Research Catalog

Title

Advances in human vector control / J. Marshall Clark, editor ; Jeffrey R. Bloomquist, editor ; Hitoshi Kawsada, editor ; sponsored by the ACS AGRO Division, Pesticide Science Society of Japan.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; [New York] : Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2009.

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Additional Authors

• American Chemical Society. Division of Agrochemicals. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86027325
• American Chemical Society. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78088941
• Bloomquist, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Richard)
• Clark, J. Marshall (John Marshall), 1949-
• Kawada, Hitoshi.
• Nihon Nōyaku Gakkai. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83009171

Description

viii, 241 p., 4 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 24 cm.

Series Statement

ACS symposium series ; 1014

Uniform Title

ACS symposium series ; 1014.

Subjects

• Vector control
• Insects as carriers of disease
• Insect pests > Control
• Insecticides

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Vector biology diagnostics and public health pesticides development through the product development partnership route / Janet Hemingway -- Pyrethroid resistance in the African malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae, and potential of alternative insecticides for indoor residual spraying and use on mosquito nets / Mark Rowland and Raphael N'Guessan -- Insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex pipiens complex : concerns about development of pyrethroid resistance / Osamu Komagata, Shinji Kasai, and Takashi Tomita -- Vector control for prevention of dengue : current status and future strategies / Tessa B. Knox and Thomas W. Scott -- Current status and challenges of Chagas disease control initiatives in the Americas / Jun Nakagawa -- Human head lice : status, control, and resistance / J. Marshall Clark ... et al. -- ABC's of indoor health : allergens, baits, and cockroach mitigation strategies / Coby Schal -- Current status of house dust mites in Japan and prospects for control agents / Tomoyuki Hashimoto --
• Controlling dengue virus transmission in the field with genetically modified mosquitoes / Ken E. Olson and Alexander W.E. Franz -- Pharmacological mapping of the acetylcholinesterase catalytic gorge in mosquitoes with bis(n)-tacrines / Troy D. Anderson ... et al. -- Olyset net : a long lasting insecticidal net for vector control / Takaaki Itoh ... [et al.] -- Biological efficacy of metofluthrin, a new pyrethroid insecticide, highly effective against mosquitoes / Takao Ishiwatari ... et al. -- An inconvenient truth of pyrethroids-do they have a promising future? / Hitoshi Kawada -- The body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus (Phthiraptera : Pediculidae), genome project : past, present, and opportunities for the futures / Barry R. Pittendrigh ... et al. -- Resistance management of the human head louse using molecular tools / Si Hyeock Lee ... et al. -- Monitoring of kdr-mediated pyrethroid resistance in head louse colonies in Japan / Shinji Kasai ... et al.

ISBN

• 9780841269774 (alk. paper)
• 0841269777 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2009020530

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library