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Transgenesis and the Management of Vector-Borne Disease (Hardcover, 2008 ed.) Loot Price: R2,893
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Transgenesis and the Management of Vector-Borne Disease (Hardcover, 2008 ed.): Serap Aksoy

Transgenesis and the Management of Vector-Borne Disease (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

Serap Aksoy

Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 627

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Parasitic, bacterial and viral agents continue to challenge the welfare of humans, livestock, wild life and plants worldwide. The public health impact and financial consequences of these diseases are particularly hard on the already overburdened economies of developing countries especially in the tropics. Many of these disease agents utilize insect hosts (vectors) to achieve their transmission to mammals. In the past, these diseases were largely controlled by insecticide-based vector reduction strategies. Now, many of these diseases have reemerged in the tropics, recolonizing their previous range, and expanding into new territories previously not considered to be endemic. Habitat change, irrigation practices, atmospheric and climate change, insecticide and drug resistance as well as increases in global tourism, human traffic and commercial activities, have driven the reemergence and spread of vector borne diseases. While these diseases can be controlled through interventions aimed at both their vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, no effective vaccines exist, and only limited therapeutic prospects are available for their control in mammalian hosts. Molecular technologies such as transgenesis, which is the subject of this book, stand to increase the toolbox and benefit disease management strategies.

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 627
Release date: April 2008
First published: 2008
Editors: Serap Aksoy
Dimensions: 254 x 178 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 171
Edition: 2008 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-78224-9
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > Genetic engineering
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LSN: 0-387-78224-9
Barcode: 9780387782249

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