Public Health Entomology

Catalog description

Provides students with an introduction to the science of Entomology and its importance to Public Health. The course will cover the essentials of how to identify insects and arthropods, with emphasis on those which transmit disease. Case studies of selected arthropod vectored diseases such as West Nile virus, Dengue Fever, Malaria, and Chagas disease will be discussed. Other topics covered will include insecticides and their alternatives, classes of pesticides and their toxicity, laws and regulations of pesticide use and safety, and environmental health.