The Ecology of Malaria Vectors

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-24860-4
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 770 g

This practical book covers all aspects of the biology of malaria vectors, with notes on the vectors of dengue. It is the first work in this field to concentrate on mosquitoes, rather than covering all disease vectors. Authored by renowned field entomologist Jacques Derek Charlwood, it disseminates his vast experience working on mosquito biology, ecology and the evaluation of new vector control tools across five continents over the past 40 years.

Covering all aspects from classification and systematics, population dynamics, vector control, to surveillance and sampling, epidemics, and a selection of case histories, the book also considers genetics and resistance, Aedes biology, and malaria and dengue models. It is designed to fill the gap between very specialized texts and undergraduate books on general disease vectors, and is ideal as a textbook for postgraduate courses in entomology and mosquito vectors of disease.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Charlwood, Jacques Derek

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Insekten (Entomologie)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Classification and Systematics. Mosquito Life Histories. The Search for the Host. Estimating Dispersal by Capture-Recapture Experiment. Population Dynamics. Mapping. Vectorial Capacity. Chemical Methods of Vector Control. Alternative Methods of Vector Control. Surveillance and Sampling. Epidemics. The Diseases – Malaria, Filariasis and Dengue. Sampling Techniques. Laboratory Studies. Global Heating – ‘The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be’. Some Case Histories. Some Useful Websites.

Über Autor(innen)

Jacques Derek Charlwood is Honorary Fellow of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK; Honorary Fellow of Global Health and Tropical Medicine, IHMT, Lisbon, Portugal, Lecturer College of Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea. He has 42 years of working in the field in Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, São Tomé, Cambodia, Mozambique, Ghana, The Gambia and 100+ publications on malaria vectors.Charlwoodis known for his work on insecticide-treated bednets andwas the entomologist for the first African malaria vaccine trial (in Tanzania). He worked in the epicentre of drug resistance emergence in S.E. Asia (in Cambodia) and was the implementer of the PAMVERC trial (in Tanzania).