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Book: Olfaction in vector-host interactions

This is a book authored by 37 experts in this field with a focus on the role of olfaction (the sense of smell) in the multitude of interactions between arthropods and their blood hosts. Half the book deals with malaria vectors, from basic lab studies to open field research on odour-mediated behaviour. The book provides a state-of-the-art account of research in this field.

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Update: Only the good die young: a novel paradigm for mosquito control

Author(s): 
Peter F. Billingsley
Reference: 
Trends in Parasitology, Volume 26, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 53-55
Contact email: 
pbillingsley@sanaria.com

Andrew Read and colleagues have proposed that insecticides acting late in the vector lifetime are less susceptible to evolutionary pressures, thereby avoiding insecticide resistance.

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