Microbe-vector interactions in vector-borne diseases : sixty-third symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the University of Bath, March 2004 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Society for General Microbiology. Symposium
Other Authors: Gillespie, S. H., Smith, Geoffrey L., 1955-, Osbourn, Anne E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Vector-borne diseases
  • Evolution of tick-borne disease systems
  • Insect transmission of viruses
  • RNA-based immunity in insects
  • Specificity of Borrelia-tick vector relationships
  • Bunyavirus/mosquito interactions
  • How do mosquito vectors live with their viruses?
  • Vector competence
  • Environmental influences on arbovirus infections and vectors
  • Vector immunity
  • Transmission of plant viruses by nematodes
  • Wolbachia host-symbiont interactions
  • Pathogenic strategies of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, a unique bacterium that colonizes neutrophils
  • Interactions of Yersinia pestis with its flea vector that lead to the transmission of plague
  • Transgenic malaria
  • Vaccines targeting vectors