Semester- 5

Subject: Insect Vectors and Diseases

Unit-1: INTRODUCTION TO INSECTS VECTORS 

• General features of Insects
• Head of Insect
• Mouth Parts of Insects
• Types of Antennae
• Legs of Insects  
• Wings 

Unit-2: MOSQUITOES AND FLIES AS DISEASE VECTORS 

• Bacillary Dysentery
• Chikangunya
• Dengue
• Leishmaniasis
• Malaria
• Myiasis
• Viral Encephalitis
• Wuchereria

Unit-3 BUGS AND FLEAS AS DISEASE VECTORS

• Bugs as Vectors
• Chagas Disease
• Plague
• Typhus Fever

Unit-4: LICE AS DISEASE VECTORS

• Human Louse
• Relapsing Fever
• Trench Fever
• Vagabond & Pthiriasis

Unit-5: INTRODUCTION TO VECTOR CONTROL

• Alternatives to use of Insecticides
• Integrated Vector Management
• Vector Control  

Subject: Public Health and Hygiene

• Public health and hygiene
• Major Nutritional Deficiency Diseases
• Health care versus Medical care
• Balanced Diet
• Vitamin Deficiency Diseases