Advances in Disease Vector Research

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1 Transmission of Velvet Tobacco Mottle Virus and Related Viruses by the Mirid Cyrtopeltis nicotianae.
• Characteristics of Transmission.
• The Paradox of Persistence.
• Relationship of Virus Distribution to Transmissibility.
• Conclusion.
• References.
• 2 Factors Influencing Aphid Population Dynamics and Behavior and the Consequences for Virus Spread.
• Weather.
• Biotic Factors.
• Crop Management.
• Summary.
• 3 Cyclic Epidemics of Aphid-Borne Potato Viruses in Northern Seed-Potato-Growing Areas.
• The Curl in Potatoes—1750 to 1905.
• Potato Leaf Roll.
• Potato Mosaic.
• The Persistent PLRV and Nonpersistent PVY—Different Cycles, Different Aphid Vectors.
• 4 Interactions Between Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Infection and Winter-Stress Tolerance in Cereals.
• Virus and Vectors.
• Epidemiology.
• Effect of Virus on Winter Cereal Survival.
• Metabolic Changes Due to BYDV in Cereals.
• Conclusions.
• 5 Artificial Diets for Blood-Feeding Insects: A Review.
• Classification of Blood Dietary Studies.
• Approaches for Dietary Studies.
• Development of Artificial Diet for Glossina and Stomoxys.
• Diets of Lipid-Free Hemoglobin.
• 6 Transmission of African Trypanosomiasis: Interactions Among Tsetse Immune System, Symbionts, and Parasites.
• Experimental Studies of Tsetse Infection Rates.
• Mechanisms of Susceptibility to Trypanosome Infection.
• 7 Mosquito Spiroplasmas.
• History.
• Taxonomy.
• Methods of Study.
• Biological Properties of Msp.
• Ecology of Msp.
• Concluding Remarks on Msp Ecology.
• Pathogenicity.
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and Spiroplasmas.
• Mechanisms of Msp Pathogenicity.
• Potential for the Use of Msp in Mosquito Vector Control.
• Summary and Conclusion.