Table 11-2. Control of arthopod disease vectors
| Vector | Disease Transmitted | Control Methods | Personal Protective Methods |
| Mosquitoes | Malaria filariasis dengue feber encephalitides yellow fever | Water control; surveys; larvaciding; fogging | Repellents; bed nests; long sleves at night; chemoprophylaxis for malaria; vaccination for yellow fever |
| Flies | Dysentery salmonellosis cholera typhoid | Proper disposal of feces and garbage; residual and space sprays; screening rest rooms and galleys | Personal Hygiene |
| Fleas (and rodents) | Plague murine typhus | Flea control with insecticide prior too rodent control; rodenticides | Individual use of insecticide powder; blousing of trouser legs into boots without metal or rubber bands |
| Body lice | Louse-borne typhus relapsing fever | Proper laundry service | Individual use of insecticide powder; segregation of infested personnel; personal hygiene |
| Ticks | Spotted fever tick paralysis tick borne typhus | Weed and underbrush control where practical; area application of pesticides | Repellents; proper blousing of trousers |
| Mites | Scrub typhus hemorrhagic fevers | Rodent, weed, and underbrush control | Repellents and clothing; acaricides |