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Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Insect repellent — Mosquito on a bottle of herbal mosquito repellent. An insect repellent is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. There are also… … Wikipedia
-borne — a combining form indicating 1. conveyance by, as in riverborne, ocean borne. 2. (of a disease) transmission by a specified carrier, as in mosquito borne, insect borne, milk borne …
Insect morphology — Legend of body parts Tagmata : A Head, B Thorax, C Abdomen. 1. antenna 2. ocelli (lower) 3. ocelli (upper) 4. compound eye 5. brain (cerebral ganglia) 6. prothorax … Wikipedia
Insect collecting — Beetle collection at the Melbourne Museum, Australia Insect collecting is the collection of insects for hobby, scientific study or profit. Historically insect collecting has been widespread and a very popular educational hobby. Insect collecting… … Wikipedia
Mosquito-borne disease — Endemic range of yellow fever in Africa (2005) … Wikipedia
Blood-borne disease — A blood borne disease is one that can be spread by contamination by blood.The most common examples are HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and viral haemorrhagic fevers.Diseases that are not usually transmitted directly by blood contact, but rather by… … Wikipedia
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology — The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is an international scientific research institute, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya which works towards improving lives and livelihoods of people in Africa. icipe was founded in… … Wikipedia
Tick-borne disease — A disease carried by or caused by a tick. In the United States, the tick borne diseases include: {{}}Babesiosis (a malaria like infection) Colorado tick fever (generally in the western US) Ehrlichiosis Lyme disease Relapsing fever (also called… … Medical dictionary
vector-borne infection — an infection caused by microorganisms transmitted from one host to another by a carrier such as a biting insect … Medical dictionary
