• General Background
• 49 min
  1. Overview of arthropods & their impact on the health of humans & other vertebrates 1

  • Prof. William S. Romoser
• 42 min
  2. Overview of arthropods & their impact on the health of humans & other vertebrates 2

  • Prof. William S. Romoser
• 49 min
  3. Myiasis in humans and other animals, including applied applications in larval therapy & forensic entomology

  • Dr. Jamie Stevens
• 58 min
  4. Reactions to arthropod allergens, toxins and venoms

  • Prof. Stephen Wikel
• 41 min
  5. Parasite transmission by arthropods

  • Prof. William K. Reisen
• 32 min
  6. Mechanical transmission or dissemination of infectious pathogens/parasites by arthropods

  • Prof. Lane Foil
• 37 min
  7. Epidemiology

  • Dr. Laura C. Harrington
• 36 min
  8. Surveillance, prevention, and control of vector-borne diseases 1

  • Prof. Jonathan Day
• 33 min
  9. Surveillance, prevention, and control of vector-borne diseases 2

  • Prof. Jonathan Day
• 48 min
  10. GIS, remote sensing and spatial analysis for vector-borne diseases

  • Prof. Uriel Kitron
  • Dr. Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec
• Arthropod-Borne Viral Diseases (The ARBO Viruses)
• 27 min
  11. Dengue: biology, diagnosis and pathology

  • Prof. Emeritus Duane J. Gubler
• 27 min
  12. Dengue: epidemiology, prevention and control

  • Prof. Emeritus Duane J. Gubler
• 42 min
  13. The Bunyavirales

  • Prof. Laura D. Kramer
• 62 min
  14. Vector-borne alpha virus infections

  • Prof. Scott Weaver
• Vector-Borne Bacterial/Rickettsial Diseases
• 22 min
  15. The emergence of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases

  • Prof. Durland Fish
• 43 min
  16. Plague and other flea-borne infections

  • Prof. Kevin S. Griffith
• 31 min
  17. Epidemic typhus and other louse- and mite-borne infections

  • Dr. Kevin Macaluso
• Vector-Borne Protozoan Diseases
• 51 min
  18. Malaria in the mosquito

  • Prof. Peter Billingsley
• 38 min
  19. Tsetse fly-transmitted African trypanosomiasis

  • Prof. Mike Lehane
• 28 min
  20. Triatominae vectors of Chagas disease

  • Prof. Christopher J. Schofield
• Vector-Borne Filarial Diseases
• 47 min
  21. The biology and control of human onchocerciasis

  • Prof. Ed Cupp
• 72 min
  22. Lymphatic filariasis

  • Prof. David Molyneux, CMG
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 49 min
  23. Dengue and yellow fever: the anatomy of decline and emergence

  • Prof. Emeritus Duane J. Gubler
• 41 min
  24. Species complexes: confusion in identifying the true vectors of malaria and other parasites

  • Prof. Susan Paskewitz
• 42 min
  25. The Bunyaviridae

  • Prof. Laura D. Kramer
• 73 min
  26. Surveillance, prevention and control of vector-borne infections

  • Prof. Jonathan Day
• 41 min
  27. Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases

  • Dr. Laura C. Harrington

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1. Introduction
2. Reactions to arthropods
3. Pattern of cutaneous reactivity to repeated bites
4. Order Hymenoptera
5. Hymenoptera (1)
6. Hymenoptera (2)
7. Ants(1)
8. Ants (2)
9. Arthropods can cause anaphylactic reactions
10. Hymenoptera venom immunotherapy (1)
11. Hymenoptera venom immunotherapy (2)
12. Hymenoptera venom immunotherapy (3)
13. Reactions to contact with arthropods (1)
14. Reactions to contact with arthropods (2)
15. Reactions to contact with arthropods (3)
16. Inhaled arthropod allergens(1)
17. Inhaled arthropod allergens(2)
18. House dust mites (1)
19. House dust mites (2)
20. Tick paralysis (1)
21. Tick paralysis (2)
22. Tick paralysis (3)
23. Tick paralysis: Australia vs. North America
24. Salivary glands complexity - example (1)
25. Salivary glands complexity - example (2)
26. Ixodes scapularis salivary gland transcripts (1)
27. Ixodes scapularis salivary gland transcripts (2)
28. Ixodes scapularis salivary gland transcripts (3)
29. Components of the Ixodes scapularis sialome
30. Modulation of host immune defenses (1)
31. Modulation of host immune defenses (2)
32. Modulation of host immune defenses (3)
33. I. scapularis interactions with host immunity
34. Salivary glands of Dermacentor andersoni
35. cDNA library from D. andersoni salivary glands
36. D. andersoni salivary gland cDNA(1)
37. D. andersoni salivary gland cDNA (2)
38. D. andersoni salivary gland cDNA (3)
39. D. andersoni interactions with host immunity
40. cDNA library from D. andersoni females
41. Mosquito-host immune interactions
42. Mosquito modulation of host defenses
43. Pathogen transmission from mosquitoes
44. Salivary gland transcripts in female mosquito
45. Aedes aegypti salivary gland transcripts (1)
46. Aedes aegypti salivary gland transcripts (2)
47. Salivary gland transcripts - summary
48. Acknowledgment

Topics Covered

• Host responses to blood feeding arthropods
• Skin reactions to bites, stings and contact
• Mechanisms of reactions
• Molecules responsible for reactions
• Characterization of salivary gland gene expression and bioactive molecules in blood feeding arthropod saliva
• Blood feeding arthropod modulation of host defenses

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Series:

• Vector-Borne Diseases

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Immunology

Therapeutic Areas:

• Immunology & Inflammation
• Infectious Diseases

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on October 26, 2010

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Stephen Wikel has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.