Rodent & Vector Control Flashcards
Source or reservoir of infection like plague, leptospirosis, rat bite fever, marine typhus, salmonellosis.
Rodent Control
It is eliminated as public health problem in all endemic provinces.
Malaria
It is eliminated as a public health problem.
Filariasis
It is eliminated as a public health problem in
all endemic provinces.
Schistosomiasis
It is invertebrate animals with segmented bodies, jointed appendages and hard covering exoskeleton.
Arthropods
Mosquitoes, Bees, Wasps, Butterflies, Bugs
Class Insect: Flies
Mites, Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders
Class Arachnida
2 types of Vectors
Mechanical Vectors
Biological Vectors
Transmit the infectious agent and not essential in the development of the agent. Ex. Flies
[types of vector]
Mechanical Vectors
Transmit the infectious agent and essential in the development of the agent acting as definitive or intermediate host. Ex. Mosquitoes
[type of vectors]
Biological Vectors