Arthropod Disease
OBJECTIVESUnderstand the role of arthropods in human disease Recognize arthropods implicated in important human diseases Describe important vector-borne diseases
Types of negative interactions with arthropods
Envenomation Myiasis Bites and Piercing Urtication Allergic reactions Delusory Parasitosis and Entomophobiaarachnida
Arachnids Spiders Banana spiders Black widow spiders and their relatives TarantulasScorpions Dangerous scorpions Effects of scorpion venom Treatment of envenomation by scorpions
Mites Chiggers or harvest mites Scabies mites Other medically important mites that bite people Dust mites Flour and grain mites
Ticks Soft hard
InsectsHuman lice Pubic louse Human lice Head louse Body louse
Cockroaches True bugs Assassin and kissing bugs Bed bugs
Ants, wasps, and bees Honey bees Bumble and carpenter bees Other bees Wasps and hornets ants
Beetles Blister beetles Rover beetles Dermestids
FliesFlies that cause myiasis Human bot fly Tumbu and Lund’s fly Congo floor maggot Sheep bot fly Sheep maggot
Old World screw worm New World screw worm Wohlfahrtia magnifica Other flies that cause myiasis Treatment of myiasi
Biting flies
Mosquitoes Biting midges Sand flies Black flies Tsetse flies Stable and dog flies Horse and deer flies Filth fliesFleas
Human flea Oriental rat flea Northern rat flea Western hen flea Tunga flea or chigoeOther Arthropods
Centipedes MillipedesOther Invertebrates
Porifera Coelenterates Jellyfish Sea stars and brittle stars Leeches Squids, octopuses and cuttlefishesAgents Transmitted By Vectors
Viruses Rickettsia Bacteria Protozoa helminthsVirusus
Yellow Fever Dengue Fever Rift Valley Fever Encephilidides: Japanese Encephalitis Dengue Fever halitisWest Nile Encephalitis Eastern Equine Encephalitis Western Equine Encephalitis La Crosse Encephalitis St. Louis Encep
bacteria
Rickettsia akari Rickettsia mooseri Rickettsia prowazokii Rickettsia rickettsia Rickettsia typhibacteria
Rickettsia tsutsugamuchi Ehrlichia sp Yersinia pestis Borrelia burgdorferi Borrelia recurrentisProtozoa
Babesia microti Babesia divergens Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium malariae Plasmodium ovale Plasmodium vivax Leishmania braziliensis