The ecology of malaria vectors / Jacques Derek Charlwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charlwood, Jacques Derek, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mosquitoes as carriers of disease.

Malaria.

Mosquito Vectors.

Medical Subjects:

Mosquito Vectors.

Malaria.

Physical Description:

xvii, 284 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2020]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Classification and Systematics p. 1

Taxonomy p. 3

What Is a Species? p. 4

Mosquitoes (Culicidae) p. 5

Anopheles, Culex and Aedes p. 7

The Ecological Niche p. 10

Species Complexes p. 12

The Anopheles gambiae Complex p. 12

The Funestus Group p. 20

Chapter 2 Mosquito Life Histories p. 23

Eggs and Larvae p. 23

Water Bites p. 25

Emergence and Mating p. 26

Chapter 3 The Search for the Host p. 37

Biting Cycles p. 37

Moonlight p. 40

Age and Biting Time p. 42

Blood Feeding p. 43

Invitation Effects p. 48

Chapter 4 Dispersal p. 59

Estimating Dispersal by Capture-Recapture Techniques p. 61

Dispersal of Males p. 66

Indoor/Outdoor Mixing p. 67

Chapter 5 Population Dynamics p. 71

Rainfall and Temperature p. 72

Dry Season Survival p. 76

Chapter 6 Mapping p. 79

Chapter 7 Vectorial Capacity p. 83

Oviposition (Gonotrophic) Cycle Duration p. 85

Mosquito Survival Determined by Dissection p. 86

Survival Rate Estimation p. 92

Sporozoite Determination p. 100

Chapter 8 Chemical Methods of Vector Control p. 107

Insecticides p. 107

Insecticide Treated Material p. 109

Insecticides for Indoor Residual Spraying p. 112

Insecticide Resistance p. 113

Target Site Resistance p. 116

Reduced Penetration p. 117

Metabolic Resistance p. 117

Behavioural Resistance p. 118

Chapter 9 Alternative Methods of Vector Control p. 123

Environmental Management p. 124

Improvements to Houses p. 125

Biological Control p. 127

Zooprophylaxsis p. 128

Topical and Spatial Repellents p. 129

Toxic Sugar Baits p. 130

Integrated Vector Control p. 130

Expanded Polystyrene Beads p. 131

Chapter 10 Surveillance and Sampling p. 133

Indoor Resting (House) Catches p. 136

Outside Resting Catches p. 136

Night Catches p. 137

Sporozoite Rate Determination p. 138

Blood Meal ELISA p. 138

Susceptibility Tests p. 138

Larval Surveys p. 139

Bioassay Tests p. 139

Chapter 11 Epidemics p. 143

Classification of Epidemic Types p. 144

How to Measure Epidemic Thresholds p. 145

Indicators p. 146

Chapter 12 The Diseases - Malaria, Filariasis and Dengue p. 149

Malaria p. 149

Filariasis p. 159

Dengue and Its Vectors p. 161

Chapter 13 Sampling Techniques p. 167

The Furvela Tent Trap p. 167

The Suna Trap p. 170

Some Comments on Light Traps p. 171

Exit Collections from Houses p. 172

Resting Collections p. 172

Window Traps p. 176

Experimental Huts p. 178

Drones and Phones p. 179

Mosquito Mounting and Preservation p. 180

Mounting with Micropins p. 181

Mounting with Paper Points p. 181

Collection of Immature Stages p. 182

Chapter 14 Laboratory Studies p. 185

Wing Morphometries p. 185

Near Infrared p. 188

Resistance Measurement p. 189

WHO Bioassay p. 189

CDC Bottle Assay p. 191

Tunnel Test p. 192

Cone Bioassays p. 192

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Circumsporozoite Detection p. 193

gSG6 ELISA p. 193

The Polymerase Chain Reaction p. 193

Chapter 15 Global Heating - 'The Future Ain't What It Used to Be' p. 195

Chapter 16 Some Case Histories p. 201

Mozambique p. 201

Furvela p. 201

Linga Linga - Land of 'Born Not Made' p. 208

São Tomé and Príncipe p. 217

Papua New Guinea p. 229

Ghana - All Generalisations Are False p. 236

Tanzania p. 242

Cambodia p. 247

Chapter 17 Some Useful Websites p. 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367248482

9780367248604

0367248603

0367248484

OCLC:

1086011485

Publisher Number:

99982204395