Pearls Flashcards
Disease by anopheles
Malaria, filariasis
Culex
Bancroftian filariasis, JE, west Nile fever, viral arthritis
Aedes diseases
YF, dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, Filariasis
Mansoni
Filariasis,chikungunya
Sandfly
Kala Azar
Sandfly fever
Oriëntal sore
Oroyo fever
Tsetse fly
Sleeping sickness
Louse
Pediculosis
Epidemic typhus
Relapsing fever
Trench fever
Rat flea
Bubonic plague, Endemic typhus, hymenolepis diminuta
Black fly (Simulium)
Onchocerciasis
Reduwid bug
Chagas
Hard tick (ixodes spp)
Tularemia
Tick paralysis
babesiosis
Tick typhus
Soft tick
Q fever
Relapsing fever
Kfd
Trombiculid mite
Scrub typhus, rickettsial pox
Sand flea
Tunguasis
Stomach poison
Paris green
NaF
Natural contact poisons
Pyrethrum
Rotenone
Nicotine
Synthetic contact poisons
Organochlorine: DDT, methoxychlor
DDT
By Swiss scientists Paul Muller
- nerve poison— not immediate death
- long residual effect- upto 18 m
- white amorphous powder
Least toxic OC compound
HCH
Hexachlorocyclohexane
- Michael Faraday
- gamma HCH= Lindane
- short residual action- 3 months
Malathion
Least toxic OP compounds
- ultra low volume spray
Fenthion
Aka BAYTEX
Used at Residual spray
Pyrethrum
Origin- Chrysanthemum cinerariafolium
- nerve poison
- no residual action
