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© in This Web Service Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-66818-8 - Medical Entomology for Students: Fifth Edition Mike Service Index More information Index Acariasis 253 Anal sucker 89 Acaricides 234 Anaplasma 247 Acne 270 A. phagocytophilum 247 Aedes 2, 3, 8, 17, 20, 27, 28, 37, 45, 47, 55, 57–60, Ancyostoma 146 61, 67, 70, 75, 76, 79, 80–81 ‘Annual fish’ 23 adults 58–59, 262 Anopheles 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, biology 60 25, 35, 39, 76, 77, 79, 105 distribution 57 adult biology and behaviour 36–37 eggs 57–58, 205 control 35, 48–51, 80 larvae 58 distribution 35 Aedes aegypti 2, 11, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 75, 79, eggs 35, 36 80, 81 larvae 35, 36 Ae. africanus 60, 68, 75 life cycle 18, 35–36, 207, 239 Ae. albopictus 2, 55, 60, 72, 75, 80 malaria vectors 38–45 Ae. bromeliae 60, 68 medical importance 37–38 Ae. furcifer 68 morphology 35 Ae. luteocephalus 68, 75 pupae 36 Ae. niveus 79 Table 3.1 Anopheles aconitus 41 Ae. opok 68 An. albimanus 25, 36, 38, 43, 46 Ae. poicilius 77 Table 3.1 An. albitarsis 43, 44 Ae. polynesiensis 60, 77, 80 Table 3.1 An. annularis 40 Ae. pseudoscutellaris 60, 77 Table 3.1 An. anthropophagus 41, 43, 46 Ae. samoana 77 Table 3.1 An. aquasalis 44 Ae. scutellaris 72 An. arabiensis 38, 39, 46 Ae. simpsoni 68 An. atroparvus 39 Ae. taeniorhynchus 76 An. baimaii 41, 42 Ae. togoi 60 An. balabacensis 42, 43, 46 Ae. vexans 24 An. barbirostris 46 Table 3.1 Ae. vigilax 77 Table 3.1 An. bellator 44 Aerosols, mists and fogs 30–31 An. bwambae 39 African horse sickness 112 An. campestris 42, 46 African Programme for Onchocerciasis An. claviger 16 Control (APOC) 95 An. comorensis 39 African tick-bite fever 242, 247 Table 17.1 An. cruzii 44 Airport malaria 12 An. culicifacies 14, 37, 38, 41, 42, 48 Alkuhrma haemorrhagic fever 233, 244 An. darlingi 44 Allergies 222 An. dirus 42, 43, 46 Alouatta 70 An. donaldi 42, 46 Alphavirus 48, 73, 75 An. farauti 45 Amblyomma 237, 238, 241, 242, 247 Table 17.1 An. flavirostris 42, 46 A. cajennense 246 An. fluviatilis 41, 42 A. variegatum 239 An. funestus 39, 46, 48, 50, 77 American house-dust mite 271 An. gambiae 11, 36, 37, 38, 39, 46, 48, 49, American tick-borne typhus 246 50, 77 Anaemia 214 An. koliensis 45, 46 Anal struts 180 An. labranchiae 40 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-66818-8 - Medical Entomology for Students: Fifth Edition Mike Service Index More information 294 Index Anopheles aconitus (cont.) Bartonella bacilliformis 99, 105 An. latens 42 B. henselae 185 An. letifer 42, 46 B. quintana 192, 196 An. leucosphyrus 43, 46 Bartonellosis 99, 105, 140, 146 An. maculatus 43, 46 Bedbugs 49, 203–208 Plate 24 An. maculipennis 39, 40 control 207–208 An. melas 37, 39 life cycle 205–207 An. merus 39 medical importance 207 An. minimus 41, 43, 49 morphology 204–205 An. nigerrimus 43 Bed-nets 29 An. nuneztovari 44, 49 impregnated 29, 30, 50, 115 An. pharoensis 40 see also under Mosquito control An. pseudopunctipennis 44 Beetles 221 An. punctimacula 44, 45 Berlese’s organ 205, 206 An. punctulatus 45, 46 Berne 171 An. quadriannulatus 39 Biological control 22–25 An. sacharovi 40 Biting house fly 151 An. sergentii 40 Biting midges 99, 108–115 An. sinensis 43, 46 adult behaviour 111–112 An. stephensi 25, 26, 40, 41, 48, 50 biting nuisance 37 An. subpictus 43, 46 control 114–115 An. sundaicus 41, 43 life cycle 110–111 An. superpictus 40, 41 medical importance 112–114 Anophelinae 2, 9, 13–17, 19, 34–51, 55 morphology 109–110 Anopheline mosquitoes 2, 18 Black blowfly 173 adults 14–17, 34–51 Black flies 85–96, 99 control see under Anopheles adult behaviour 91–92 eggs 13 African vectors of onchocerciasis 93 larvae 13–14 American vectors of onchocerciasis 93–94 pupae 14 Annoyance 72 see also Anopheles control 94–96 Anoplura 191–201 dispersal 91 see also Lice life cycle 88–91 Antepronotal lobes 62 medical importance 92–94 Anthrax 117, 146 morphology 86–88 Aphanius dispar 23 Black rat 183 Aplocheilus 23 Blatta orientalis 220, 222 Apodemus 244, 264 Blattaria 219–224 Arboviruses 2, 22, 35, 47–48, 55, 67–76, 99, see also Cockroaches 105, 114, 136, 149, 220, 233, 237, 243–246 Blattella germanica 220, 222, 223, 224 see also named arboviruses Blepharitis 270 Argasidae 226–234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 243, Blocked fleas 183, 184 247, 249 Blood-sucking larvae 161, 167 see also Soft tick Blood transfusion, Chagas 215 Armadillos 213 Blowflies 159, 167, 168 Ascaris 146 see also Black blowfly Asthma 222 Bluebottles 159, 166, 167–168, 170, 171 Asthmatic bronchitis 195, 272 medical importance 167 Ateles 70 Bluetongue virus 112 Auchmeromyia senegalensis 159, 160, 161–162 Body louse 192–197 Austrosimulium 86 control 197 ‘Autumnal itch’ 261, 265 life cycle 193–195 medical importance 195–197 Bacillus anthracis 24, 123 morphology 192–193 B. sphaericus 24, 25, 82 Boophilus 241 B. thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) 24, 48, Borrelia 231, 242 80, 82, 94, 95 B. afzellii 248 B. thuringiensis serotype H-14 24, 25 B. burgdorferi 123, 248 ‘Baker’s itch’ 273 B. duttonii 227, 228, 231, 232, 233 Barbeiros 211 B. hermsii 233 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-66818-8 - Medical Entomology for Students: Fifth Edition Mike Service Index More information Index 295 B. recurrentis 192, 196 Cimicidae 203–208 B. spielmanii 248 see also Bedbugs Bot flies 171 Citellus species 246 Boutonneuse fever 246 Clarias fuscus 23 Brachiola algerae 24 Clegs 117, 120 Bridge vector 72 Cochliomyia 165 Brill–Zinsser disease 196 C. hominivorax 158, 159, 162, 164, 165, Bronchitis 273 166 Plate 14 Brown rat 183 C. macellaria 173 Brugia malayi 2, 35, 45, 46, 47, 55, 66, 76, Cockroach 219–224 Plate 26 79 Table 3.1 American 220 B. pahangi 47 Australian 220 B. patei 47 brown-banded 220 B. timori 2, 35, 45, 46 Table 3.1 German 220 Bunyavirus 75, 114 oriental 220 Bushbabies 68 Cockroaches 49 Bush flies 140 control 223–224 life cycle 221–222 Calaba swellings 124 medical importance 222–223 Calliphora 158, 159, 162, 166, 171 Plate 16 morphology 221 C. vicinia 167 Cocoon 90, 181 C. vomitoria 167 Coelomomyces 24 Calliphoridae 117, 159–162, 169 Co-feeding transmission 72, 266 Campylobacter 146 Coleoptera 221 Capitulum 227, 229, 232, 237, 238 Colobus 68 Carrión’s disease 99, 105 Colocasia 60, 68, 77 Cat-scratch disease 25 Colorado tick fever 237, 242, 245–246 Table 17.1 Caudal aster 122 Coltivirus 242, 245–246 Caudal setae 101 Combless fleas 177 Central European encephalitis 243, 244 Cone-nose bugs 211 Ceratopogonidae 86, 87, 99, 108–115 Congo floor-maggot fly 159, 161, 162 see also Biting midges Conjunctivitis 272 Cercopithecid 68, 81 ‘Copra itch’ 273 Cercopithecus 68, 75 Coquillettidia 9, 11, 17, 55, 66, 76 Cestodes 177, 185 Cq. crassipes 55, 66, 79 Table 3.1 Chagas disease 211, 213, 214–215, 216 Cordylobia anthropophaga 158, 159–161 Chelicerae 228, 232, 237, 253 Corvus 72 Chigger-borne rickettsiosis 265 Cosmotropical rat mite 87, 184 Chiggers 266 Coxal organs (coxal glands) 228, 229, 232, Chigoe see under Flea and Tunga penetrans 233, 238 Chikungunya virus 75 Coxiella burnetii 146, 237, 242, 247, 273 Table 17.1 Chlamydia trachomatis 146 Coxsackie virus 146 Cholera 146 Crab louse 192, 199, 200 Chrysomya 162, 164, 165 Crabs 90, 93 C. albiceps 164 Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever 237, C. bezziana 158, 159, 164, 165 242, 245 Table 17.1 C. megacephela 164 Crimean tick typhus 246 Chrysops 117, 118, 119–120, 122, Crusted scabies 253, 256, 257 124 Plate 8 Cryptosporidium 146 C. centurionis 124 Ctenocephalides 177 Plate 19 C. dimidiatus 117, 123 C. canis 181, 182, 184, 185, 188 C. discalis 123, 249 C. felis 181, 182, 184, 185, 188 C. distinctipennis 123 Ctenopharyngodon idella 23 C. langi 124 Culex 2, 5, 8, 17, 20, 24, 47, 55–57, 66, 67, 72, 76, C. longicornis 123 81–82 Plate 2 C. pikei Plate 8 adults 56 C. silaceus 117, 122, 123 biology 56–57 Cimex 204 distribution 55 C. hemipterus 204 eggs 55 C. lectularius 204 larvae 56 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-66818-8 - Medical Entomology for Students: Fifth Edition Mike Service Index More information 296 Index Culex annulirostris 77 Table 3.1 D. variabilis 246 Cx. gelidus 73 Dermanyssus gallinae 272 Cx. modestus 72 Dermatitis 195, 261, 272 Cx. pipiens 12, 24, 75 Dermatobia hominis 146, 153, 158, Cx. pseudovishnui 9, 73 171–173 Plate 18 Cx. quinquefasciatus 22, 24, 26, 31, 45, 56, 57, Dermatophagoides 271–272 72, 75, 76, 77, 81, 82 Table 3.1 D. farinae 271 Cx. taeniopus 76 D. pteronyssinus 271 Cx. tarsalis 72, 75, 76 Desiccation 8, 89, 181 Cx. torrentium 72 mosquito eggs 57, 58, 62, 67 Cx. tritaeniorhynchus 57, 73 Deutonymph 264 Cx. vishnui 73 Deutovum 263, 264 Culicidae 2–31 Diarrhoea 146, 147 see also Anopheline mosquitoes, Culicine Dichoptic eyes 86, 88, 117, 118 mosquitoes and Mosquitoes Didelphis 185, 213, 215 Culicinae 2, 9, 13, 16, 17–22, 35, 47, Diphyllobothrium 146 54–82 Dipylidium 146 Culicine mosquitoes 2, 17, 18, 20, 21, 35, 36, D. caninum 177, 185 37, 45, 46, 54–82 Dirofilaria immitis 47 adults 21–22 D.
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