List of insect-borne diseases
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This article contains a list of insect-borne diseases. They can take the form of parasitic worms, bacteria, protozoa, viruses, or the insects directly acting as a parasite.
Insect-borne diseases
[edit]Mosquitoes
[edit]Mosquitoes are vectors for a large number of diseases, the large majority being viral in nature. Mosquito-borne viruses fall into four major groups: Bunyavirales, Flaviviridae, Togaviridae, and Reoviridae. They can present as either arbovirus encephalitis or viral hemorrhagic fevers.
Group | Presentation | Disease | Primary vector |
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Bunyavirales | Arbovirus encephalitis | La Crosse encephalitis | Aedes triseriatus (eastern tree hole mosquito)[1] |
Bunyavirales | Arbovirus encephalitis | Batai virus | |
Bunyavirales | Arbovirus encephalitis | Bwamba Fever | |
Bunyavirales | Arbovirus encephalitis | California encephalitis | |
Bunyavirales | Arbovirus encephalitis | Jamestown Canyon encephalitis | |
Bunyavirales | Arbovirus encephalitis | Oropouche fever | |
Bunyavirales | Arbovirus encephalitis | Tahyna virus | |
Bunyavirales | Arbovirus encephalitis | Tete virus | |
Bunyavirales | Viral hemorrhagic fever | Bunyamwera fever | |
Bunyavirales | Viral hemorrhagic fever | Rift Valley fever | Culex spp[2] |
Flaviviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Japanese encephalitis | |
Flaviviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Murray Valley encephalitis virus | |
Flaviviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Rocio viral encephalitis | |
Flaviviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Saint Louis encephalitis | Culex pipiens (northern house mosquito), C. quinquefasciatus (southern house mosquito)[2] |
Flaviviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Spondweni fever | |
Flaviviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Usutu virus | |
Flaviviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | West Nile fever | |
Flaviviridae | Viral hemorrhagic fever | Dengue fever | |
Flaviviridae | Viral hemorrhagic fever | Yellow fever | |
Flaviviridae | Viral hemorrhagic fever | Zika fever | |
Togaviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Barmah Forest virus | |
Togaviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Chikungunya | |
Togaviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Eastern equine encephalitis | Culiseta melanura (black-tailed mosquito)[2][3] |
Togaviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Mayaro virus disease | |
Togaviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | O'nyong'nyong fever | |
Togaviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Pogosta disease | |
Togaviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Ross River fever | |
Togaviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Semliki Forest virus | |
Togaviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus | |
Togaviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Western equine encephalitis virus | Culex tarsalis[4] |
Reoviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Banna virus |
Disease type | Disease name |
---|---|
Parasitic fly | Dermatobia hominis (Myiasis) |
Parasitic worm | Dirofilariasis |
Parasitic worm | Lymphatic filariasis |
Protozoa | Malaria |
Virus (Bunyavirales) | Lymphatic filariasis |
Other insects
[edit]Insect | Disease type | Disease name |
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Black fly (Simulium) | Parasitic worm | Mansonelliasis |
Black fly (Simulium) | Parasitic worm | Onchocerciasis (river blindness) |
Deer fly (Chrysopsinae) | Bacteria | Tularemia |
Deer fly (Chrysopsinae) | Parasitic worm | Loa loa filariasis |
Flea | Bacteria | Murine typhus |
Flea | Bacteria | Plague |
Flour beetle | Parasitic worm | Hymenolepis nana (tapeworm) |
Kissing bug | Protozoa | Chagas disease |
Louse | Bacteria | Bacillary angiomatosis |
Louse | Bacteria | Epidemic typhus |
Louse | Bacteria | Relapsing fever |
Louse | Bacteria | Trench fever |
Midge (Culicoides) | Parasitic worm | Mansonelliasis |
Midge (Culicoides) | Virus | Oropouche fever |
Sandfly (Phlebotominae) | Bacteria | Carrion's disease |
Sandfly (Phlebotominae) | Protozoa | Leishmaniasis |
Sandfly (Phlebotominae) | Virus | Adria virus (ADRV) |
Sandfly (Phlebotominae) | Virus | Chandipura vesiculovirus |
Sandfly (Phlebotominae) | Virus | Pappataci fever |
Tsetse fly | Protozoa | African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) |
Direct parasites
[edit]Type | Name |
---|---|
Flea | Human flea |
Flea | Tungiasis |
Fly (myiasis) | Cochliomyia hominivorax (screw-worm) |
Fly (myiasis) | Cordylobia anthropophaga (blow-fly) |
Fly (myiasis) | Dermatobia hominis (botfly) |
Hemiptera | Bed bug |
Louse | Pediculosis capitis (Head louse) |
Louse | Pediculosis corporis (Body louse) |
Louse | Pediculosis pubis (Crab louse) |
See also
[edit]- Arbovirus
- Climate change and infectious diseases
- List of diseases spread by invertebrates
- Mosquito-borne disease
- Robovirus
- Tibovirus
- Tick-borne disease
References
[edit]- ^ Goddard, J (2008). Goddard, Jerome (ed.). Infectious Diseases and Arthropods. Humana Press. p. 21. doi:10.1007/978-1-60327-400-5. ISBN 978-1-60327-400-5. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Goddard 2008, p. 21.
- ^ Contigiani, MS; Diaz, LA (2017). "Togaviridae". In Marcondes, C (ed.). Arthropod Borne Diseases. Cham: Springer. pp. 115–135. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13884-8. ISBN 978-3-319-13883-1. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Goddard 2008, p. 54.