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Other Diseases. ADVERTISEMENTS: The following points highlight the four major vectors borne problems in vegetable crops. On February 23, 2018, subcommittee members of the Disease Vectors, Surveillance, and Prevention Subcommittee of the HHS Tick-Borne Disease Working Group met by conference call to discuss and formulate key themes and issues related to the subcommittee scope of interest. According to a 1997 American Housing Survey, rats and mice infested 2.7 million of 97 million housing units. Aphid Borne Virus Diseases 3. Other Diseases.

These are the major causes of disease in many tropical and subtropical countries. Whitefly Transmitted Virus Diseases 2. Host = the animal that contracts the disease c. Pathogen = the disease -causing organism d. Not all mosquitoes carry diseases e. Most diseases that mosquitoes vector affect other animals, but not humans. There are also important non-arthropod vectors of disease, including mammals and birds. Aphid Borne Virus Diseases 3. This chapter deals with disease vectors and pests as factors related to the health of households.

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Major global demographic, environmental and societal changes occurring in the last decade contribute to the re-emergence of vector-borne and other diseases, many of which have an important impact on children’s health and development. Main Vectors 2.1 Introduction The scope of this chapter is to provide an overview of the main vectors of medical importance encountered in refugee/displaced person camps.

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Range expansion of potential vectors and emerging pathogens, climate change, pesticide resistance, human encroachment on vector habitat, and international travel have all contributed to increased vector-human interactions and the health burden from vector-borne diseases. Mosquitoes are vectors for many important diseases. VECTOR CONTROL TODAY Vector control rarely relies on a single intervention. Whitefly Transmitted Virus Diseases 2. If you mean vectors of disease- mechanical ie housefly lands on dung, picks up microbe then lands on food, transmits infection to food, eaten causes illness Biological- ticks, flies, lice, mosquitoes. Definition of vector = an animal that carries a disease (but doesn’t “catch” it) b. Thrips Transmitted Virus Diseases 4.

Vector-borne diseases are infections transmitted by the bite of infected arthropod species, such as mosquitoes, ticks, triatomine bugs, sandflies, and blackflies. A CDC-sponsored survey of two major American cities documented that nearly 50% of the premises were infected with rats and mice.

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Three types of vectors are discussed; arthropods, snails and rodents. Arthropod vectors are cold-blooded (ectothermic) and thus especially sensitive to climatic factors.

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