Ecology of Malaria Vectors

List of contents

Classification and Systematics. Mosquito Life Histories. The Search for the Host. Estimating Dispersal by Capture-Recapture Experiment. Population Dynamics. Mapping. Vectorial Capacity. Chemical Methods of Vector Control. Alternative Methods of Vector Control. Surveillance and Sampling. Epidemics. The Diseases – Malaria, Filariasis and Dengue. Sampling Techniques. Laboratory Studies. Global Heating – ‘The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be’. Some Case Histories. Some Useful Websites.

About the author

Jacques Derek Charlwood is Honorary Fellow of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK; Honorary Fellow of Global Health and Tropical Medicine, IHMT, Lisbon, Portugal, Lecturer College of Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea. He has 42 years of working in the field in Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, São Tomé, Cambodia, Mozambique, Ghana, The Gambia and 100+ publications on malaria vectors. Charlwood is known for his work on insecticide-treated bednets and was the entomologist for the first African malaria vaccine trial (in Tanzania). He worked in the epicentre of drug resistance emergence in S.E. Asia (in Cambodia) and was the implementer of the PAMVERC trial (in Tanzania).

Summary

This practical book covers all aspects of the biology of malaria vectors, with notes on the vectors of dengue. It is designed to fill the gap between very specialised texts and undergraduate books on general disease vectors, and is ideal as a textbook for postgraduate courses in entomology and mosquito vectors of disease.

Product details

• Authors: Jacques Derek Charlwood, Jacques Derek (Institute of Hygiene and Charlwood
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2019
• EAN: 9780367248482
• ISBN: 978-0-367-24848-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, MEDICAL / Epidemiology, Insects (entomology), environmental science, engineering & technology, Infectious & contagious diseases, Animal Ecology, Tropical Medicine, Zoology and animal sciences, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Infectious and contagious diseases, Zoology: invertebrates, Pest control, Pest control / plant diseases