Maintenance
of Human, Animal, and Plant Pathogen Vectors
Karl Maramorosch and Farida Mahmood (eds.): Rutgers - The State
University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
ISBN 978-1-57808-049-6; 1999; 340 Pages; US $ 95.20
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The book deals with diverse subject areas, and
contains descriptions of standard as well as highly specialized methods used
by medical, veterinary, entomology, and plant pathology experts. The
artificial borders between the diverse fields have been bridged to acquaint
researchers with the work and methods of investigators in distant, yet
related domains. The familiarity with the different techniques and materials
used for a particular group of vectors often can be shared and applied to
other vector groups. Pitfalls and difficulties encountered during laboratory
maintenance of vectors, safety measures to prevent contamination, and escape
of insects, ticks, nematodes, and fungal vectors have been stressed.
Chapters are well documented with tables, illustrations, and upto-date
bibliographies.
“...it is a must for any institution dealing
with or involved in research on vector-borne diseases of humans, animals,
and plants.”
- The Quarterly Review of
Biology, Vol. 75
“This book contains a wealth of
information, brought together for the first time in one volume, on the
laboratory maintenance and handling of a wide range of vectors of animal and
plant pathogens.”
- Parasitology
(2000), 121
Contents:. Laboratory Maintenance
of Mosquitoes :
Farida Mahmood .
. Colonization and
Maintenance of Species of Culicoides:
Gregg J. Hunt, Bradley A. Mullens,
and Walter J. Tabachnick. Maintenance of Ticks in the
Laboratory:
Daniel E. Sonenshine. Large Scale
Laboratory Rearing of Black Flies:
Elmer V. Gray and Ray Nobles.
Laboratory Maintenance of Phlebotomine Sand Flies:
Govind B. Modi and
Edgar D. Rowton. Establishment and Maintenance of Small
Scale Tsetse Colonies:
Serap Aksoy. Maintenance of the
Triatomine Bugs
Rhodnius Prolixus and
Triatoma dimidiata
under Laboratory conditions:
R.V. Durvasula and J. Taneja.
Laboratory Maintenance of Human-Fed Live Lice and Production of Weigl's
Typhus Vaccine:
Waclaw Szybalski. Rearing Aphids to use
in Virus-Vector Studies:
Catherine Katsar and Stewart M. Gray.
Leafhopper and Planthopper Rearing:
Karl Maramorosch.
Maintenance of
Piesma quadratum (Fieb.):
Gerhard Proeseler.
Rearing Thrips Vectors:
D.V.R. Reddy, G. Kurub, and V. Muniyappa.
Whiteflies as Subjects of Laboratory Research:
David N. Byrne.
Kiphinema index: Maintenance and Feeding in Monoxenic Cultures:
Urs
Wyss. Maintenance of Fungal Vectors of Plant Viruses:
Chuji
Hiruki. Sterile Techniques for Rearing and Cell Culture of
Leafhopper Vectors:
Jun Mitsuhashi
