Mosquitoes of India

Dr Brij Kishore Tyagi currently serves as the Professor of Practice, Department of Biosciences, University Institute of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali (Punjab), India as well as the Advisor, Vellore Institute Technology, India, and the Consultant, Reckitt Benckiser, Gurugram (Haryana), India. He completed his MSc (Zoology) in 1974 and Ph.D. (Entomology/Zoology) in 1978. He joined the Malaria Research Centre (now National Institute of Malaria Research) in 1981 on a WHO-TDR research project on tribal malaria in south Gujarat, and subsequently the ICMR mainstream as Senior Research Officer at Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry in 1984, and as Assistant Director and later Deputy Director at Desert Medicine Research Centre, Jodhpur in 1988. He finally joined as a Scientist ‘F’ (Joint Director) (2000) and subsequently Scientist ‘G’ (Director) & Director-in-Charge (2005/07) at the Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai (Tamil Nadu State) through 35 years long and highly distinguished career in diverse medico-entomological research, particularly the various vector-borne diseases (VBDs), in most of States and UTs in the country. He emerited from the ICMR Service in 2013, with two years’ extensions till 2015 with all administrative powers. He was appointed first as the Visiting Fellow followed by Visiting Professor at Bharathidasan Univ., Trichy (TN) (2015-16) and subsequently as Visiting Professor at Punjabi Univ., Patiala (Punjab) (2017-19). He has authored more than 700 scientific titles, 43 books, including a Training Manual, “Biosafety for human health and the environment in the context of the potential use of genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs): A tool for biosafety training based on courses in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 2008–2011”, published by World Health Organization (2015).

- Preface- Foreword- Dedication- Acknowledgements1. Malaria in India2. Lymphatic Filariasis in India3. Dengue in India4. Chikungunya in India5. Zika in India6. Japanese Encephalitis in India7. West Nile in India8. Malaria Diagnosis9. Lymphatic Filariasis Diagnosis10. Arboviruses Diagnosis11. Mosquito Control, Part I: Chemical, Non-Chemical, and Biological Methods12. Mosquito Control, Part II: Plant-Based Products (Phytochemicals)13. Mosquito Control Strategies Based on Genetic Manipulation14. Mosquitoes of Bangladesh15. Mosquitoes of Bhutan16. Mosquitoes of Maldives17. Mosquitoes of Pakistan18. Mosquitoes of Nepal19. Mosquitoes of Sri Lanka20. Biosafety Approaches for Deployment of Genetically Modified Aedes Mosquitoes21. Regulatory Policy, Guidelines, and Ethical Aspects in Genetically Modified Mosquito Research and Their Application in Disease Control Programmes22. Mosquitoes and Human Psyche23. Overview of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Mosquito Research, with Special Reference to the Future of Indian Fauna24. Mosquitoes for Novel Functional Systems---APPENDIX I: Global Resources in Mosquito Research APPENDIX II: Glossary---