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Transgenesis and the management of vector-borne disease

Title
Transgenesis and the management of vector-borne disease / edited by Serap Aksoy.
ISBN
9780387782249
Published
New York : Springer Science+Business Media, c2008.
Physical Description
xviii, 171 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Perspectives on the state of insect transgenics / David A. O'Brochta and Alfred M. Handler
Alphavirus transducing systems / Brian D. Foy and Ken E. Olson
Paratransgenesis applied for control of tsetse transmitted sleeping sickness / Serap Aksoy, Brian Weiss, and Geoffrey Attardo
Bacteria of the genus Asaia: a potential paratransgenic weapon against malaria / Guido Favia ... [et al.]
Proposed uses of transposons in insect and medical biotechnology / Peter W. Atkinson
The yin and yang of linkage disequilibrium: mapping of genes and nucleotides
Conferring insecticide resistance in insect disease vectors / William C. Black IV ... [et al.]
Impact of technological improvements on traditional control strategies / Mark Q. Benedict and Alan S. Robinson
Insect population suppression using engineered insects / Luke Alphey ... [et al.]
Wolbachia-based technologies for insect pest population control / Kostas Bourtzis
Using predictive models to optimize wolbachia-based strategies for vector-borne disease control / Jason L. Rasgon
Modifying insect population age structure to control vector-borne disease / Peter E. Cook, Conor J. McMeniman, and Scott L. O'Neill
Technological advances to enhance agricultural pest management / Thomas A. Miller, Carol R. Lauzon, and David J. Lampe
Applications of mosquito ecology for successful insect transgenesis-based disease prevention programs / Thomas W. Scott ... [et al.].
Subjects (Medical)
Communicable Disease Control - methods.
Communicable Diseases - transmission.
Gene Transfer Techniques.
Insect Vectors - genetics.
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