Public Health Entomology

Jerome Goddard is an associate extension professor of medical and veterinary entomology at Mississippi State University, where he conducts research on a wide variety of medically important pests. In addition to his extension duties, Dr. Goddard also teaches courses in medical entomology and forensic entomology. Prior to coming to MSU, Dr. Goddard was the state medical entomologist at the Mississippi Department of Health for 20 years, where he developed and implemented all vector control projects throughout the state of Mississippi.

• ESSENTIALS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENTOMOLOGYHistory of Medical Entomology and Public HealthIntroduction and BackgroundMedical Entomology versus Public Health EntomologyHistorical Aspects of Medical EntomologyMalaria in Mississippi as an Example of Historic Public Health EntomologyRegional Differences/Patterns of OutbreaksFactors Contributing to Malaria in MississippiPesticides and Entomologists in the Fight against Malaria In MississippiEarly Beginnings of Public HealthPublic Health in GeneralThe Ten Essential Public Health ServicesPublic Health AdministrationHealth Laws and RegulationsProsecution IssuesPest Control in Modern Public HealthThe Role of Pesticides in Public HealthPesticide Laws and RegistrationHistory and Current Status of PesticidesLack of Pesticides: A Cause for Future ConcernSetting Up a Public Health Entomology ProgramStructure, Organization, and Classification IssuesClarification of the Public Health Entomologist’s RolePrivate versus Public Pest ProblemsDuties of the Public Health EntomologistProviding Entomology TrainingMedical Student and Laboratory Technician TrainingSanitarian or Environmental Health Specialist TrainingVector-Borne Disease SurveillanceOverview of Surveillance TypesSentinel BirdsWild Bird SurveillanceSurveillance Using Nonhuman MammalsHuman Case SurveillanceMosquito SurveillanceThe Purpose and Practice of Mosquito SurveillanceMosquito Surveillance NetworksMosquito Egg SurveysLarval SurveysAdult SurveysLanding CountsDaytime Resting StationsLight TrapsOviposition or Gravid TrapsPreserving Adult MosquitoesHabitat Mapping and Record KeepingRegulatory and political challengesHelper versus EnforcerPests and NuisancesEnabling LegislationWhen Politics Interferes with Public HealthAntivaccination and Antipesticide FearsUsing Politics to Avoid EnforcementPublic Health Entomology PreparednessDisease EmergencePrevention of Human Risks Associated with Travel and Arthropod ContactDisaster Vector ControlPests InvolvedPest Control OptionsMilitary Aerial Spraying CapabilityHow the Military Spray System WorksThe Air Force Response to Hurricane KatrinaThe Mississippi Department of Health Katrina ExperienceOperational Research Opportunities in Public Health EntomologyBackground and Purpose of Research in Public Health EntomologyTypes of ResearchFunding Sources and Examples of State LabsCollaborative ResearchWhere to Go for HelpState or Local Health DepartmentsUniversitiesThe Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe World Health OrganizationSOME OF THE PRIMARY PESTS AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCEMosquitoesImportance and Physical DescriptionDistributionImpact on Human HealthTicksImportance and Physical DescriptionDistributionImpact on Human HealthFleasImportance and Physical DescriptionDistributionImpact on Human HealthLice Importance and Physical Description Distribution Impact on Human Health Sand Flies Importance and Physical Description Distribution Impact on Human Health Tsetse Flies Importance and Physical Description Distribution Impact on Human Health Black Flies Importance and Physical Description Distribution Impact on Human Health Bed Bugs Importance and Physical DescriptionDistributionImpact on Human HealthKissing Bugs Importance and Physical DescriptionDistributionImpact on Human HealthMites Importance and Physical Description Chiggers Other Biting Mites House Dust Mites Distribution Chiggers Other Biting Mites House Dust Mites Impact on Human HealthChiggersOther Biting MitesHouse Dust Mites Pests Involved in Mechanical Disease Transmission Background and Medical Significance Filth Flies Rodents Cockroaches Prevention, Treatment, and Control Arthropod Bites or Stings Introduction and Medical Significance Pathogenesis Bite Apparatus Sting Apparatus Direct Damage to Tissue Infectious Complications Clues to Recognizing Insect Bites or Stings Differential Diagnosis Conclusions Fly Larvae in Humans (Myiasis) Introduction and Medical Significance Accidental Myiasis Facultative Myiasis Obligate Myiasis Contributing Factors Accidental Myiasis Facultative Myiasis Obligate Myiasis Myiasis in Clinical Practice Differential Diagnosis Prevention, Treatment, and Control INDEX

A reference text on public health entomology is long overdue. … Jerome Goddard’s experience and talent make him perfectly suited to write [this] book. … Infectious diseases, including those that are vector-borne, are here to stay. International travel, climate change, military activity in remote and tropical parts of the world, and even spreading suburbs will likely lead to an increase in their incidence and distribution in temperate zones. Public health officials must be ready to meet these new challenges. This text should go a long way in helping health officials prepare for and respond to these future threats.—Mary Currier, MD, MPH, State Health Officer, Mississippi Department of Health, from the Foreword