Ebook: Advances in Disease Vector Research

Volume 10 of Advances in Disease Vector Research consists of seven chapters on vectors that affect human or animal health and six chapters on plant pathogens and their vectors. In Chapter 1, Yasuo Chinzei and DeMar Taylor discuss hormonal regulation of vitellogenesis in ticks. Many blood sucking insects and ticks transmit pathogens by engorgement, which induces vitellogenesis and oviposition in adult animals. To investigate the pathogen transmission mechanism in vector animals, information on the host physiological and endocrinological conditions after engorgement is useful and important because pathogen development or proliferation occurs in the vector hosts at the same time as the host reproduction. Chinzei and Taylor have shown that in ticks, juvenile hormone (JH) is not involved in the endocrinological processes inducing vitellogenin biosynthesis. Synganglion (tick brain) factor(s) (vitellogenesis inducing factor, VIF) is more important to initiate vitellogenesis after engorgement, and ecdysteroids are also related to induction of vitellogenin synthesis. In their chapter, based mainly on their own experimental data, the authors discuss the characterization of main yolk protein, vitellogenin (Vg) , biosynthesis and processing in the fat body, and hormonal regulation of Vg synthesis in tick systems, including ixodid and argasid ticks.

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This series spans the disciplines of entomology, plant pathology and virology by exploring the mechanisms by which vectors - carriers of disease agents - acquire and transmit pathogens such as viruses to their plant and animal hosts. The series covers the spectrum of vectors from mosquitos and leafhoppers to nematodes, and pathogens from viruses to mycoplasmas to protozoa. Articles deal with the emerging science of vector ecology, and consider both biotic and abiotic environmental influences on disease transmission. As a forum to present current thinking in this field, the series is an important resource for researchers and students involved in understanding and overcoming the many vector-borne diseases of plants, animals, and humans.

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This series spans the disciplines of entomology, plant pathology and virology by exploring the mechanisms by which vectors - carriers of disease agents - acquire and transmit pathogens such as viruses to their plant and animal hosts. The series covers the spectrum of vectors from mosquitos and leafhoppers to nematodes, and pathogens from viruses to mycoplasmas to protozoa. Articles deal with the emerging science of vector ecology, and consider both biotic and abiotic environmental influences on disease transmission. As a forum to present current thinking in this field, the series is an important resource for researchers and students involved in understanding and overcoming the many vector-borne diseases of plants, animals, and humans.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Hormonal Regulation of Vitellogenin Biosynthesis in Ticks....Pages 1-22
The Biology of Theileria Species in Ixodid Ticks in Relation to Parasite Transmission....Pages 23-63
A Model for Relationships among the Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus, Its Main Vectors, and Hosts....Pages 65-92
Genetics of Insect Vector Competence for Arboviruses....Pages 93-108
The Endocrinology of the Adult Female Mosquito....Pages 109-148
Human Malaria Transmission: Reconciling Field and Laboratory Data....Pages 149-182
Factors Affecting Filarial Transmission by Simuliids....Pages 183-214
Strategies for Controlling African Cassava Mosaic Geminivirus....Pages 215-236
Practices and Perspective of Control of Papaya Ringspot Virus by Cross Protection....Pages 237-257
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus, a Whitefly-Borne Geminivirus of Tomatoes....Pages 259-288
Propagative Transmission of Plant and Animal Viruses by Insects: Factors Affecting Vector Specificity and Competence....Pages 289-331
Vectors of Plant Parasites of the Genus Phytomonas (Protozoa, Zoomastigophorea, Kinetoplastida)....Pages 333-359
Molecular Biology of Plant Virus-Vector Interactions....Pages 361-386
Back Matter....Pages 387-412

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This series spans the disciplines of entomology, plant pathology and virology by exploring the mechanisms by which vectors - carriers of disease agents - acquire and transmit pathogens such as viruses to their plant and animal hosts. The series covers the spectrum of vectors from mosquitos and leafhoppers to nematodes, and pathogens from viruses to mycoplasmas to protozoa. Articles deal with the emerging science of vector ecology, and consider both biotic and abiotic environmental influences on disease transmission. As a forum to present current thinking in this field, the series is an important resource for researchers and students involved in understanding and overcoming the many vector-borne diseases of plants, animals, and humans.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Hormonal Regulation of Vitellogenin Biosynthesis in Ticks....Pages 1-22
The Biology of Theileria Species in Ixodid Ticks in Relation to Parasite Transmission....Pages 23-63
A Model for Relationships among the Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus, Its Main Vectors, and Hosts....Pages 65-92
Genetics of Insect Vector Competence for Arboviruses....Pages 93-108
The Endocrinology of the Adult Female Mosquito....Pages 109-148
Human Malaria Transmission: Reconciling Field and Laboratory Data....Pages 149-182
Factors Affecting Filarial Transmission by Simuliids....Pages 183-214
Strategies for Controlling African Cassava Mosaic Geminivirus....Pages 215-236
Practices and Perspective of Control of Papaya Ringspot Virus by Cross Protection....Pages 237-257
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus, a Whitefly-Borne Geminivirus of Tomatoes....Pages 259-288
Propagative Transmission of Plant and Animal Viruses by Insects: Factors Affecting Vector Specificity and Competence....Pages 289-331
Vectors of Plant Parasites of the Genus Phytomonas (Protozoa, Zoomastigophorea, Kinetoplastida)....Pages 333-359
Molecular Biology of Plant Virus-Vector Interactions....Pages 361-386
Back Matter....Pages 387-412
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