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BL
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655675
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Transgenesis and the management of vector-borne disease\ edited by Serap Aksoy
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| Publication Statement
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New York, N.Y. :: Springer,, c2008
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| Series Statement
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Advances in experimental medicine and biology ;; v. 627
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xviii, 171 p. :: ill. ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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9780387782249
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: 0387782249
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: 9780387782256 (e-isbn)
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: 0387782257 (e-isbn)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Perspectives on the state of insect transgenics / David A. O'Brochta and Alfred M. Handler -- Alphavirus transducing systems / Brian D. Foy and Ken E. Olson -- Paratransgenesis applied for control of tsetse transmitted sleeping sickness / Serap Aksoy, Brian Weiss, and Geoffrey Attardo -- Bacteria of the genus Asaia: a potential paratransgenic weapon against malaria / Guido Favia ... [et al.] -- Proposed uses of transposons in insect and medical biotechnology / Peter W. Atkinson -- The yin and yang of linkage disequilibrium: mapping of genes and nucleotides -- Conferring insecticide resistance in insect disease vectors / William C. Black IV ... [et al.] -- Impact of technological improvements on traditional control strategies / Mark Q. Benedict and Alan S. Robinson -- Insect population suppression using engineered insects / Luke Alphey ... [et al.] -- Wolbachia-based technologies for insect pest population control / Kostas Bourtzis -- Using predictive models to optimize wolbachia-based strategies for vector-borne disease control / Jason L. Rasgon -- Modifying insect population age structure to control vector-borne disease / Peter E. Cook, Conor J. McMeniman, and Scott L. O'Neill -- Technological advances to enhance agricultural pest management / Thomas A. Miller, Carol R. Lauzon, and David J. Lampe -- Applications of mosquito ecology for successful insect transgenesis-based disease prevention programs / Thomas W. Scott ... [et al.]
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Insects as carriers of disease
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Vector control-- Biological control
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Insect pests-- Biological control
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Transgenic animals
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Communicable Disease Control-- methods
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Communicable Diseases-- transmission
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Gene Transfer Techniques
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Insect Vectors-- genetics
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| Dewey Classification
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614.4/32
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W1AD559 v.627 2008
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WA 110T772 2008
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| Added Entry
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Aksoy, Serap
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