Stephen H. Gillespie / Geoffrey L. Smith / Anne Osbourn (eds.)

Microbe-Vector Interactions in Vector-Borne Diseases

Herausgeber: Gillespie, S H; Osbourn, A.; Smith, G L

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Several billion people are at daily risk of life-threatening vector-borne diseases such as malaria, trypanosomiasis and dengue. This volume describes the way in which the causal pathogens of such diseases interact with the vectors that transmit them, detailing the biological adaptations that enable pathogens to live with their vectors and, in some circumstances, to control them. This knowledge has led to novel preventative strategies in the form of antibiotics and new vaccines which are targeted not at the pathogen itself but at its specific vector.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 744g
• ISBN-13: 9780521843126
• ISBN-10: 052184312X
• Artikelnr.: 21202812

Autorenporträt

Stephen H. Gillespie is Professor of Medical Microbiology in the Department of Infectious Diseases at University College London, UK.
Geoffrey L. Smith is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Head of Department of Virology at Imperial College London, UK.
Anne Osbourn is a Group leader in the Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich,UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Vector-borne diseases B. W. J. Mahy
2. Evolution of tick-borne disease systems S. E. Randolph
3. Insect transmission of viruses S. Blanc
4. Interactive silencing of host gene expression S. W. Ding
5. Reducing the prevalence of Borrelia in ticks A. G. Barbour
6. Bunyavirus/mosquito interactions R. M. Elliott
7. How do mosquito vectors live with their viruses? S. Higgs 8. Induction of vector competence S. Weaver
9. Environmental influences on arbovirus infections and vectors P. S. Mellor
10. Vector immunity N. A. Ratcliffe and M. M. A. Whitten
11. Transmission of plant viruses by nematodes S. MacFarlane and D. J. Robinson
12. Wolbachia host-symbiont interactions M. J. Taylor
13. Pathogenic strategies of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, a unique bacterium that colonizes neutrophils J. A. Carlyon and E. Fikrig
14. Interactions of Yersinia pestis with its flea vector that lead to the transmission of plague B. J. Hinnebusch
15. Transgenic malaria P. W. Atkinson
16. Vaccines targeting vectors G. A. T. Targett
Index.