Biological transmission of disease agents : symposium held under the auspices of the Entomological Society of America, Atlantic City, 1960

Biological Transmission of Disease Agents covers the proceedings of a 1960 symposium on Biological Transmission of Disease Agents, held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This book discusses methods, approaches, and problems that contribute to the progress in basic and applied research in biological transmission. This compilation is organized into two major parts encompassing 13 chapters that cover agents of plant, animal, and human diseases. The first part of the book deals with the status and significant advances of plant viruses, and the mechanical and non-mechanical transmissions and nematode vectors of these viruses. The second part starts with a discussion on viral agents known to be mosquito-borne, their importance in animal and human disease causation, as well as the several types of biological cycles involved in their transmission. The following chapters describe groups of diseases caused by transmission of sandflies, tabanids, Tsetse-borne insects, mites, ticks, and helminths. The concluding chapter presents ways of suppressing the vectors that cause diseases, such as malaria, typhus, filariasis, dysentery, trypanosomiasis, and dengue. The book appeals to students of entomology, plant pathology, human and veterinary medicine, virology, zoology, microbiology, and other branches of biology. Content: Front Matter , Page ii Copyright , Page iv CONTRIBUTORS , Page v PREFACE , Pages vii-ix , KARL MARAMOROSCH Some Recent Advances on Leafhopper-Borne Viruses , Pages 1-9 , L.M. BLACK Mechanisms of Plant Virus Transmission by Aphids , Pages 11-31 , EDWARD S. SYLVESTER The Present Status of Thrips-Borne Viruses , Pages 33-40 , K. SAKIMURA Mite Transmission of Plant Viruses , Pages 41-61 , JOHN T. SLYKHUIS Nematode Vectors of Plant Viruses , Pages 63-72 , WM. B. HEWITT, D.J. RASKI Mosquitoes and Virus Diseases , Pages 75-82 , WILLIAM C. REEVES Sandflies and Sandfly-Borne Diseases , Pages 83-91 , HERBERT C. BARNETT Tabanidae as Disease Vectors , Pages 93-107 , DARRELL W. ANTHONY Recent Advances in the Study of Tsetse-Borne Diseases , Pages 109-121 , K.C. WILLETT Some Considerations of Mites and Ticks as Vectors of Human Disease , Pages 123-134 , R. TRAUB Ticks as Virus Vectors in Eastern Europe , Pages 135-157 , D. BLAŠKOVIČ, J. ŘEHÁČEK Helminths as Carriers of Microbial Disease Agents of Man and Animals , Pages 159-169 , CORNELIUS B. PHILIP Control of Insect Vectors of Disease , Pages 171-179 , A.W. LINDQUIST Author Index , Pages 181-187 Subject Index , Pages 188-192