Question

An important topic for our studies of medical entomology is understanding the nature of arthropod-transmitted infections. Having a firm foundation in the way pathogens are spread, transmitted, and related mechanism of transmission are required to be informed students of medical entomology. Please create a table that will summarized the various aspects of a) arthropod taxa, b) pathogens, c) transmission, and d) infection categories of arthropod transmitted diseases.

Answer 1

The arthropod vectors include fleas, sand flies, mosquitoes, lice, ticks, fleas, and mites. Arthropods spread parasites either by forcing parasites into a blood pool which expands when chewing the skin or by inoculation into the bloodstream of the host directly through their salivary glands.