Sand flies are of great importance as the transmitters of various kinds of leishmaniasis, of a filtrable virus disease called three-day fever or more commonly sand-fly or papatasi fever and of Oroya fever. These are blood sucking flies and they belong to the genus Phlebotomus. These are small, moth like flies, rarely over 5 mm long. Their bodies and wings [...]
In this article we will discuss about the transmission of disease by vectors. There are three different kinds of transmission for the spread of various diseases: (a) Direct transmission: In this case the transmission of disease is occurred through close contact i.e. transferred from man to man through close contact, e.g., scabies. (b) Mechanical transmission: In this method, the disease-agent [...]
In this article we will discuss about the external anatomy of musca domestica. Usually the insects considered injurious are those which bite or sting. The house-fly can neither bite or sting, yet it is considered as one of the most notorious of all the harmful insects. These flies endanger human lives by carrying germs of various diseases. The common house-flies [...]