INDEX 



Abyssinia, relapsing fever, 44; tupo- 

 worm infections, 240; Ornitho- 

 doriis savignyi, 361, 368, 369. 



Acanthaspis sulcipes, and endemic 

 goitre in Africa, 382. 



Acanthocephala, 199; 283-285. 



Acanthocheilonema pirdan^, see Fi- 

 laria perstans. 



Acarina, 324; 331-333; see also 

 mites. 



Acid, resistance of maggots to, 522. 



Acne, relation of Demodex to, 347. 



Adaptations, of parasites and hosts, 

 14-15. 



Aden, phlebotomus fever outside 

 range of Phlehotomiis papakisii, 

 470. 



Aedes, intermediate host of Filaria 

 bancrofti, 301. 

 calopus, and yellow fever, 184, 443; 

 443-448; extermination in Loui- 

 siana, 185; and dengue, 186, 448; 

 time of activit}', 436, 444; food 

 preferences, 436; description, 

 443-444; habits, 444; breeding, 

 444-447; habits of larvie, 446; 

 flight and distribution, 447-448. 

 pseudoscutellaris, intermediate host 



of Filaria, 301, 450. 

 sollicitans, migrations, 435. 

 spenceri, habits, 436. 



.'Vfrica, relapsing fever, 42, 43; yaws, 

 63; spirochsetal bronchitis, 71; 

 kala-azar, 77; importance of 

 sleeping sickness, 93; distribu- 

 tion of Trypanosoma gamhiense 

 and T. rhodesiense, 98; malaria, 

 147-148; blackwater fever, 161; 

 yellow fever, 182; Schistosoma 

 hoematobium, 212; Schistosoma 

 mansoni, 217; Gastrodiscoides in 



horses, 229; Watsonius watsoni, 

 229; Hymenolepis nana, 242; 

 Tcenia ajricana, 245; Diboihrio- 

 cephalus liiius, 246; Sparganum 

 mansoni, 252; Necator arneri- 

 canus, 255; Physaloptcra mor- 

 dens, 282; Tcrnidens deminutiis, 

 283 ; (Esophagostomum ajrio- 

 stomum, 283; CE. slephanostomum, 

 283; Filaria perstans, 307-308; 

 Loa loa, 308, 489; Chrysops with 

 larval filaria;, 310, 489; Oncho- 

 cerca volvulus, 310; Dracunculus 

 medinensis, 311; aquatic leeches, 

 317; tick paralysis, 358-359; 

 Ornilhodorus moubata, 360; Ar- 

 gas reflezus, 364; Otiobius meg- 

 nini, 365; Amblyomma hebrceum, 

 367; Cimcx hemipterus, 373; 

 Trialoma rubrofasciatus, 381 ; 

 Acanthaspis sidcipes, 382; Xcnop- 

 sylla, 417; chigger, 419; malaria- 

 carrying Anophdrs, 441; oil 

 films for mosqviito larva;, 459; 

 Phlebotomw^ papatasii, 470, 471; 

 tsetse flies, 490, 492; Glossina 

 morsitans, 493, 499; Glossina 

 palpalis, 498; other species of 

 Glossina, 500-501; destruction 

 of wild game, 503-504; blood- 

 sucking maggots, 511-513; skin 

 maggots, 513, 516-519. 



African relapsing fever, relation of 

 ticks to, 8, 43-46; importance, 

 42; transmission, 43-44, 360- 

 361; in Persia, 44; severity, 47. 



African skin maggot, see Cordylobia 

 anthropophaga. 



.Vgglutination, 21; of trypanosomes, 

 102-103. 



.\gramonte, C. a., 184, 443. 



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