BIOL 4400K - Medical Entomology with Laboratory

(4) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: BIOL 3400K, BIOL 3500K
Upon completion of this course, students will: (1) understand the global health impact of insect-transmitted diseases; (2) describe the diversity of human pathogens and their insect vectors; (3) identify the major types of insects that transmit diseases to people and animals; (4) describe the biology of specific vector-pathogen interactions and disease in humans; (5) describe the methods used to control the vectors and diseases and list the barriers to effective control of many insect-transmitted diseases.