ENTOM 201: Medical Entomology

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dengue	virus; mosquito
yellow fever	virus; mosquito
west nile	virus; mosquito
bubonic plague	bacterium; fleas (oriental rat flea)
lyme disease	bacterium; deer tick (black legged tick)
malaria	protozoan; mosquito
sleeping sickness	protozoan; tsetse fly
leighmaniasis	protozoan; sand flies
chagas	protozoan; kissing bug
filariasis	nematodes; mosquito
myiasis	infestation of tissue with fly larvae
two parts to fore/hind-wing attachment (lepidoptera)	frenulum, retinaculum
life table	analyze insect popultion dynamics, budgets mortality and natality
human filariasis symptoms	elephantiasis
canine filariasis symptoms	lethargy
malaria symptoms	intermittent chills, fever, can be fatal
sleeping sickness symptoms	lethargy, lapsing into coma, death
leishmaniasis symptoms	unsightly skin lesions
lyme disease symptoms	bulls-eye rash
bubonic plague symptoms	bubo, hemorrhaging
dengue symptoms	"breakbone fever"; very painful
west nile virus symptoms	~1% have severe symptoms
allomone allelochemical	benefits producer
kairomone allelochemical	benefits receiver
pheromone	chemical/mixture of chemicals released by one organism to induce a response to another individual of same species
truly social insects	isoptera: termites hymenoptera: ants, wasps, bees
yellow jacket type of colony	annual
wasps type of colony	annual
honeybee colony type	perennial
what pollinates a fig	wasp
what pollinates a corps flower	human or fly
vaccine available	yellow fever
vaccine not available	west nile, dengue
what pollinates a cacao flower	midge