Mosquitoes of India Biology, Phylotaxonomy, Host-Parasite Interaction and Resistance Development

About this book

This is an up-to-date and comprehensive handbook that presents a wealth of information on the different aspects of one of the largest dipterous family, Culicidae (Mosquitoes). India shares more than ten percent of the global mosquito fauna and this book provides an extensive inventory of extant taxa, along with a detailed description of the key identification features of medically important mosquitoes. This book illustrates updated information on insecticide-based mechanisms of resistance development in vectors and showcases varied host-parasite interactions. This authoritative account is a crucial reference source for mosquito-borne disease control and prevention. This book is meant for researchers, university students, medical entomologists, parasitologists, and public health professionals.

Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgment
About the Editor
List of Contributors

Chapter 1. History of Mosquito Research
Chapter 2. Phylogeny, Evolution and Classification
Chapter 3. Biogeography
Chapter 4. Mosquito Inventory of Extant Taxa, National Repositories, and Identification Keys for Dominant Vector Species
Chapter 5. Mosquito Biodiversity
Chapter 6. Mosquitoes as Vectors, Pests and Allergy Causers
Chapter 7. Mosquito Sampling: Theory and Practice in India
Chapter 8. Biology of Mosquitoes
Chapter 9. Ecology and Behaviour
Chapter 10. Mosquito Genomes
Chapter 11. Indian Malarial Vectors: Tissue-Specific Molecular Complexity and Integrative Biology
Chapter 12. Functional Gemomics Indian Malarial Vectors
Chapter 13. Oleuropein-Induced Autophagy: A Plausible Mechanism for Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance
Chapter 14. Vector Dynamics Under the Impact of Climate Change
Chapter 15. Insecticide Resistance
Chapter 16. Target Site Mediated Insecticide Resistance in Major Mosquito Vectors
Chapter 17. Effect of Insecticide Resistance on Biology and Reproductive Fitness of Mosquito Vectors

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Biography

Dr Brij Kishore Tyagi currently serves as the Professor of Practice, Department of Biosciences, University Institute of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali (Punjab), India, as well as the Advisor, Vellore Institute of Technology, India, and the Consultant, Reckitt Benckiser, Gurugram (Haryana), India. He completed his MSc (Zoology) in 1974 and PhD (Entomology/Zoology) in 1978. He joined the Malaria Research Centre (now National Institute of Malaria Research) in 1981 on a WHO-TDR research project on tribal malaria in south Gujarat, and subsequently the ICMR mainstream as Senior Research Officer at Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry in 1984, and as Assistant Director and later Deputy Director at Desert Medicine Research Centre, Jodhpur in 1988. He finally joined as a Scientist 'F' (Joint Director) (2000) and subsequently Scientist 'G' (Director) & Director-in-Charge (2005/07) at the Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai (Tamil Nadu State) through 35 years' long and highly distinguished career in diverse medico-entomological research, particularly the various vector-borne diseases (VBDs), in most of States and UTs in the country. He retired from the ICMR Service in 2013 and was rewarded with a two-year extension to 2015, retaining all administrative powers. Post-retirement, he was appointed first as the Visiting Fellow, followed by Visiting Professor at Bharathidasan University, Trichy (TN) (2015-2016) and subsequently as Visiting Professor at Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab) (2017-2019). He has authored more than 700 scientific titles, 43 books, including a Training Manual, Biosafety for Human Health and the Environment in the Context of the Potential Use of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes (GMMs): A Tool for Biosafety Training based on courses in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 2008-2011, published by the World Health Organization (2015).