Medical Entomology

3 credits · Undergraduate

Medical Entomology covers direct injuries caused by arthropods such as phobias, annoyance, allergies, toxins, venoms and myiasis, arthropod transmission of vertebrate parasites, epidemiology of arthropod-borne diseases. Students study transmission of diseases, methods of surveillance of diseases, management by vector control and other methods of arthropod-borne diseases. CALENDAR NOTES: Offered in summer through SEASIDE. An auxiliary fee is charged to cover field expenses. For date, times and special registration procedures, see seaside.science.dal.ca PREREQUISITES: BIOL 2003.03 or permission of instructor FORMATS: Lecture | Lab