Transgenesis and the Management of Vector-Borne Disease
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Series: | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology,
627 |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78225-6 |
Table of Contents:
- Perspectives on the State of Insect Transgenics
- Alphavirus Transducing Systems
- Paratransgenesis Applied for Control of Tsetse Transmitted Sleeping Sickness
- Bacteria of the Genus Asaia: A Potential Paratransgenic Weapon Against Malaria
- Proposed Uses of Transposons in Insect and Medical Biotechnology
- The Yin and Yang of Linkage Disequilibrium: Mapping of Genes and Nucleotides Conferring Insecticide Resistance in Insect Disease Vectors
- Impact of Technological Improvements on Traditional Control Strategies
- Insect Population Suppression Using Engineered Insects
- Wolbachia- Based Technologies for Insect Pest Population Control
- Using Predictive Models to Optimize Wolbachia-Based Strategies for Vector-Borne Disease Control
- Modifying Insect Population Age Structure to Control Vector-Borne Disease
- Technological Advances to Enhance Agricultural Pest Management
- Applications of Mosquito Ecology for Successful Insect Transgenesis-Based Disease Prevention Programs.