Tamil Nadu Public Service Commissions Medical Entomology Syllabus

Paper - I
(Fundamentals of Medical Entomology)


Unit - I : Phyletic studies - Classification of animals of all phyla(except Porifera and Protochordata ) - Animal groups of medical importance.

Unit - II : Human Endoparasites - Ascaris, Liverfluke, Tapeworm, Hook worm - their life history.

Unit - III : Clasification of phylum Arthropoda - life history of Acarina - Hard Ticks - Soft tickes - Dust mite - Itch mite, Harvest mite - Class insecta - Mention of groups of Insect vectors.

Unit - IV : Comparative anatomy of various animal groups including insects-Anatomy of digestive, excretory, reproductive and nervous systems in Ascaris, Cockroach, Snail, Frog, Rat.

Unit - V : Comparative physiology of digestive, excretory, impulse transmission and reproductive systems in various animal groups like Ascaris, Cockroach, Snail, Frog and Rat.

Unit - VI : Developmental biology including experimental embryology in Mammals and Insects.

Unit - VII : Cell biology at molecular level - Modern concept of Molecular biology and genetics - Eugenics - Cell environment interactions - Cellular reactions to various parasitic Organisms.

Unit - VIII : Elements of Immunology - Immunity to Human Parasites - Active acquired immunity - passive acquired immunity.

Unit - IX : Principles and Concepts of Animal Ecology - Parasitology - Host - Parasitic relationships.

Unit - X : Distribution and dispersal of animal population including insects - Ecological adaptive features among human parasites.
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Paper - II
(Vector Entomology)


Unit - I : Scope of Vector Entomology-Vector borne diseases-mechanisms of transmission in human beings - types of vectors and their identification.

Unit - II : Vectors of medical importance - their life cycle - epidemiology, and management-mosquitoes - houseflies - sand flies - Human lice - Tsetse flies - Human lice of different types - fleas and reduviid bugs

Unit - III : Vectors from Class: Arachnida and Crustacea - Ticks - mites - cyclops -their life cycle and control.

Unit - IV : Vector - borne diseases-spread through mosquitoes - Malaria - filaria-viral encephalitis, viral fever, dengue, yellow fever.


Unit - V : Vector - borne diseases spread through houseflies - typhoid, paratyphoid, dysentery, diahorrhea, cholera gasteroenterilis, amoebiasis, diseases spread through sandfly - kala-azar , oriental sore, tsetsefly - sleeping sickness.

Unit - VI : Vector - borne diseases spread through louse - epidemics - typhus relapsing fever - trenchfever - Rat flea - Bubanic plague and endemic typhus.

Unit - VII : Vector - borne diseases spread through Hard and Soft tick, trombiculid mite, Itch mite and Cyclops.

Unit - VIII : Vector control - Insecticides - Use and consequences - Use of bio-control agents and biopesticides - Use of Bacillus, Predatory fish and other bio-control agents.

Unit - IX : Insecticide toxicology - Classification of insecticides of public health importance Mode of action - medical problems associated with insecticidal use - poisoning by insecticides -occupational and accidental poisoning - chemistry of antidotes to various insecticides.

Unit - X : National programmes related to vector borne diseases - Malaria - N.M.E.P - N.M.C.P. - Filaria N.F.C.P. - N.F.E.P.