Vector control is any method to limit or eradicate the vectors of vector born diseases, for which the pathogen (e.g. virus orparasite) is transmitted by a vector which can be mammals, birds or arthropods, especially insects, and more specifically mosquitoes. Traditionally in medicine, a vector is an organism that does not cause disease itself but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another. ... A pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host. ... The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) A bacteriophage virus A virus is a submicroscopic obligate parasitic particle that infects cells in biological organisms. ... A parasite is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life in or on the living tissue of a host organism and which causes harm to the host without immediately killing it. ... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (includes extinct ancestors)/Placentalia (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... Orders Many - see section below. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders, scorpions, etc. ... Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ... Genera See text. ...
The most frequent type of vector control is mosquito control, which uses a variety of strategies, three of which are:
Habitat control: stagnant water is avoided, by removal of old tires, empty cans etc., and better management of used water;
Insecticides, spread over mosquito breeding zones;
Introduction of sterilised male mosquitoes, in order to reduce the vector breeding rate.
The first method is to be recommended whenever possible for its cost-effectiveness. An insecticide is a pesticide whose purpose is to kill or to prevent the multiplication of insects. ...
The goals of this District are to prevent new vector sources from developing, to abate existing vector populations and their sources in order to protect public health and comfort, to reduce the level of vector populations throughout the District, as well as reduce vector and human interaction.
Vector shall mean any insect or arthropod, rodent, or other animal of public health significance capable of causing discomfort, injury, or capable of harboring or transmitting the causative agents of disease to humans or domestic animals.
The vector problem in Jackson County is largely a human associated problem resulting from agricultural endeavors, increasing population, and urbanization.
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