Description |
xviii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Series |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 627 |
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Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 627
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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.] |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Insects as carriers of disease.
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Vector control -- Biological control.
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Insect pests -- Biological control.
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Transgenic animals.
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Communicable Disease Control -- methods.
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Communicable Diseases -- transmission.
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Gene Transfer Techniques.
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Insect Vectors -- genetics.
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Author |
Aksoy, Serap.
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LC no. |
2008001892 |
ISBN |
9780387782249 |
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0387782249 |
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