Biting Midges
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Black Flies
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Sand Flies
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of TseTse Flies
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
Review quote:
"This second edition will become a standard in the field and complements the other medical entomology books currently available... The expanded content, reorganization, and updates in this edition make this a welcome replacement for the first edition."
- Doody Enterprises, Inc., 2005
"This has always been a must-have volume on my shelves. It is an indispensable reference not only for medical entomologists, but for all those concerned with disease transmission, epidemiology, ecology, and with the interactions between arthropod vectors and infectious agents. Individual chapters, arranged in logical sections, are superbly written and illustrated. The book provides a detailed conceptual framework for the study of disease emergence, arthropod physiology, genetics of vector competence, and the molecular biology of gene expression. A remarkably useful section is also provided on methods for experimental manipulation of insects and ticks. As the field is moving rapidly, this Second Edition is most welcome!" - Thomas P. Monath, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Acambis, and
Adjunct Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
From my first experience in the world of the arboviruses I was struck by the complexity, the mystery, the diverse public health threats represented by so many specific vector - host - virus interactions. Imagine, an infection in a mosquito yielding tremendous amounts of virus but no obvious harm to the vector. Imagine, the same infection in a human ending in the most damaging encephalitis possible. Imagine, important vectors from virtually every taxonomic niche of the phylum Arthropoda. Imagine, important vector-borne infectious agents from virtually every taxonomic niche of the microorganisms, parasites and viruses. Imagine, 100+ years of vector control efforts and the reality that the vector-borne diseases are thriving, in too many instances causing more disease then ever. So, as I consider the next battles in the war against the vector-borne diseases, I find this second edition of the book, Biology of Disease Vectors, by Bill Marquardt and colleagues, fitting into my library in a most important way. Clearly, it is the vectors that deserve our attention (we have made grand progress on the infectious agents themselves and the diseases they cause), and this book provides an excellent updating on the state of our knowledge as we set out to prevent and control the vector-borne diseases. The progress in the field since the publication of the first edition suggests that we might be gaining ground - I hope so..." - Frederick A. Murphy, University of California, Davis
"The first edition of this book was put together ten years ago by Barry Beaty and Bill Marquardt, and served well the renowned Biology of Disease Vectors Course given yearly at Colorado State University and abroad. That course and its alumni have done much to revolutionise this exciting field in the interim.
"The completely re-written second edition will be a great help to this ongoing revolution. Its scope is broad and its coverage thorough. It introduces beautifully the insect and acarine vectors to undergraduate and graduate students, but will also be invaluable for both those entering the field and for scientists already working in it. The book is a unique resource that deals with all the key approaches to understand and control vectors: their basic biology, epidemiology, physiology, genetics and molecular biology. It also provides introductions to the methods of laboratory management and field control. Congratulations!" - Fotis C. Kafatos, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
"This volume should be extremely useful for faculty and graduate students interested in tropical medical entomology. It encompasses all elements of the field including epidemiology, ecology, systematics, genomics and bioinformatics and provides an outsanding and current look at this rapidly advancing field." - Diane McMahon-Pratt, Yale University School of Medicine
"The style is light, but informative, and both attracts and keeps the reader's attention whilst encouraging further study via the recommended reading lists...good value for money and I recommend it highly to new investigators and old hands alike."
-Hilary Hurd, Keele University, for Parasitology
Table of contents:
The Arthropods
Evolution of Arthropods Disease Vectors
Mites and Disease
IXODIDA (ticks)
Heteroptera
Lice
Fleas
Introduction to the Diptera
Mosquitoes
The Biting Midges, The Ceratopogonidae (Diptera)
Black Flies, The Simuliidae
Sand Flies
Tste (Glossinidae) and Transmission of African Trypanosomes
Natural Cycles of Vector-Borne Pathogens
Population Biology as a Toll to Study Vector-Borne Diseases
Geo Information Systems
Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases
Molecular Techniques for Epidemology and the Evolution of Arthropod Borne Pathogens
Surveillance
Vector Olfaction and Behavior
The Adult Midgut: Structure and Function
The Peritrophic Matrix of Hematophagous Insects
Vector Nutrition and Energy Metabolism
Mosquito Endocrinology
Vitellogenesis of Disease Vectors, from Physiology to Genes
Osmotic and Ionic Regulation by Mosquitoes
Immune Responsese of Vectors
Blood-Feeding Arthropod Savilary Glands and Saliva
Systematic Relationships Among Disease Vectors
Genetics of Vector Competence
Genome Evolution in Mosquitoes
Population Genetics of Disease Vectors
Molecular Taxonomy and Systematics of Anthropod Vectors
Intro gene expres
Cultured Cells as A Tool for Analysis of Gene Expression
Genomics and Gene Expression in Vectors
Analysis of Stage- and Tissue-Specific Gene Expression in Insect Vectors
Gene Expression in Acarines
Virus-Induced, Transient Expression of Genes in Mosquitoes
Stable Transformation of Vector Species
Chemical Control of Vectors and Mechanisms of Resistance
Environmental Management for Vector Control
Biological Control of Mosquitoes
Genetic Control of Vectors
Immunological Control of Vectors
Transgenic Mosquitoes and DNA Research Safeguards
Gene Bank Data for Hematophagous Arthropods
The Contaminent of Arthropod Vectors
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Ticks
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Lice
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Triatomins
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Fleas
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Mosquitoes
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Biting Midges
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Black Flies
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of Sand Flies
Care Maintenance and Experimental Infection of TseTse Flies