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.