Meet the editors

David M. Claborn is Director of the Master of Public Health Program at Missouri State University, where he teaches courses in international health, environmental health, public health preparedness, and homeland security. He obtained a DrPH in 2001 from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. His dissertation dealt with the re-emergence of malaria in South Korea. Dr. Claborn also has a MS in

Entomology from Texas Tech University. Prior to starting his academic career in 2008, he was a career naval officer working as a medical entomologist. He retired from the Navy's Medical Service Corps in 2008 at the rank of Commander.

Dr Sujit Kumar Bhattacharya was born on 15 January 1950 and obtained his MD (Internal Medicine) degree in 1979 from Calcutta University. He joined the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata and became Director of the institute in 1994. He was then elevated to Additional Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. He joined the South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi in 2009 and retired

in 2011. He also served as Director of the Rajendra Medical Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, and Virology Research Centre, Kolkata. He is a fellow of three prestigious academies in India. He served in the Scientific Advisory Group of Tropical Diseases Research (TDR), Geneva. He attended many national and international conferences. He has to his credit about 500 publications. He received the Ranbaxy Science Foundation award for excellence in research in clinical science. He is now involved in clinical medical patient care.

Dr Syamal Roy obtained his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Calcutta, India and received his post-doctoral training in Cellular Immunology at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. He has been working at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta on his independent research on the immuno-biology of leishmaniasis. He has made substantial contribution in this area of research and currently

continues to work in the same area.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by David Claborn*

Genomics Era

**Section 2**

of Ethiopia

*and Marta Giovanetti*

New Ways to Tackle Malaria

*by Susanta Kumar Ghosh and Chaitali Ghosh*

*by Alemayehu Abate and Melaku Wale*

**Preface III**

Introduction to Vector-Borne Disease Risk **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 7**

**Chapter 3 21**

Vector Biology and Disease Prevention **35**

**Chapter 4 37**

**Chapter 5 53**

**Chapter 6 69**

*by Rafaela Vieira Bruno, Luana Cristina Farnesi and Luciana Ordunha Araripe*

Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases in Central Africa: A Threat to

Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases: Control and Prevention in the

Effect of Bendiocarb Indoor Residual Spraying on Entomological Inoculation Rate of *Anopheles arabiensis* in Northwestern Highlands

The Effects of Infection on Mosquito Rhythmic Behavior

*by Vagner Fonseca, Joilson Xavier, San Emmanuel James, Tulio de Oliveira,* 

*by Lisette Kohagne Tongue and Arouna Njayou Ngapagna*

*Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara* 

Introductory Chapter: Vector-Borne Diseases

Animal Production and Human Health
