Subjects covered by Section D include the study of arthropods that adversely affect the health and well-being of humans, domestic vertebrate animals, and wildlife. Many of these insects are ectoparasites, some transmit disease-causing agents, and others cause injury and annoyance. Section study encompasses the taxonomy, systematics, developmental biology, ecology, behavior, and control of arthropods of medical-veterinary importance. Relevant areas include medical, public health, veterinary, and forensic aspects of entomology and arachnology, epidemiology of arthropod-borne disease agents, management and control of these arthropods and the disease agents they transmit, and arthropod-vector relationships to vertebrate animal diseases. Also included are the social, cultural, historical, and economic impacts of arthropods that adversely affect vertebrate animals.

ESA members who wish to affiliate with Section D: Medical and Veterinary Entomology can contact Nancy Hinkle at nhinkle@uga.edu.