environmental impact of larviciding vs adulticiding. 1,000 acre mosquito larvae source larviciding...
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FemaleMalePlumose (fuzzy) antennae Less plumose antennae
Elongated palpi Short Palpi (exception Anopholes)
Adult life span 1 week~ ~ Adult life span 4 weeks or more~ ~
Does not consume blood Consumes blood
Species - aegypti
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Arthropoda
Class - Insecta
Order - Diptera
Family - Culicidae
Genus* - Aedes
*Genus Is singular, Genera is plural
Fig. 16.10, p. 409
NORTHAMERICA
EUROPE
SOUTHAMERICA
AFRICA
ASIA
ASTRALIA
Areas in which malaria hasdisappeared, been eradicated,or never existed
Areas with limited risk
Areas where malariaTransmission occurs
Lymphatic Filariasis
endemic non-endemicuncertain
120 million affected
40 million incapacitated
West Nile Encephalitis
•Flu-like illness with abrupt onset
•Moderate to high fever
•Headache, sore throat, backache, fatigue
•Rash
•Acute aseptic meningitis or encephalitis
•Most fatal cases >50 years old.
West Nile Outbreak 20042,470 human cases *
88 Deaths
* reported cases to the Centers for Disease Control as of Jan 11,2005
40 cases in FL with 2 death