ENTOM 448
Medical Entomology
Credits:2 (2-0)
Prerequisites: Bio S 103, 104 or permission of instructor
Instructor:
R. S. Zack
Text: Furman, D. P. and E. P. Catts. 1982. Manual of Medical Entomology, 4th ed., Cambridge Univ. Press. 207 p.
OBJECTIVES OF COURSE
For the students to:
- Develop an appreciation for the effects that arthropods have had on the social and biological evolution of humans.
- Recognize and be able to identify arthropods that affect human and certain warm-blooded vertebrate hosts.
- Know the general ecology, distribution and importance of arthropods and the diseases they vector.
- Understand the epidemiology of arbodiseases.
- Become familiar with the management efforts employed to control arthropods or medical importance.
LECTURE OUTLINE
No. of Lectures Topic
1 Course Organization and Introduction
2 Disease Transmission
8 Taxonomy and Identification of Arthropods of Medical Importance
1 Hemiptera (Bugs)
2 Phthirapeta (Lice)
6 Diptera (Flies)
1 Siphonoptera (Fleas)
1 Coleoptera (Beetles)
2 Urban Pests Including Cockroaches
2 Ticks
1 Mites
1 Miscellaneous Venemous Arthropods
GRADING CRITERIA
- Grades will be based on performance in one midterm exam (25%).
- a final (30%).
- a research paper (20%).
- quizzes (25%).
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