Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 2.4
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continued
)
Control
a
Disease
Etiologic Agent
Reservoir
Transmission
Incubation Period
Rickettsial-pox
Rickettsia akari
Infected house
mice; possibly
mites
Bite of infective rodent
mites
10 - 24 days
Mouse and mite control.
Apply miticides to
infested areas;
incinerators.
Scabies
Sarcoptes scabiei
,
a mite
Persons harboring
itch mite; also
found in dogs,
horses, swine
(called mange);
not reproduced in
skin of humans
Contact with persons
harboring mite and use
of infested garments or
bedding; also during
sexual contact
Several days or
weeks
Personal hygiene,
bathing, chemical
treatment, clean laundry;
machine laundering.
Exclude children from
school until treated.
Prevent crowded living.
Trypanosomiasis,
American
Trypanosoma
cruzi
Infected persons,
dogs, cats, wood
rats, opossums
Fecal material of
infected insect vectors,
conenosed bugs in eye,
nose, wounds in skin
5 - 14 days
Screen and rat proof
dwellings; destroy
vectors by insecticides
and on infested domestic
animals.
