Topic 5 Mosquito

All mosquito need water to breed. Mosquito are family of small, midge like flies. the word mosquito formed by mosca and diminutive.

* kenapa selepas nyamuk gigit baru kita rasa sakit dan gatal??
= sebab air liur nyamuk seumpama anesthetic buis yang digunakan oleh doktor untuk mencegah pembekuan darah.

4 type of mosquito
- Anopheles
- Culex
- Aedes
- Mansonia





SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW!

Male mosquito

• Live for a few day
• Feed on plant

Female mosquito

• Live for a few weeks
• Feed on blood as source of protein for development of eggs

DIFFERENT BETWEEN MALE & FEMALE MOSQUITO

COMMON MOSQUITO IN MALAYSIA

- Vector Dengue

• aegypti. 
• albopictus

- Vector Malaria

Anopheles

• lecosphyrus
• balabacencis
• maculatus
• donaldi
• sundaicus

DISEASE THAT CARRY FROM MOSQUITO

1. Aedes aegypti

- denggi berdarah

- yellow fever

- chikungunya

2. Albopictus

- demam denggi

3. Anopheles

- malaria

4. Genus mansonia

- filariasis

5. Genus culex

- west nile fever

- japanese encefalitis

- st. louis encephalitis

Methods used to prevent the spread of disease, or to protect individuals in areas where disease is endemic, include:

- Vector control aimed at mosquito control or eradication
- Disease prevention, using prophylactic drugs and developing vaccines
- Prevention of mosquito bites, with insecticides, nets, and repellents



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