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T1 Jordan Country Study on Biological Diversity: Arthropods of Medical Importance in Jordan
A1 General Corporation for the Environment Protection, 
A2 Amr, Zuhair S.
K1 insect
K1 disease
K1 Jordan
K1 Biodiversity
YR 2000
FD 2000
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28853
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28853
NO Medical entomology is a growing branch of entomology. The science of medical entomology deals with the arthropods that are capable of transmitting diseases or can inflict injury or envenomation to man. Several groups of arthropods can act as vectors for viral, bacterial, protozoans and ricketessial diseases or can act as intermediate hosts for roundworms (Nematodes), flat worm (Digenitic trematods) and ribbon worms (Cestodes). Medical entomology investigates into the etiologic agents, life cycles, and the epidemiology of disease transmission. It is also involved in finding practical means for controlling the target arthropod to reduce the risk of acquiring infections. Methods in controlling the different arthropods changed dramatically over the past two decades, where environmentally safe strategies are followed, by using natural enemies, natural products as well as biodegradable insecticides.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026