Advances in Human Vector Control

The book covers current status and control practices covering malaria, dengue, chagas, human lice, cockroach and house dust mite issues, and novel approaches and resistance management of these diseases.

Five years after (2008), we re-convened this expanded topic at the 4th Pan-Pacific Conference on Pesticide Science and the scientific presentations made over two days comprise this current volume, Advances in Human Vector Control. The book covers two major areas: 1) Current Status and Control Practices, covering malaria, dengue, Chagas, human lice, cockroach and house dust mite issues; and 2) Novel Approaches and Resistance Management of these diseases. Chapters are provided by internationally-recognized experts who are actively involved in vector control and management, providing an up to date summary of this critically important area of public health. The effective use of novel control strategies is stressed and the status of recently acquired genomic approaches is critically reviewed.

INTRODUCTION
1. Vector biology diagnostics and public health pesticides development through the Product Development Partnership route
JANET HEMINGWAY (LSTM)
CURRENT STATUS AND CONTROL PRACTICES
2. Pyrethroid resistance in the African malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae, and potential of alternative insecticides for indoor residual spraying and use on mosquito nets
MARK ROWLAND (LSHTM) AND RAPHAEL N'GUESSAN (LSHTM)
3.
Insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex pipiens Complex: Concerns about development of pyrethroid resistance
OSAMU KOMAGATA, SHINJI KASAI AND TAKASHI TOMITA (NIID)
4.
Vector control for prevention of dengue: Current status and future strategies
TESSA B. KNOX AND THOMAS W. SCOTT (UCD)
5. Current Status and challenges of Chagas disease control initiatives in the Americas
JUN NAKAGAWA (UNIV, OF TOKYO)
6.
Human head lice: Status, control and resistance
J. MARSHALL CLARK ET AL (UMASS)
7.
ABC's of indoor health: Allergens, Baits, and Cockroach mitigation strategies
COBY SCHAL (NCSU)
8. Current status of house dust mites in Japan and prospects for control agents
TOMOYUKI HASHIMOTO (JESC)
NOVEL APPROACHES AND RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT
9. Controlling Dengue virus transmission in the field with genetically modified mosquitoes
KEN E. OLSON AND ALEXANDER W.E. FRANZ (CSU)
10.
Pharmacological mapping of the acetylcholinesterase catalytic gorge in mosquitoes with bis(n)-tacrines
TROY D. ANDERSON ET AL. (VT)
11.
Olyset net: A long lasting insecticidal net for vector control
TAKAAKI ITOH, YOSHINORI SHONO, JOHN R. LUCAS AND TAKAO ISHIWATARI
(SUMITOMO CHEM CO., ETC)
12. Biological efficacy of metofluthrin, a new pyrethroid insecticide, highly effective against mosquitoes
TAKAO ISHIWATARI ET AL. (SUMITOMO ETC.)
13.
An inconvenient truth of pyrethroids-Do they have a promising future?
HITOSHI KAWADA (NAGASAKI UNIV.)
14.
The body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus (Phthiraptera
PEDICULIDAE), GENOME PROJECT: PAST, PRESENT, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURES
BARRY R. PITTENDRIGH ET AL. (UIUC)
15. Resistance management of the human head louse using molecular tools
SI HYEOCK LEE ET AL. (SNU ETC)
16.
Monitoring of kdr-mediated pyrethroid resistance in head louse colonies in Japan
SHINJI KASAI ET AL ((NIID, ETC)
INDEXES
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