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What is medical entomology?

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Medical entomology is the science to study insects and closely related arthropods that impact human health.

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What are arthropods?

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Arthropods are invertebrates with jointed legs

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Features of arthropods

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Jointed legs/ appendages
Segmented body : head, thorax, abdomen
Exoskeleton
Bilaterally symmetrical body

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Classification of arthropods

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Insecta - flies, mosquitoes, lice, fleas, bugs n nits
Diplopoda - millipedes
Chilopoda - centipedes
Crustacea - prawn n crab
Arachnida - spider, scorpion, mites n ticks

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Description of insecta

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  • 3 body segments : head, thorax , abdomen
  • 6 legs / 3 pairs of legs
  • I pair of antennae
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Description of diplopoda

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  • many body segments
  • 2 pairs of legs per body segment
  • 1 pair of antennae
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Description of chilopoda

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  • many body segments
  • 1 pair of legs per body segment
  • 1 pair of antennae
  • poison claws
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Description of crustacea

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  • body segments varied
  • head, thorax and abdomen are fused
  • varied number of legs
  • 2 pairs of antennae
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What is cephalothorax

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The fused head and thorax of arthropods

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Description of arachnida?

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2 body segments : cephalothorax n abdomen
8 legs
No antennae

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What is life cycle?

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Life cycle is the series of development or stages through which an organism passes during its life time

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Two types of life cycle

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  • hemimetabolous - incomplete

- holometabolous - complete

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Two types of life cycle

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  • hemimetabolous - incomplete

- holometabolous - complete

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Hemimetabolous life cycle description

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Three distinct forms / stages

  • egg
  • nymph (juvenile of adult)
  • adult
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Examples of hemimetabolous life cycle species

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Cockroaches
Lice
Bugs

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Description of holometabolous life cycle

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Four distinct forms in the life cycle

  • egg
  • larva
  • pupa
  • adult
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Examples of holometabolous life cycle species

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Flies
Mosquitoes
Moths
Butterfly

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Role of arthropods in medicine

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  • vector of diseases
  • intermediate host
  • direct agent of disease or discomfort
  • therapy
  • material for forensic investigation
  • pest management and vector control
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What is vector

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Vector is an organism that carries/ transmit agent of diseases from one host to another

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Types of vector of diseases

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Mechanical vector

Biological vector

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What is mechanical transmission

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The transfer of a pathogen from infectious source to the susceptible host without any developmental changes in the pathogen

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Example vector for mechanical transmission

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Flies

Cockroaches

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What is biological transmission?

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The transfer of a pathogen by a vector with the pathogen either undergoing reproduction or developmental changes or both

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Three types of biological transmission

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Propagative
Cyclopropagative
Cyclodevelopmental

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Description and examples of propagative transmission

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Description:
Increase in the number of the pathogen inside the vector

Examples:
- viral :
Yellow fever - mosquitoes
Dengue - mosquitoes

  • bacterial :
    Plague - rat fleas
    Epidemic typhus - body lice
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Description and examples of cyclopropagative transmission

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Description:
Increase in the number of the pathogens and metamorphoses into the infectious stage

Examples:
Plasmodium sp - mosquitoes
Leishmania sp - sand fly
Trypanosoma sp - tsetse fly

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Be example of disease in cyclopropagative transmission

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Malaria

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Description and examples of cyclodevelopmental transmission

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Description:
Pathogen undergo development from one stage to another, but there is no increase in the number

Examples:
Human filariasis - mosquitoes
River blindness - black fly
Canine filariasis - mosquitoes

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Examples of direct agent of disease or discomfort

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  • dermatosis : skin infestation by Demodex follicularum
  • scabies - skin infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabies
  • Demodex follicularum and Sarcoptes scabies are mites
  • lice infestation - head n body
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What is envenomization

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An act of poisoning by venom

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Envenomization mode

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Stings : bees, scorpion , wasp

Bites : spider n centipedes

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Effect of venom through envenomization

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Neurotoxic

Cytotoxic

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How does arthropods causes allergy

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Contact with dust mites or cockroach faeces

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What is entomophobia

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Irritation and exaggerated fear

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Examples of therapy using arthropods and description

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  • maggot therapy - medical use of live maggots to clean non- healing wounds
  • apitherapy - medical use of honey, pollen n royal jelly
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Forensic investigation - arthropods

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  • insects are the first to discover the abandoned corps
  • maggots are carrion feeder
  • insects never lie
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What is the mosquitoes that are used to control other mosquitoes in pest management and vector control

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Larvae of Armigerous mosquitoes

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