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WHAT BUGGED THE TROOPS IN THE CIVIL WAR?
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MAN’S VIEW OF INSECTS
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AN EXCELLENT REFERENCE “FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE CIVIL WAR”
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MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY UNKNOWN IN CIVIL WAR VERY IMPORTANT IN WORLD WAR II –SOME TROOPS CARRIED A RIFLE PLUS A SPRAY GUN IN SOUTH PAFICIC ISLANDS
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ORGANISMS INVOLVED FLIES LICE FLEAS TICKS MITES - CHIGGERS
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GREAT VARIETY OF BITING FLIES MOSQUITOES DEER FLIES HORSE FLIES BLACK FLIES “NO-SEE-UMS”
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MOSQUITOES HIGHLY PESTIFEROUS –PROBABLY DID NOT BOTHER OHIO FARM BOYS AS MUCH AS THE CITY BOYS TRANSMIT DISEASES –MALARIA –YELLOW FEVER –DENQUE FEVER
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ANOPHELES IS VECTOR OF MALARIA
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LARVA AND PUPA of ANOPHELES
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FAVORABLE HABITATS FOR ANOPHELES LARVAE 1. LARVAE CAN BE ABUNDANT IN FISH-LESS POOLS 2. SMALL TEMPORARY POOLS ARE MAJOR BREEDING SITES 3. THE SOUTH WAS LARGELY RURAL
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AN EXAMPLE OF VERNAL POOL SPRING
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VERNAL POOL IN SUMMER
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VERNAL POOLS ARE GOOD HABITAT FOR ANOPHELES
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MALARIA CAUSED MORE DEATHS THAN BATTLES TWO-THIRDS OF THE 360,000 UNION FATALITIES WERE DUE TO DISEASES 224 OUT OF EVERY1000 FEDERALS WHO SOUGHT MEDICAL HELP HAD MALARIA
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FOUR KINDS OF MALARIA THREE KINDS ARE DEBILATING BUT NOT FATAL ONE KIND COMMONLY CAUSES DEATH
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QUININE WAS A PREVENTATIVE UNION HAD READY ACCESS TO THIS COMPOUND CONFEDERACY HAD POOR ACCESS DUE TO UNION BLOCKADE OF PORTS
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AEDES AEGYPTI IS VECTOR OF YELLOW FEVER
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BREEDS IN SMALL, OPEN CONTAINERS THESE WERE ABUNDANT IN SOUTHERN COASTAL CITIES
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A DEADLY DISEASE WAS PARTICULARLY COMMON IN SOUTHERN PORT CITIES NO LONGER FOUND IN USA
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DEER FLIES
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BREEDING SITE OF DEER FLIES
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HORSE FLIES
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HORSE FLIES AND DEER FLIES ARE NOT KNOWN TO TRANSMIT ANY DISEASES
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A REAL PROBLEM WITH HORSES
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BLACK FLIES
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BLACK FLY LARVAE ON ROCKS IN STREAM
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NO-SEE-UMS
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NO-SEE-UMS ARE VERY SMALL
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ITCH-CAUSING BUGS FLEAS LICE MITES AND TICKS
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FLEAS
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LIFE CYCLE OF A FLEA
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LICE
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MUCH TIME WAS SPENT REMOVING NITS (EGGS)
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CHIGGER MITE
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MITES - CHIGGERS
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TICKS
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MAN’S WISH FOR INSECTS
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THE REAL FUTURE OF MAN
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