The document outlines the significance of mosquitoes as disease vectors, detailing their morphology, life cycle, and breeding habits. It categorizes various species found in India, such as Anopheles, Culex, and Aedes, and lists the diseases they transmit, including malaria and dengue. Additionally, it discusses control measures for mosquito populations and commemorates Sir Ronald Ross's discovery of malaria transmission by female mosquitoes in 1897.

1. Dr. Immanuel Joshua
Junior Resident (PG)
Community Medicine
IMS_BHU
Email: immanuel2346@gmail.com
MOSQUITO

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3. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lecture one must be able;
1. To morphologically Identify mosquito species (In India)
2. To elaborate the Life Cycle of mosquito
3. To know the unique features (Habits) of each mosquito
4. To understand their role in disease transmission and the Diseases transmitted
5. To identify and Differentiate eggs of various mosquito

4. MOST WIDESPREAD
COMMON GROUPS
IN INDIA
ANOPHELES
CULEX
MANSONIA
AEDES

5. HEAD
THORAX
ABDOMEN
PARTS OF MOSQUITO
PROBOSCIS
ANTENNA
PALPI

6. 100-250
LIFE CYCLE OF MOSQUITO
ADULT MOSQUITO
EGGS
LARVA
PUPA
GONOTROPHI
C
CYCLE
1-2 DAYS
1-2 DAYS
5-7 DAYS

7. FEEDING STAGE
QUIESCENT STAGE
REPRODUCTIVE STAGE
SIPHON TUBE

8. Video

9. FEEDING HABITS
FEMALE HAEMATOPHAGOUS
ANTHROPHILIC ZOOPHILIC
MALE
PLANT JUICES
(Human Blood) (Animal Blood)

10. BREEDING HABITS
AEDES
ARTIFICIAL COLLECTION OF WATER

11. CULEX
Breeds in Dirty water
Contd.
Breeds in Clean water
ANOPHELES
Breeds on aquatic plants
MANSONIA

12. ANOPHELES CULEX AEDES MANSONIA
Anthropophilic,
Zoophilic
Anthropophilic Anthropophilic
Anthropophilic
Evening or
Early night
Midnight Day
Dirty Water
Aquatic plant
(Pistia stratiotes)
Outdoor
Night
3-5 Km
Sophisticated
mosquito
Clean Water
Indoor Outdoor
--
Tiger mosquito
Dark and Quiet
Artificial collection
Nuisance
mosquito
11 Km <100 m --
TIME_OF_BITE
RESTING PLACE
BREEDING PLACE
SPECIAL NAMES
FLIGHT RANGE
FEEDING PATTERN
HABITS OF
MOSQUITOES

13. A
N
O
P
H
E
L
E
S
Single, Boat shaped
Lateral floats
Floats Horizontally
No Siphon tube
Spotted wings Inclined at 45 degrees
Palpi long in
both sexes

14. A
E
D
E
S
Single
Cigar shaped
Suspended
Siphon tube +
Black and white
bands
Hunchback
Palpi short in
females

15. C
U
L
E
X
100-250 Raft of eggs
Rests perpendicular
Siphon tube +
Non-spotted wings Hunchback
Palpi short in
females

16. M
A
N
S
O
N
I
A
Star shaped
Suspended
Siphon tube +
Pistia straoites Hunchback
Palpi short in
females

17. COMPARISON OF ANOPHELES AND CULICINE MOSQUITOES
EGGS
RESTING POSITION
PUPA
LARVA

18. AEDES
DENGUE FILARIA
YELLOW FEVER
RIFT VALLEY FEVER
CHIKUNGUNYA
CULEX VIRAL ARTHRITIS
WEST NILE FEVER
JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS
BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS
MANSONOIDES
BRUGIAN FILARIASIS
CHIKUNGUNYA
ANOPHELES
MALARIA
DISEASES TRANSMITTED

19. IMPORTANT DATES
commemoration of British doctor Sir Ronald
Ross's discovery in 1897 that female mosquitoes
transmit malaria between humans

20. MALE: 7-10 Days FEMALE: 6-8 Weeks
7,00,000 deaths annually
FACTS

21. MOSQUITO CONTROL MEASURES
ANTI LARVAL LEGISLATIVE
PROTECTION
AGAINST BITES
ANTI ADULT
 Environmental
 Chemical
 Biological
 Residual sprays
 Space sprays
 Genetic control
 Mosquito net
 Screening
 Repellants
 Civic laws