Knowledge: vector borne
See Also:
- health → conditions and diseases → infectious diseases → zoonoses
- science → biology → flora and fauna → animalia → arthropoda → arachnida → ticks and mites
- science → biology → flora and fauna → animalia → arthropoda → insecta → diptera
- science → biology → flora and fauna → animalia → arthropoda → insecta → diptera → mosquitoes
- science → biology → flora and fauna → animalia → arthropoda → insecta → fleas
- science → biology → flora and fauna → animalia → arthropoda → insecta → hemiptera → heteroptera
- science → biology → flora and fauna → animalia → arthropoda → insecta → phthiraptera
Links
- CDC Information on Arboviral Encephalitides
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor/arbdet.htm - Factsheets on the various encephalitic diseases carried by mosquitos.
- Tick-Borne Disease Education
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ento/TickEd.htm - Directory of factsheets, articles, and educational materials.
- eMedicine - Tick-Borne Diseases, Introduction
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic584.htm - Article by Jonathan A Edlow, MD.
- CDC: Tick-borne Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/list_tickborne.htm - Factsheets and resources concerning several diseases.
- GORP - Tick-Borne Diseases In North America
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/health/ticks.htm - Discusses several tick-borne illnesses and how they affect people enjoying outdoor sports.
- Postgraduate Medicine: Patient Notes: Tick-borne Illness
http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2002/06_02/pn_tick.htm - Factsheet on preventing tick borne disease.
- Insect Borne Diseases
http://www.traveldoctor.co.uk/insects.htm - Factsheets on many insect-borne illnesses.
- CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (DVBID)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/ - Details about this national and international reference center for vector-borne viral and bacterial diseases. Location: Colorado, USA. Covers disorders such as lyme, plague, yellow fever, west nile, virus, and dengue fever. Publications, links and details about specimen submissions.
- CDC: Insects, Arthropods, and Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/insects/ - Factsheets, articles, and news reports on arthropod borne diseases.
- eMedicine Health - Ticks
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/6458-1.asp - Discusses ticks and the diseases they carry.
- InteliHealth: Tick Bite
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/31360.html - Factsheet with brief discussions on tick-borne diseases.
- MedlinePlus: Tick Bites
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tickbites.html - Directory of factsheets, news reports, and articles concerning tick and insect bites and the disease they carry.
- Neato Mosquito
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor/neato.htm - Curriculum guide and video designed to teach 4th grade students about mosquito biology and the prevention of La Crosse encephalitis. From CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases.
- Stop Breeding Mosquitoes
http://www.geocities.com/stopbreedingmosquitoes/ - Advocates citizen action to educate community leaders about the dangers of disease vectors from breeding mosquitoes, especially in storm water drains in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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