Ecology of parasite-vector interactions / / edited by Willem Takken and Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt.

• Superior document: Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases ; v.3
• TeilnehmendeR: Takken, W.; Koenraadt, Constantianus J. M.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
• Language: English
• Series: Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases ; v.3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Vector-borne diseases continue to be one of the most important determinants affecting human and animal health. Large numbers of people suffer from diseases like malaria, dengue, filariasis and leishmaniasis, especially in the tropics. Whereas these diseases were eradicated from the temperate climate zones, in recent years the rising incidence of 'emerging' vector-borne diseases such as bluetongue, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis and the recent outbreaks of chikungunya and dengue in southern Europe provide evidence that these diseases are resilient and can disperse to other regions and continents where before they were not present or relevant. Many tools for the management of vector-borne diseases are currently under pressure because of increasing drug and insecticide resistance, as well as the realization of biological variation of parasites and vectors and their ecosystems. At the same time, progress in our understanding of genetics, immunology, population biology and epidemiology allow for a better understanding of parasite-vector interactions. Here the state-of-the-art of these interactions is being reviewed, and means for using this information for advanced strategies of vector-borne disease control are proposed. This 3rd edition of ECVD aims to provide a rapid overview of recent developments in the field of parasite-vector interactions and how this can be used for more effective and sustainable disease control.

Table of Contents

""Ecology of Parasitevector interactions ""; ""Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases""; ""Table of contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction � who was there first?""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""References""; ""Fundamental aspects of vector-parasite interactions""; ""2. Impact of transgenic immune deployment on mosquito fitness""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""The mosquito innate immune system""; ""Mosquito transgenesis""; ""Impact of insect immune system activation on its fitness""; ""Impact of immune response and transgene expression on mosquito fitness""

""Conclusions""""References""; ""3. Plant-sugar feeding and vectorial capacity""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Taxa involved and evidence""; ""Taxa covered""; ""Plant food sources and composition""; ""Methods for evaluating plant feeding""; ""General features of plant feeding behaviour""; ""Autogeny and diapause""; ""Food utilization""; ""Timing and frequency""; ""Limited and limiting availability in the field""; ""Plant-host preference""; ""Obligatory vs. facultative nature of sugar feeding""; ""Anthropophilic and generalist species""; ""Field evidence""

""Laboratory studies on the blood/sugar choice""""Sugar feeding by mosquitoes, according to optimal-foraging theory""; ""Vectorial capacity""; ""Components of vectorial capacity""; ""Vector competence""; ""Survival""; ""Biting frequency""; ""Reproduction and population density""; ""Male insemination capacity and competitiveness""; ""Flight activity and range""; ""Learning""; ""Plant-based techniques for vector control and interruption of pathogen transmission""; ""Marking""; ""Trapping and surveillance of vectors, and detection of pathogens""

""Reduction of population density and age by deploying toxic sucrose solutions""""Selective plant removal or replacement""; ""Inoculation with microorganisms""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""4. Vector competence for arboviruses in relation to the larval environment of mosquitoes""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Nutrition""; ""Intraand interspecific competition""; ""Temperature""; ""Insecticides""; ""Synthesis of environmental influences on vector competence""; ""Plausible mechanisms""; ""Conclusions and future directions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""

""5. Relevant temperatures in mosquito and malaria biology""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Overview of methods""; ""Temperature-dependent physiological models""; ""Environmental temperature data""; ""Modeling daily temperature variation between minimum and maximum temperatures""; ""Effects of temperature on transmission intensity (basic reproduction rate) of malaria""; ""Mean vs. variable temperature""; ""Extrinsic incubation period""; ""Gonotrophic cycle length""; ""Changing climate""; ""Outdoor vs. indoor temperature""; ""Extrinsic incubation period""; ""Gonotrophic cycle length""

""Changing climate""