Arthropod Borne Diseases PDF

# 1 - Arthropod Borne Diseases ## Medical Entomology - Studying Arthropods of medical importance ### Arthropod Borne Diseases | Arthropod | Diseases | Host | |---|---|---| | Mosquito | Anopheles | 1° / Definitive host | | | Culex | 2°/Intermediate host in Bancroftian filariasis | | | Aedes | De...

# 1 - Arthropod Borne Diseases ## Medical Entomology - Studying Arthropods of medical importance ### Arthropod Borne Diseases | Arthropod | Diseases | Host | |---|---|---| | Mosquito | Anopheles | 1° / Definitive host | | | Culex | 2°/Intermediate host in Bancroftian filariasis | | | Aedes | Dengue, Chikungunya, Yellow Fever, Rift Valley Fever, Filariasis, Zika | | | Mansonia | Malayan/Brugian filariasis, Chikungunya, St. Louis encephalitis | | Housefly | Typhoid/Paratyphoid Fever, Cholera, Amoebiasis, Poliomyelitis | do NOT bite | | Tsetse fly | Sleeping Sickness | 2°/Intermediate host | | Blackfly | Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) | | | Sandfly | Phlebotomus | Habitat - Holes, Cracks & Cervices in wall & tree | | | P. argentipes | Kala Azar (Visceral leishmaniasis) | Legs twice longer than body & fine hairs on the margin of wings | | | P. papatasii | Sand Fly Fever, Oriental Sore | | | | P. sergenti | Oriental Sore (Cutaneous leishmaniasis) | | | Sand flea | Ulcers in foot | | | Rat flea | Bubonic Plague, Endemic Typhus / Murine Typhus, Chiggerosis | host for Hymenolepis diminuta (Rat Tapeworm) | | Hard tick | Tick Typhus, KFD (in India), Babesiosis, Tularemia, Viral Encephalitis, Tick Paralysis, Rockey Mountain Fever | | | Soft tick | Q Fever, KFD (outside India), Relapsing Fever | | | Mite | Rickettsial pox, Scrub typhus, Scabies | | | | Trombiculid mite | Scrub Typhus | | | | Itch mite | Scabies | Drug of Choice - 5% Permethrin | | Louse/ Lice | Epidemic Typhus, Relapsing Fever, Trench Fever, Pediculosis | | | Reduviid bug | Chagas Disease | | | Cyclops | Guinea Worm Disease | | ## Arthropods - Anopheles - Culex - Aedes - Mansonia - Housefly - Tsetse fly - Blackfly - Sandfly - Sand Flea - Rat Flea - Hard Tick Male - Hard Tick Female - Soft Tick - Trombiculid Mite - Louse / Lice - Reduviid Bug - Cyclops - Itch Mite # Diseases transmitted by Aedes Mosquito - Dengue - Filariasis - Rift Valley Fever - Zika Virus - Yellow Fever - Chikungunya # Tse-Tse fly - Sleeping Sickness # Onchocerciasis - River Blindness # Kala Azar and Oriental Sore - Oroya fever - Kala Azar (Visceral leishmaniasis) - Sand Fly Fever, Oriental Sore - Oriental Sore (Cutaneous leishmaniasis) - Ulcers in foot # Diseases transmitted by Hard ticks - Rocky Mountain Fever - Spotted fever - Kyasanur forest disease (in India) - Babesiosis - Tularemia - Viral encephalitis - Tick paralysis # Soft Ticks - Q fever - Relapsing fever # Diseases transmitted by Mite - Rickettsial pox - Scrub typhus - Scabies # Diseases transmitted by Louse / Lice - Relapsing fever - Trench fever - Epidemic typhus - Pediculosis # Disease transmitted by Cyclops - Guinea Worm disease