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Things to know
What
Two
is a Vector?
Biological vector
Acquire
pathogenic agents by
means of ________________.
Agents
undergo multiplication,
propagation, and development
inside the arthropods body.
Mosquitoes
Mechanical vectors
Transmits
pathogens by
way of their body such as
feet, wings, etc.
Serve as contaminators
Pathogen do not multiply or
develop inside their bodies.
Fleas, beetles, crabs and
copepods
Mosquitoes
Flies
Cockroaches
Aedes,
Culex,
Mansonia
Dengue,
Japanese
encephalitis, human filariasis
Male
Not capable
Antennae: Plumose or
bushy
Eggs
Characterist
ics
Shape
Boat-shaped
eggs
Cigarshape
d
eggs
with
coroll
a
Area where
they lay eggs
Surfaces of
water
rafts
Under
leaves of
aquatic
plants
Artificial
containers and
dry hollows
Larva
Eggs
water
1-1.5
8
mm long-newly hatched
mm-full length
Instars-
Spiracles-organ
for breathing
Which are
tubular
organs
Lacks
siphon
Long and
slender with
many ventral
tufts
Mansoni
a
Differentiation
of mosquitoes
Mosquito Bionomics
Deals
Important
in
the
epidemiology and planning
methods of mosquito control
Mating occurs..
24
Males
Biting habits
Culex,
Rainfall
Most
Types of climates
Type
Type
II
Type
III
Type
IV
Malaria
III. DF/DHF
Anopheles
Aedes aegypti
Aedes albopictus
flavirostris
Anopheles litoralis
IV. Japanese
Anopheles
Encephalitis
balabacensis
Culex
tritaeniorynchus
II. Filariasis
Aedes poecilus
Mansonia
Anopheles spp
Anopheles flavirostris
Most important vector
Breeds in slow flowing, clear partially
shaded streams with vegetation
Pale golden patch in the proboscis
Anopheles litoralis
Secondary vector
Speckled legs
Breeds in water with salinity of 2.53%
Anopheles balabacensis
Dark proboscis with multiple dark
spots in the wings
Breeds in clear ponds and pools in
deep forests and jungles
Mansonia
Vector of Brugian filariasis
Bite from 1am-2am
Mansonia bonneae
Prefers fresh water swamps with
giant pandanus
Mansonia uniformis
Breeds in swamps with aquatic
plants
Adult
Light to dark brown or light to
golden
Legs have many pale markings with
Aedes spp
Aedes poecilus
Bancroftian
filariasis
Nocturnal feeder
Breeds in axils of plants
Aedes aegypti
DF/DHF
tiger mosquito
urban dengue
Aedes albopictus
rural dengue
Flies
Dark gray in color
6-9 mm in length
With 4 conspicuous
longitudinal black bands or
stripes
Musca domestica
Lay eggs in masses- 75- 150 eggs
Up to 21 batches in a month
Hatching takes place 20-24 hours in
warm
conditions
resulting
to
larva/maggots then to pupa , finally to
an adult.
It takes 10-17 days for development
from egg to adult.
Flies
Synantrophic
Associated with GIT diseases such
as:
amebiasis
salmonellosis
shigellosis
They feed on human and animal
excreta and human food.
Sponging mouthparts
2.
3.
4.
Foot pads
11-15 mm long
Gray
Three prominent black
longitudinal stripes
Abdomen has a chess
board appearance
Cockroches
Are
nocturnally active
Crawling
Carries
at daytime
more pathogens
Facilitated
by hairy chewing
mouthparts
Cockroaches
Blatella germanica
10-15 mm in length
yellowish-brown
Prominent
Periplaneta americana Blatta orientalis
longitudinal dark
Chestnut brown to 22-27 mm long
bands
Blatella germanica
Ootheca,
protrudes
from tip of
abdomen
until
hatching
time