Biology of Mosquitoes, Volume 3: Transmission of Viruses and Interactions with Bacteria (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781845932428)

The great importance of mosquitoes lies in their role as transmitters of pathogens and parasites, and in their use as experimental animals well suited to laboratory investigations into aspects of biochemistry, physiology and behaviour. The largest part of this latest volume of The Biology of Mosquitoes concerns interactions between mosquitoes and viruses and the transmission of arboviruses to their vertebrate hosts, while the remainder concerns symbiotic interactions between mosquitoes and bacteria. The introduction provides a timely review of the first major development in mosquito taxonomy for several decades. Further chapters describe the interactions between mosquitoes and the viruses that infect them, the transmission and epidemiology of seven very important arboviruses, and the biology of bacteria that are important control agents or of great biological interest. Like the earlier volumes, Volume 3 combines recent information with earlier important findings from field and laboratory to provide the broadest coverage available on the subject.

Author: Alan Clements
ISBN-10: 1845932420
ISBN-13: 9781845932428
Publisher: Cab International
Language: English
Published: 12/21/2011
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.80lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.50w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2012 pg. 215