Cold-Blooded: The Roles of Ectotherms in the Ecology of Vector-Borne Disease
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 April 2021) | Viewed by 357
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ectothermic vertebrates—reptiles and amphibians—are largely overlooked in regard to their roles in the ecology of vector-borne zoonotic disease. These animals are diverse, abundant, ancient, and bitten by a wide variety of vector arthropods. Due to their temperature-driven activity, growth, and metabolism, reptiles and amphibians interact with viruses and blood-feeding arthropods in a manner that is intrinsically different than their endothermic vertebrate counterparts (birds and mammals). This Special Issue will highlight interactions between vector arthropods and ectotherms and the unique and surprising roles that reptiles and amphibians play in the transmission ecology of zoonotic vector-borne pathogens.
Dr. Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ectotherm
- reptile
- amphibian
- vector
- zoonosis
- ecology
