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Advances in Insect Physiology
Physiology of Human and Animal Disease Vectors
1st Edition, Volume 37 - October 13, 2009
Editors: Stephen Simpson, Jerome Casas
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780123748294
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eBook ISBN:9780080888736
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This latest volume in this series contains articles on the physiology of human and animal disease vectors. The papers in this special issue give rise to key themes for the future…Read more
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This latest volume in this series contains articles on the physiology of human and animal disease vectors. The papers in this special issue give rise to key themes for the future and make progress towards answering such questions as:How do insect vectors of disease find their animal hosts?Once a host is located, how do insects deploy their intricate mouthparts and the extraordinary complexities of salivary chemistry to secure a blood meal?
Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology
Discusses the physiological diversity in insects
Includes in-depth reviews with valuable information for a variety of entomology disciplines
Insect and other physiologists and neuroscientists, zoologists
Preface Orientation towards hosts in haematophagous insects: an integrative perspective CLAUDIO R. LAZZARI
From saliomes to the sialoverse: an insight into salivary potion of blood feeding insects JOSÉ M. C. RIBEIRO, BRUNO ARCÀ
The enemy within: interactions between tsetse, trypanosomes and symbionts DEIDRE P. WALSHE, CHER PHENG OOI, MICHAEL J. LEHANE, LEE R. HAINES
Interactions of Trypanosomatids and Triatomines GÜNTER SCHAUB
Lyme disease spirochete-tick-host interactions KATHARINE R. TYSON, JOSEPH PIESMAN
Epidemiological consequences of the ecological physiology of ticks SARAH E. RANDOLPH
No. of pages: 350
Language: English
Edition: 1
Volume: 37
Published: October 13, 2009
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780123748294
eBook ISBN: 9780080888736
SS
Stephen Simpson
Affiliations and expertise
ARC Federation Fellow; School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; New South Wales, Australia
JC
Jerome Casas
Affiliations and expertise
Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, France