Thursday, 30 August 2012

Arthropods & diseases spread by them. Must see post






ARTHROPODS

 

Anopheles--> Malaria

 

Culex--> Japanese encephalitis, west nile fever, bancroftian filariasis, viral arthritis


 

Aedes--> Yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, rift valley fever

 

Mansoinoides---> Brugian filariasis

 

Sandfly--> Kala azar, oriental sore, oraya fever, sandfly fever

 

Tse-Tse fly---> Sleeping sickness

 

Louse---> Epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, trench fever, pediculosis

 

Rat flea--> Bubonic plague, endemis plaque, chiggerosis, hymenolepis diminut

 

Black fly---> Onchocerciasis

 

Reduviid bug--> Chagas disease

 

Hard tick--> Tick typhus, viral encephalitis, Viral hemorrhagic fever, KFD, tularemia, tick paralysis, babesiosis

 

Soft tick--> Qfever, relapsing fever

 

Trombiculid mite---> Scrub fever, rickettsial pox

 

Itch mite---> Scabies

 

Cyclops--> Guinea worm disease, fish tape worm(D.latum)







 

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