Medical Entomology: Arthropods and Human Disease

adults Aedes Aedes aegypti Africa agent Amer America Anopheles areas arthropod-borne arthropodan arthropods attack become infected bed bugs birds bites blood body Borrelia burrows cause cells chelicerae Cockroach common contaminated Culex cuticula Diptera disease domestic animals eggs encephalitis epidemic equine feces feeding female fleas flies foci food tube forest genera genus glands Glossina hemocoel hemolymph host human ingested inoculated invade ixodid ticks known labella labium larvae lesions lice live louse malaria mammals mandibles medical importance mites mosquitoes mouth nymphs occurs organs Ornithodoros oviposition parasite pathogen pests Phlebotomus plague population puncture rabbits range rats reactions regions Rickettsia rodents saliva salivary Sarcoptiformes segments sheep significant skin species spiders spirochetes stages suborder surface susceptible sylvatic sylvatic reservoir symptoms temperature ticks tion tissues transmission tropical Trypanosoma tsetse typhus usually vector vector-hosts vertebrate virus viruses wild worms yellow fever