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Global Environment Changes and Salinity Adaptation in Mosquito Vectors - Couverture souple

Ramasamy, Ranjan; Surendran, Sinnathamby Noble

 
9783848422906: Global Environment Changes and Salinity Adaptation in Mosquito Vectors
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3848422905 ISBN 13 : 9783848422906
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

This book compiles and summarises in a single volume recent original findings that 1) Anopheles culicifacies, normally considered to be a fresh water mosquito vector of malaria in South Asia is able to adapt to lay eggs and undergo pre-imaginal development in brackish water and 2) Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus the two major vectors of dengue and chikungunya worldwide as well as other arboviral diseases, are able to adapt to undergo larval development in brackish water collections near human habitations in tropical Asia. The significance of these findings for the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya at the present time and in the context of likely future environmental changes in coastal areas, including a rise in sea levels due to global warming, is also examined. Specific measures that can be taken in tropical coastal areas to control mosquito-borne diseases now and in the future are outlined. The contents of this ground-breaking book will be of great value to biologists, climate change scientists, environmentalists, epidemiologists and health sector personnel and scientists working on vector-borne diseases.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book compiles and summarises in a single volume recent original findings that 1) Anopheles culicifacies, normally considered to be a fresh water mosquito vector of malaria in South Asia is able to adapt to lay eggs and undergo pre-imaginal development in brackish water and 2) Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus the two major vectors of dengue and chikungunya worldwide as well as other arboviral diseases, are able to adapt to undergo larval development in brackish water collections near human habitations in tropical Asia. The significance of these findings for the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya at the present time and in the context of likely future environmental changes in coastal areas, including a rise in sea levels due to global warming, is also examined. Specific measures that can be taken in tropical coastal areas to control mosquito-borne diseases now and in the future are outlined. The contents of this ground-breaking book will be of great value to biologists, climate change scientists, environmentalists, epidemiologists and health sector personnel and scientists working on vector-borne diseases.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ranjan Ramasamy MA (Cantab),PhD (Cantab)was a Professor of Immunology and Biochemistry and Chairman of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. Sinnathamby Noble Surendran BSc (Jaffna), PhD (Colombo)is Senior Lecturer in Zoology in the University of Jaffna in Sri Lanka.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3848422905
ISBN 13 
9783848422906
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
100
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