Genetically Modified Mosquitoes for Malaria Control (Medical Intelligence Unit)

COVER......Page 1
TITLE PAGE. Genetically Modified Mosquitoes for Malaria Control......Page 2
Copyright ©2006 Landes Bioscience......Page 3
About the Editor......Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 5
EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 13
CHAPTER 1 Malaria Situation in the Beginning of the 21st Century......Page 16
CHAPTER 2 Malaria and Structural Adjustment: Proof by Contradiction......Page 31
CHAPTER 3 Development of a Toolkit for Manipulating Malaria Vectors......Page 39
CHAPTER 4 Immune System Polymorphism: Implications for Genetic Engineering......Page 51
CHAPTER 5 Predicting the Spread of a Transgene in African Malaria Vector Populations: Current Knowledge and Limitations......Page 61
CHAPTER 6 Advantages and Limitations of Transgenic Vector Control: Sterile Males versus Gene Drivers......Page 75
CHAPTER 7 Malaria-Refractoriness in Mosquito: Just a Matter of Harbouring Genes?......Page 94
CHAPTER 8 The Epidemiological Consequences of Reducing the Transmission Intensity of P. falciparum......Page 104
CHAPTER 9 Malaria Parasite Virulence in Mosquitoes and Its Implications for the Introduction and Efficacy of GMM Malaria Control Programmes......Page 118
CHAPTER 10 Thinking Transgenic Vectors in a Population Context: Some Expectations and Many Open-Questions......Page 132
CHAPTER 11 The Genetics of Vector-Host Interactions: Alternative Strategies for Genetic Engineering for Malaria Control......Page 152
CHAPTER 12 Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes for Malaria Control: Requirements to Be Considered before Field Releases......Page 161
CHAPTER 13 Ethics and Community Engagement for GM Insect Vector Release......Page 167
CHAPTER 14 Transgenic Mosquitoes for Malaria Control: Time to Spread Out of the Scientific Arena......Page 181
A-F......Page 186
G-O......Page 187
P-T......Page 188
V-Z......Page 189
BACK COVER......Page 190