AEDES AEGYPTI Flashcards
1
Q
What’s an arthropod?
A
invertebrate animal with exoskeleton , segmented body, and jointed paired appendages). i.e., phylum Arthropoda, which includes the insects, arachnids, and crustaceans.
2
Q
What was banned from the united states in 1922?
A
DDT was good for killing dengue but was killing the wildlife and birds of prey thinning their eggshells so it does not reach adult hood
3
Q
how many vector borne disease transmission cycle are there?
A
has three stages, Enzootic cycle, epizootic cycle, Epidemic cycle
