Main description:

This practical book covers all aspects of the biology of malaria vectors, with notes on the vectors of dengue. It is the first work in this field to concentrate on mosquitoes, rather than covering all disease vectors. Authored by renowned field entomologist Jacques Derek Charlwood, it disseminates his vast experience working on mosquito biology, ecology and the evaluation of new vector control tools across five continents over the past 40 years.

Covering all aspects from classification and systematics, population dynamics, vector control, to surveillance and sampling, epidemics, and a selection of case histories, the book also considers genetics and resistance, Aedes biology, and malaria and dengue models. It is designed to fill the gap between very specialized texts and undergraduate books on general disease vectors, and is ideal as a textbook for postgraduate courses in entomology and mosquito vectors of disease.

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.