Book Details
Orange Code:94048
Paperback:560 pages
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Sections:
1. Overview: Ticks, People, and Animal2. Modern Tick Systematics3. Life Cycles and Natural History of Ticks4. External and Internal Anatomy of Ticks5. Integument and Ecdysis6. Mouthparts and Digestive System: Anatomy and Molecular Biology of Feeding and Digestion7. Salivary Glands: Structure, Physiology, and Molecular Biology8. Excretion and Water Balance: Hindgut, Malpighian Tubules, and Coxal Glands9. Heme Processing and the Evolution of Hematophagy10. Respiratory System: Structure and Function11. Circulatory System and Hemolymph: Structure, Physiology, and Molecular Biology12. Fat Body and Nephrocytes: Structure and Function13. Nervous and Sensory Systems: Structure, Function, Genomics, and Proteomics14. Molecular Biology and Physiology of Chemical Communication15. Heme-binding Lipoglyco-storage Proteins16. Hormonal Regulation of Metamorphosis and Reproduction in Ticks17. Female Reproductive System: Anatomy, Physiology, and Molecular Biology18. Male Reproductive System: Anatomy, Physiology, and Molecular Biology
Description:
Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes, the book examines the systematics, biology, structure, ecological adaptations, evolution, genomics and the molecular processes that underpin the growth, development and survival of these important disease-transmitting parasites. Also discussed is the remarkable array of diseases transmitted (or caused) by ticks, as well as modern methods for their control. This book should serve as a modern reference for students, scientists, physicians, veterinarians and other specialists. Volume I covers the biology of the tick and features chapters on tick systematics, tick life cycles, external and internal anatomy, and others dedicated to specific organ systems, specifically, the tick integument, mouthparts and digestive system, salivary glands, waste removal, salivary glands, respiratory system, circulatory system and hemolymph, fat body, the nervous and sensory systems and reproductive systems. Volume II includes chapters on the ecology of non-nidicolous and nidicolous ticks, genetics and genomics (including the genome of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis) and immunity, including host immune responses to tick feeding and tick-host interactions, as well as the tick's innate immune system that prevents and/or controls microbial infections. Six chapters cover in depth the many diseases caused by the major tick-borne pathogens, including tick-borne protozoa, viruses, rickettsiae of all types, other types of bacteria (e.g., the Lyme disease agent) and diseases related to tick paralytic agents and toxins. The remaining chapters are devoted to tick control using vaccines, acaricides, repellents, biocontrol, and, finally, techniques for breeding ticks in order to develop tick colonies for scientific study.
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