Transgenesis and the Management of Vector-Borne Disease

1. Perspectives on the State of Insect Transgenics
David A. O’Brochta, Alfred M. Handler

2. Alphavirus Transducing Systems
Brian D. Foy, Ken E. Olson

3. Paratransgenesis Applied for Control of Tsetse Transmitted Sleeping Sickness
Serap Aksoy, Brian Weiss, Geoffrey Attardo

4. Bacteria of the Genus Asaia: A Potential Paratransgenic Weapon Against Malaria
Guido Favia, Irene Ricci, Massimo Marzorati, Ilaria Negri, Alberto Alma, Luciano Sacchi, Claudio Bandi, Daniele Daffonchio

5. Proposed Uses of Transposons in Insect and Medical Biotechnology
Atkinson W. Peter

6. The Yin and Yang of Linkage Disequilibrium: Mapping of Genes and Nucleotides Conferring Insecticide Resistance in Insect Disease Vectors
William C. Black, Norma Gorrochetegui-Escalante, Nadine P. Randle, Martin J. Donnelly

7. Impact of Technological Improvements on Traditional Control Strategies
Mark Q. Benedict, Alan S. Robinson

8. Insect Population Suppression Using Engineered Insects
Luke Alphey, Derric Nimmo, Sinead O’Connell, Nina Alphey

9. Wolbachia- Based Technologies for Insect Pest Population Control
Kostas Bourtzis

10. Using Predictive Models to Optimize Wolbachia-Based Strategies for Vector-Borne Disease Control
Jason L. Rasgon

11. Modifying Insect Population Age Structure to Control Vector-Borne Disease
Peter E. Cook, Conor J. McMeniman, Scott L. O’Neill

12. Technological Advances to Enhance Agricultural Pest Management
Thomas A. Miller, Carol R. Lauzon, David J. Lampe

13. Applications of Mosquito Ecology for Successful Insect Transgenesis-Based Disease Prevention Programs
Thomas W. Scott, Laura C. Harrington, Bart G. J. Knols, Willem Takken

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Keywords: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical TEC059000