K.T.
Published in January 1991
Book
Hardback
XX, 211 pages
978-3-540-97335-5 (ISBN)
Description
This series explores how vectors (carriers of disease agents, such as insects) acquire, carry and subsequently transmit pathogens to hosts. It covers the spectrum of vectors, including carriers of plant pathogens as well as medically related pathogens. The first four chapters cover topics in plant virus transmission by insects. The final three chapters focus on human and animal disease associations with bollid-feeding flies.
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Transmission of velvet tobacco mottle virus and related viruses by the mirid Cyrtopeltis nicotianae, K.Gibb and J.Randles; factors influencing aphid population dynamics and behaviour and the consequences on virus spread, N.Carter and R.Harrington; cyclic epidemics of aphid-borne potato viruses in Northern seed potato growing areas, R.Bagnall; interactions between barley yellow dwarf virus infection and winter stress tolerances in cereals, C.J.Andrews and R.C.Sinha; artificial diets for blood feeding insects - a review, J.R.DeLoach; transmission of African tyrpanosomiasis - interactions among Tsetse immune system, symbionts, and parasites, I.Maudlin; mosquito spiroplasmas, C.Chastel and I.Humphery-Smith.