Nutritional Ecology Of The Malaria Vector Anopheles Gambiae
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Author | : Kelly Lee Walker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Anopheles gambiae |
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Vector survival rate is a key factor when estimating the potential of a vector population to transmit a parasite and as such, a small change in vector survival can have a significant effect on vectorial capacity. Using laboratory experiments, I investigated the possibility that Anopheles gambiae, a vector of Plasmodium, can alter the proportional allocation of resources between somatic and reproductive functions in response to limited nutritional intake. I also conducted a field survey to document how the nutritional status of An. gambiae varies within a population. Lastly, I used laboratory experiments to examine the effect of Plasmodium on vector fitness. The results of these investigations show that An. gambiae does have some control over its longevity, can mediate the effects of limited nutrition, that nutritional status of mosquitoes varies within a population and can alter the effect of Plasmodium on its vector.
Author | : Richard Eugene Gary |
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Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 1999 |
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Author | : Jacques Derek Charlwood |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2019-07-31 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1000012182 |
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.
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1991-02-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780309045278 |
Malaria is making a dramatic comeback in the world. The disease is the foremost health challenge in Africa south of the Sahara, and people traveling to malarious areas are at increased risk of malaria-related sickness and death. This book examines the prospects for bringing malaria under control, with specific recommendations for U.S. policy, directions for research and program funding, and appropriate roles for federal and international agencies and the medical and public health communities. The volume reports on the current status of malaria research, prevention, and control efforts worldwide. The authors present study results and commentary on the: Nature, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and epidemiology of malaria. Biology of the malaria parasite and its vector. Prospects for developing malaria vaccines and improved treatments. Economic, social, and behavioral factors in malaria control.
Author | : Sylvie Manguin |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 832 |
Release | : 2013-07-24 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9535111884 |
Anopheles mosquitoes are highly important insects due to their involvement in the transmission of human malaria and its devastating consequences in endemic countries worldwide. In 2010 alone, malaria was responsible for an estimated 660,000 deaths. As the study of Anopheles species and populations is a key element for reaching the goal of malaria elimination, an enormous amount of information has accumulated over the past century, and together in recent decades with the advent of novel technologies the acquisition of new knowledge has accelerated even further. The originality of this book is to offer the latest compilation on various research, new concepts, paradigms and innovative approaches for the control of anophelines using state-of-the-art methodologies and analysis. The 24 chapters, written by internationally recognized experts from 5 continents, cover the rich landscape for the understanding of Anopheles mosquitoes and the development of more effective weapons to control the vector of malaria.
Author | : Elizabeth A. Professor Casman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 575 |
Release | : 2010-09-30 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1136523049 |
As malaria and other tropical diseases continue their resurgence, questions about the potential impacts of environmental and demographic factors are becoming more critical. Recent attempts to understand the increase in malaria incidence often acknowledge the importance of social, economic and other contextual variables, but fail to explicitly incorporate them into models or consider how they evolve in relation to one another. This problem is of crucial interest to the climate policy community, which has been buffeted by claims and counter-claims concerning the impact of climate change on malaria. This important volume examines the contextual determinants of malaria and attempts to develop methods for incorporating them into projections of future incidence. Internationally renowned health specialists, economists, and other social scientists provide regional and global perspectives on risk modeling, the history of eradication efforts, current determinants (including environmental, social, and economic factors), and prospects for new vaccines and drugs. The Contextual Determinants of Malaria argues that an association of climate change with increased malaria incidence will have at least as much to do with human aging, poverty, urbanization, and population movement as with a rise in global temperatures. By placing climate in this perspective, The Contextual Determinants of Malaria focuses attention on the public health needs most critical in both the immediate and long-term future. It encourages multidisciplinary analysis of malaria control, and improves our understanding of the interactions of the diverse range of factors involved in the incidence and spread of the disease.
Author | : James C. McCann |
Publisher | : Ohio University Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2015-07-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0821445138 |
Malaria is an infectious disease like no other: it is a dynamic force of nature and Africa’s most deadly and debilitating malady. James C. McCann tells the story of malaria in human, narrative terms and explains the history and ecology of the disease through the science of landscape change. All malaria is local. Instead of examining the disease at global or continental scale, McCann investigates malaria’s adaptation and persistence in a single region, Ethiopia, over time and at several contrasting sites. Malaria has evolved along with humankind and has adapted to even modern-day technological efforts to eradicate it or to control its movement. Insecticides, such as DDT, drug prophylaxis, development of experimental vaccines, and even molecular-level genetic manipulation have proven to be only temporary fixes. The failure of each stand-alone solution suggests the necessity of a comprehensive ecological understanding of malaria, its transmission, and its persistence, one that accepts its complexity and its local dynamism as fundamental features. The story of this disease in Ethiopia includes heroes, heroines, witches, spirits—and a very clever insect—as well as the efforts of scientists in entomology, agroecology, parasitology, and epidemiology. Ethiopia is an ideal case for studying the historical human culture of illness, the dynamism of nature’s disease ecology, and its complexity within malaria.
Author | : Peter W. Atkinson |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2009-12-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9048124581 |
Mir S. Mulla joined the faculty of the Entomology Department at the University of California, Riverside in 1956, only two years after the Riverside campus was established as an independent campus within the University of California system. Prior to his appointment, Mir received his B.S. from Cornell University and then moved to the University of California, Berkeley to pursue his graduate studies. His Ph.D. from Berkeley, awarded in 1955, completed his formal American education which was the purpose of his immigration from his native Kandahar in Afghanistan. In his over 50 years at Riverside, Mir has made an incalculable impact on vector biology both within the United States and in developing countries throughout the world. Within Southern California, Mir’s basic and applied research led to the rapid and sustainable control of mosquitoes and eye gnats in the Coachella Valley and so directly enabled this region to grow to the thriving, large community it is today. In 2006 his efforts in facilitating the development of the low desert of southern California were recognized through the dedication of the Mir S. Mulla Biological Control Facility by the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District. His success has been so profound that it remains somewhat cryptic to the many who now reside in, visit, and enjoy, this region of California, oblivious to the insect problems that severely restrained development until Mir and his students ?rst applied their expertise many decades ago.
Author | : Nicholas Chirivas Manoukis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2006 |
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Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Anopheles gambiae |
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