Mosquito and Mosquito Borne Diseases

ISBN-13: 9786204184630 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str.

Kaliyamoorthy Krishnappa; Jeganathan Pandiyan; Samidurai Jayakumar

Opis

Among the insects faunal community, the mosquitoes are well adopting to breed and survive in various extreme habitats. Worldwide, mosquitoes are great blood sucking ecto-parasites which provides major health issues to public. Due to the climate change, urbanization, artificial containers, availability of food sources are major factors for utilization and rapid multiplication of human vector mosquitoes. Globally, human vector mosquitoes known to transmit several dreadful human diseases create negative impacts on health of man and therefore, they have been declared as "Public Enemy". Vector mosquitoes on biting not only transmit the diseases, but also cause irritation and allergic response to skin. Human vector mosquitoes are responsible for causing millions of deaths every year worldwide. Vector borne diseases are mainly transmitted by four genera of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, and Mansonia of mosquitoes. Recently, Vector borne diseases are very challenging problems and gives social economic crisis in worldwide.

O autorze

Krishnappa, KaliyamoorthyDr. K. Krishnappa, Dr.J. Pandiyan and Dr. S. Jayakumar are working as an Assistant Professor of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mannampandal, Mayiladuthurai, Tamilnadu, India.