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Vector biology, ecology, and control / Peter W. Atkinson, editor. - Dordrecht : Springer, 2010. - xii, 260 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The role of global climate patterns in the spatial and temporal distribution of vector-borne disease / Kenneth J. Linthicum ... [et al.] -- The DDT story: environmentalism over rights to health and life / Donald R. Roberts -- Vector-borne diseases in the 21st century: counting up or counting down? / Anthony A. James -- The global threat of emergent/re-emergent vector-borne diseases / Duane J. Gubler -- The need for synergy and value creation in contemporary vector research and control / Bart G. J. Knols, Ingeborg van Schayk -- "Dramas" down-under: changes and challenges in Australia / Richard C. Russell -- Novel strategies to control Aedes aegypti and dengue / Barry Beaty ... [et al.] -- Dengue haemorrhagic fever in Thailand: current incidence and vector management / Apiwat Tawatsin, Usavadee Thavara -- Using "Mulla's formula" to estimate percent control / William K. Reisen -- Longitudinal field studies will guide a paradigm shift in dengue prevention / Thomas W. Scott, Amy C. Morrison -- Recombinant bacterial larvicides for control of important mosquito vectors of disease / Brian A. Federici -- Current prospects for the control of the vectors of malaria and filariasis / Christopher F. Curtis -- Unraveling a complex transmission cycle: implications for control / Laura D. Kramer, A. Marm Kilpatrick -- Sustainable mosquito control in California: a template for the world / David Brown -- The Rhine larviciding program and its application to vector control / Norbert Becker -- Integrated malaria management / Robert J. Novak, Peter Burgess, Ian Brooks.

9789048124572 (hbk. : alk. paper)


Insects as carriers of disease
Insect pests--Control
Communicable Disease Control
Insect Vectors
Insect Control

RA639.5 / .V42 2010

614.432 / V413

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