House Screening - Biological and Environmental Control of Disease Vectors - page 119

Table 7.1. Domestic and peri-domestic arthropods of public health importance.

(Peri-) Domestic
habitats a of rural
tropical housing

Vectors of primary
importance Order (Sub/Super) Family Important genera Associated diseases Key citations

Breeding domestically
Blattodea Cockroaches

(Blattoidae)

Blatta , Blattella ,
Diploptera

Shigellosis,
salmonellosis and
other enteric
infections

Mechanical
transmission by
many different
species

Warm and moist
crevices

Baumholtz et al ., 1997;
Tatfeng et al ., 2005

Cimex lectularis , b,c C .
hemipterus b,c

Hemiptera Bedbugs

(Cimicidae)

Cimex Not incriminated as

vectors of disease
but mechanical
transmission through
infected bug faeces
cannot be entirely
discounted (Hepatitis
B virus?)

Cracks in walls,
bedding, furniture

Thomas et al ., 2004;
Delaunay et al ., 2011;
Eddy and Jones, 2011

Kissing bugs
(Reduviidae)

Rhodnius , Triatoma Chagas disease Rhodnius prolixus , c

Triatoma infestans c

Palm-frond roofs,
cracks in walls

Walter et al ., 2005;
Sanchez-Martin et al .,
2006

Ixodida Soft ticks

(Argasidae)

Ornithodoros Tick-borne relapsing

fever

Ornithodoros sonrai ,
O . porcinus

Cracks in mud fl oors
and walls,

Mitani et al ., 2004