Research Catalog

Title

Transgenesis and the management of vector-borne disease / edited by Serap Aksoy.

Publication

New York : Springer Science+Business Media, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

Aksoy, Serap.

Description

xviii, 171 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 627

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 627.

Subject

• Insects as carriers of disease
• Vector control > Biological control
• Insect pests > Biological control
• Transgenic animals
• Communicable Disease Control > methods
• Communicable Diseases > transmission
• Gene Transfer Techniques
• Insect Vectors > genetics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Perspectives on the State of Insect Transgenics / David A. O'Brochta and Alfred M. Handler -- 2. Alphavirus Transducing Systems / Brian D. Foy and Ken E. Olson -- 3. Paratransgenesis Applied for Control of Tsetse Transmitted Sleeping Sickness / Serap Aksoy, Brian Weiss and Geoffrey Attardo -- 4. Bacteria of the Genus Asaia: A Potential Paratransgenic Weapon Against Malaria / Guido Favia, Irene Ricci, Massimo Marzorati, Ilaria Negri, Alberto Alma, Luciano Sacchi, Claudio Bandi and Daniele Daffonchio -- 5. Proposed Uses of Transposons in Insect and Medical Biotechnology / Peter W. Atkinson -- 6. The Yin and Yang of Linkage Disequilibrium: Mapping of Genes and Nucleotides Conferring Insecticide Resistance in Insect Disease Vectors / William C. Black IV, Norma Gorrochetegui-Escalante, Nadine P. Randle and Martin J. Donnelly -- 7. Impact of Technological Improvements on Traditional Control Strategies / Mark Q. Benedict and Alan S. Robinson -- 8. Insect Population Suppression Using Engineered Insects / Luke Alphey, Derric Nimmo, Sinead O'Connell and Nina Alphey -- 9. Wolbachia-Based Technologies for Insect Pest Population Control / Kostas Bourtzis -- 10. Using Predictive Models to Optimize Wolbachia-Based Strategies for Vector-Borne Disease Control / Jason L. Rasgon -- 11. Modifying Insect Population Age Structure to Control Vector-Borne Disease / Peter E. Cook, Conor J. McMeniman and Scott L. O'Neill -- 12. Technological Advances to Enhance Agricultural Pest Management / Thomas A. Miller, Carol R. Lauzon and David J. Lampe -- 13. Applications of Mosquito Ecology for Successful Insect Transgenesis-Based Disease Prevention Programs / Thomas W. Scott, Laura C. Harrington, Bart G. J. Knols and Willem Takken.

ISBN

• 9780387782249
• 0387782249

LCCN

2008001892

OCLC

• ocn190867410
• 190867410
• SCSB-5403241

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries