Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 2.5
Mosquitoborne Diseases
Disease
Etiologic Agent
Reservoir
Transmission
Incubation Period
Control
Dengus or
Breakbone fever
a
Viruses of dengue
fever
Infected vector
mosquitoes, humans,
and possibly animals,
including the monkey
Bite of infected
Aedes
aegypti, A. albopictus, A,
scutellaris
complex
3 - 15 days,
commonly 5 - 6
days.
Eliminate
Aedes
vectors
and breeding places;
screen rooms; use
mosquito repellents.
Encephalitis,
anthropodborne
viral
Virus of Eastern
equine, Western,
St. Louis,
Venezuelan
equine, Japanese
B, Murray Valley,
West Nile, and
others
Possibly wild and
domestic birds and
infected mosquitoes,
ring-necked
pheasants, rodents,
bats, reptiles
Bite of infected mosquito,
probably
Culiseta melanura
and
Aedes
for Eastern;
Culex tarsalis
for Western;
Culex tritaeniorhynchus
for
Japanese;
Culex
pipiens-quinquefasciatus
for
St. Louis, also
Culex
nigripalpus
Usually 5 - 15 days
Destruction of larvae and
breeding places of
Culex
vectors. Space spraying,
screening of rooms; use
mosquito bed-nets where
disease present. Avoid
exposure during biting
hours or use repellents.
Public education on
control of disease.
Vaccination of equines.
