Olfaction in vector-host interactions / edited by Willem Takken and Bart G.J. Knols.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Takken, W.

Knols, B. G. J. (Bart G. J.)

Series:

Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases ; v. 2.

Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases, 1875-0699 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Host-parasite relationships.

Arthropod vectors.

Insects as carriers of disease.

Smell.

Parasitology--Environmental aspects.

Parasitology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wageningen, The Netherlands : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a multi-authored book with a focus on the role of olfaction (the sense of smell) in the multitude of interactions between arthropods and their blood hosts. Blood-feeding arthropods (mostly insects, ticks and mites) depend on a vertebrate host for survival and reproduction. Their evolutionary success depends on how efficiently they can detect the presence of a host and actively locate it to obtain a blood meal. This is the domain of olfaction, which is perhaps the most important mode of signal exchange between hosts and blood-feeding arthropods that visit them. Important human and animal diseases like malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, bluetongue and trypanosomiasis are transmitted between humans and/or animals as a direct outcome of olfactory responses mediated by host odours. Increased understanding of olfaction and how this governs interactions between arthropods and blood hosts will enable the development of novel strategies to disrupt this behaviour. For example, many species of tsetse fly respond over distance to simple blends of synthetic odours. Combined with traps or insecticide-treated targets, such odour-baited devices can effectively suppress fly populations and thus transmission of sleeping sickness. Such systems still need to be developed for disease-vectoring mosquitoes, flies and ticks, necessitating further knowledge on the chemical basis of interactions with their vertebrate hosts. In 18 peer-reviewed chapters, recognized experts provide a state-of-the-art overview of olfaction in vector-host interactions, from the molecular to population biology level. A wide range of arthropods is discussed, including mosquitoes, black flies, sand flies, tsetse flies, blood-feeding bugs and ticks. Novel ideas, definition of research gaps, and a collection of the most recent studies will be of value to biology students, chemical

ecologists, as well as those implementing vector control programmes.

Contents:

""Table of contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Strategic use of chemical ecology for vector-borne disease control""; ""Willem Takken and Bart G.J. Knols""; ""2. Molecular regulation of olfaction in mosquitoes""; ""Jonathan D. Bohbot, Tan Lu and Laurence J. Zwiebel""; ""3. Olfactory physiology of blood-feeding vector mosquitoes""; ""Yu Tong Qiu and Joop J.A. van Loon""; ""4. Odour coding and neural connections""; ""Rickard Ignell, Meryem S. Sengul, Sharon R. Hill and Bill S. Hansson""; ""5. The detection of carbon dioxide and its role in the orientation to hosts by haematophagous insects""

""10. Understanding and exploiting olfaction for the surveillance and control of Culicoides biting midges """"James G. Logan, James I. Cook, A. Jennifer Mordue (Luntz) and Dan L. Kline""; ""11. Black fly interactions with their hosts""; ""James F. Sutcliffe""; ""12. Olfaction in Glossina � host interactions: a tale of two tsetse ""; ""Steve J. Torr and Philippe Solano""; ""13. Behavioural modalities of �non-vector� biting Diptera: from olfaction to feeding""; ""Steve Schofield and Steve J. Torr""; ""14. The role of olfaction in host seeking of triatomine bugs""

""Pablo G. Guerenstein and Claudio R. Lazzari""""15. Chemical ecology of tick-host interactions""; ""Sandra A. Allan""; ""16. Parasite-mediated enhancement of transmission by haematophagous insects""; ""Hilary Hurd""; ""17. Practical application of olfactory cues for monitoring and control of Aedes aegypti in Brazil: a case study""; ""Alvaro E. Eiras, Martin Geier, Andreas Rose and Owen Jones""; ""18. Exploitation of olfactory-mediated behaviour""; ""Willem Takken and Bart G.J. Knols""; ""About the editors""; ""Contributors""; ""Reviewers""; ""Keyword index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

90-8686-698-0

OCLC:

923505489