Mosquito-borne Diseases

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction I: Personal Insights in the Problem: What Remains to Be Done

   • Giovanni Benelli

   Pages 1-3

3. Introduction II: Why Are Mosquitoes and Other Bloodsuckers Dangerous? Adaptations of Life Cycles and Behavior

   • Heinz Mehlhorn

   Pages 5-8

4. Mosquito Transmission of HIV: Rare or Not Possible?

   • Diehl Nora

   Pages 9-21

5. Dengue: A Silent Killer, a Worldwide Threat

   • S. Sakinah, Sharmilah Kumari Kumaran, Pooi-Ling Mok, Akon Higuchi, Giovanni Benelli, S. Suresh Kumar

   Pages 23-39

6. Vector Potential of Mosquito Species (Diptera: Culicidae) Occurring in Central Europe

   • Helge Kampen, Doreen Walther

   Pages 41-68

7. Essential Oils from Aromatic and Medicinal Plants as Effective Weapons Against Mosquito Vectors of Public Health Importance

   • Filippo Maggi, Giovanni Benelli

   Pages 69-129

8. Mouthparts of Bloodsuckers and Their Ability to Transmit Agents of Diseases

   • Heinz Mehlhorn

   Pages 131-158

9. Zika Virus Epidemics: Only a Sudden Outbreak?

   • Heinz Mehlhorn

   Pages 159-162

10. Mosquitoes as Arbovirus Vectors: From Species Identification to Vector Competence

    • Claudia Schulz, Stefanie Christine Becker

    Pages 163-212

11. Mosquitoes and the Risk of Pathogen Transmission in Europe

    • A. Steinbrink, S. Cunze, L. K. Koch, D. D. Doerge, S. Zotzmann, J. Kochmann et al.

    Pages 213-233

12. Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Prevention Is the Cure for Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika Viruses

    • Devi Shankar Suman, Kshitij Chandel, Ary Faraji, Randy Gaugler, Kailash Chandra

    Pages 235-279

13. Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Textiles Preventing from Mosquito Bite and Mosquito-Borne Diseases

    • Michael K. Faulde

    Pages 281-303

14. Molecular Aspects of Species of the Genus Aedes with Epidemiological Importance

    • Luciana Patrícia Lima Alves Pereira, Felipe Bastos Araruna, Fernanda Oliveira Sousa Araruna, Maria Cristiane Aranha Brito, Daniella Patrícia Brandão Silveira, Edilene Carvalho Gomes Ribeiro et al.

    Pages 305-321

15. Mosquitoes, Plasmodium Parasites, and Cancer: Where from, Where to?

    • Martin Ward, Giovanni Benelli

    Pages 323-350

16. Back Matter

    Pages 351-354

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This book gathers contributions by 39 international specialists on well-known but neglected mosquito-borne diseases. The authors highlight pathogens that are increasingly being spread worldwide by various mosquito species, a situation worsened further by migration and tourism.


The book addresses significant agents of diseases like AIDS, dengue, Zika virus, malaria and even cancer, and the risk of transmission via mosquito-related vectors. In addition, it examines important means of preventing the outbreak of related diseases by using insecticides and/or repellents.


A particular focus is on the unique and sophisticated mouthparts of bloodsucking species, which allow them to feed on blood in an undisturbed manner, and by means of which agents of disease can enter potential human and animal hosts.


In brief, the book provides a broad range of information for a wide readership, including graduates, teachers andresearchers in the fields of parasitology, virology, tropical medicine and microbiology, as well as practitioners and healthcare officials.

• parasites
• mosquito-borne disease
• Dengue
• Zika virus
• Chikungunya virus
• Malaria
• arbovirus
• Model invertebrates

• Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

  Giovanni Benelli

• Department of Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

  Heinz Mehlhorn

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