Insects in Agriculture and Medicine

Plasmodium

Vector-borne diseases - Malaria:
Pathogen: ______ (a protist parasite)

Mosquitoes (Order Diptera)

Vector-borne diseases - Malaria:

Vector: ________

Tropical regions

Vector-borne diseases - Malaria:

Range: _______ throughout the world

neurological disease

Vector-borne diseases - Malaria:

Symptoms: chills, fever, abdominal pain- can eventually cause _______, seizures, coma, and death

insecticide

Vector-borne diseases - Malaria:

Prevention: antimalarial drugs, mosquito netting and _______

antimalarial drugs

Vector-borne diseases - Malaria:

Treatment: _________

Plasmodium

_______ is becoming resistant to many of the antimalarial drugs we use

For some drugs, the parasite developed resistance in as little as 3-5 years

Sterile insect technique

_________ - sterile male mosquitos are produced in a lab and released to mate with females, who produce infertile eggs Lowers the number of females successfully reproducing

virus

Vector-borne diseases - West Nile Virus:

Pathogen: _____

Mosquitoes (Diptera)

Vector-borne diseases - West Nile Virus:

Vector: _______

Australia

Vector-borne diseases - West Nile Virus:

Range: North America, Africa, Europe, _______

flu-like symptoms

Vector-borne diseases - West Nile Virus:

Symptoms: most have no symptoms, but many have _______ and extreme fatigue lasting months, can be deadly

mosquito bites

Vector-borne diseases - West Nile Virus:

Prevention: protecting yourself from _______

none

Vector-borne diseases - West Nile Virus:

Treatment: _______

arbovirus

West Nile is an ______

bacterium

Vector-borne diseases- Lyme Disease:

Pathogen: _______

Deer tick (Arachnid)

Vector-borne diseases- Lyme Disease:

Vector: ________

Northeastern US

Vector-borne diseases- Lyme Disease:

Range: North America and Eurasia, high concentration in the _______

neurological symptoms

Vector-borne diseases- Lyme Disease:

Symptoms: body ache, fatigue, _________, rash

removing ticks quickly

Vector-borne diseases- Lyme Disease:

Prevention: protecting yourself from tick bites and ______

antibiotics

Vector-borne diseases- Lyme Disease:

Treatment: ______

Kissing bug (Order Hemiptera)

Vector-borne diseases-Chagas Disease:

Vector: _______

South and Central America

Vector-borne diseases-Chagas Disease:

Range: Mostly _________, but some in the US

chronic infection

Vector-borne diseases-Chagas Disease:

Symptoms: fever, swelling, ________ leads to swelling of the heart and can be deadly

insect netting

Vector-borne diseases-Chagas Disease:

Prevention: _______, keeping bugs out of sleeping areas

antiprotozoal drugs

Vector-borne diseases-Chagas Disease:

Treatment: ________ (if caught early)

protist parasite

Vector-borne diseases-Chagas Disease:

Pathogen: ______

delicate skin

Vector-borne diseases- Chagas Disease:

The kissing bug vector feeds on blood, often in the _______ around the mouth or eyes while people are sleeping

feces

Vector-borne diseases- Chagas Disease:

The parasite is transmitted by its _______ getting into the wound, mouth, or eyes