Abstract

Biology of Disease Vectors presents a comprehensive and advanced discussion of disease vectors and what the future may hold for their control. This edition examines the control of disease vectors through topics such as general biological requirements of vectors, epidemiology, physiology and molecular biology, genetics, principles of control and insecticide resistance. Methods of maintaining vectors in the laboratory are also described in detail.
No other single volume includes both basic information on vectors, as well as chapters on cutting-edge topics, authored by the leading experts in the field. The first edition of Biology of Disease Vectors was a landmark text, and this edition promises to have even more impact as a reference for current thought and techniques in vector biology.
Current - each chapter represents the present state of knowledge in the subject area
Authoritative - authors include leading researchers in the field
Complete - provides both independent investigator and the student with a single reference volume which adopts an explicitly evolutionary viewpoint throuoghout all chapters.
Useful - conceptual frameworks for all subject areas include crucial information needed for application to difficult problems of controlling vector-borne diseases
"...the target audience of graduate students, postdocs, and independent researchers has been accurately identified...this book serves as a reference for disease vector biologists."
-Donald R. Barnard, PhD, in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
"...an indispensible reference and a wonderful treasure trove of information about medical entomology."
-Jerome Goddard, Mississippi Department of Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center
"...it is hard to imagine a comprehensive course in medical entomology being taught today without using this fine new text."
-Sam R. Telford, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, in BOOK REVIEWS
"This second edition will become a standard in the field... The expanded content, reorganization, and updates...make this a welcome replacement for the first edition." - Doody Enterprises, Inc.
"This has always been a must-have volume on my shelves. It is an indispensable reference...." - Thomas P. Monath, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Acambis, and Adjunct Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
"...Biology of Disease Vectors, by Bill Marquardt and colleagues, fitting into my library in a most important way." - Frederick A. Murphy, University of California, Davis
"The book is a unique resource that deals with all the key approaches to understand and control vectors...." - Fotis C. Kafatos, Director General, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
"This volume should be extremely useful for faculty and graduate students interested in tropical medical entomology." - Diane McMahon-Pratt, Yale University of Medicine
"...good value for money and I recommend it highly to new investigators and old hands alike."
-Hilary Hurd, Keele University, for Parasitology