Papers from a July 2002 conference examine the tick-pathogen, tick-host, and the tick-host-pathogen interfaces, remote sensing and mapping of tick-borne pathogens, and various aspects of tick control. Specific topics addressed include the use of the nuclear protein-encoding gene RNA polymerase II for tick molecular systematics, a proteomics approach to characterizing tick salivary secretions, involvement of antibacterial peptide defensin in tick midgut defense, and dynamic changes in Lyme disease spirochetes during transmission by nymphal ticks. Material is reprinted from a special issue of Experimental and applied Acarology , vol. 28, nos. 1-4, 2002. There is no subject index. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens
This volume contains the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-4), held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, from 21 to 26 July 2002. TTP-4 continues an important tradition established in 1992 at the first Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, and developed subsequently at the Kruger National Park, South Africa (1995) and the High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia (1999). The 31 papers published in this special issue are divided between six sessions, with a keynote address as an introduction. The first session, which deals with biosystematics, genomics and proteomics of ticks, contains the most recent world list of valid tick names. The papers deal with a broad range of tick-host-pathogen interactions, including remote sensing and mapping of ticks and tick-borne pathogens as well as practical aspects of tick control. It is recommended reading for anyone working on ticks and tick-borne pathogens, which are of increasing medical and veterinary importance worldwide.
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