Feb 18, 2011, 13:56 PM by User Not Found

Topics we are discussing right now

1. How/why are pests and vector - born diseases important

2. Primary pest-related health issues 

3. Major dieases in pests: 

• Mosquitos 
• Anopheles Mosquitos - Malaria
• Health effects in mosquitos

Mosquito diseases:

• Malaria
• Yellow fever - Most lethal, the American Plague in 1878
• West Nile
• Rift valley fever
• Chikungunya - Africa south east asia - recently found in Italy in 2007
• Dengue fever(break bone fever) recent out breaks in Florida
  
  

Public health Intervention
Mosquito bed netting
repellents 

 

Tick diseases

• Bacteria
• Protozoa
• Virsus
• Lyme Disease
• Lyme Borreliosis
• Rocky mountain spotted fever - possible death after 3 days

Flea Diseases

• Plague(s)
• Murine typhus

Fly Disease

• Myiasis (Blow fly)

Kissing Bug Disease 

• Chagas
• Allergic reactions

Rats/Rodents

• Allergies
• Asthma 

Bed Bugs