Insect infection and immunity : evolution, ecology, and mechanisms / edited by Jens Rolff, University of Sheffield, UK, Stuart E. Reynolds, University of Bath, UK.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

This book is published on the occasion of the Royal Entomological Society's Symposium on Insect infection and immunity in Sheffield, July 15-17 2009.

Introducing insect infection and immunity / Jens Rolff and Stuart E. Reynolds -- Recognition and response to microbial infection in Drosophila / Nichole A. Broderick, David P. Welchman, and Bruno Lemaitre -- Roles of haemolymph proteins in antimicrobial defences of Manduca sexta / Emily J. Ragan [and others] -- Drosophila as a model for studying antiviral defences / Jean-Luc Imler and Ioannis Eleftherianos -- Specificity of the innate immune system : a closer look at the mosquito pattern-recognition receptor repertoire / Suchismita Das [and others] -- Comparative genomics of insect immunity / Fotis Kafatos [and others] -- Physiological integration of innate immunity / David Schneider -- The inherited microbiota of arthropods, and their importance in understanding resistance and immunity / Gregory D.D. Hurst and Alistair C. Darby -- Polydnaviruses as tools to deliver wasp virulence factors to impair lepidopteran host immunity / Sebastien Moreau, Elisabeth Huguet, and Jean-Michel Drezen -- Immune responses and the evolution of resistance / Jacob Koella -- The impact of physiological state on immune function in insects / Shelley A. Adamo -- Costs and genomic aspects of Drosophila immunity to parasites and pathogens / Alex R. Kraaijeveld and Bregje Wertheim -- Population genetics of insect immune responses / Punita Juneja and Brian P. Lazzaro -- Ecological and evolutionary implications of specific immune responses / Ben M. Sadd and Paul Schmid-Hempel -- Reproductive immunity / Michael T. Siva-Jothy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.