Transgenesis and the Management of Vector-Borne Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aksoy, Serap (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 627
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Genetic engineering.; Genetic Engineering.; Biomedicine general.

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 tr...