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.

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Insect-borne diseases

Mosquitoes

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 , Reoviridae , and Togaviridae . They can present as either arbovirus encephalitis or viral hemorrhagic fevers.

Viral diseases
GroupPresentationDiseasePrimary vector
BunyaviralesArbovirus encephalitis Batai virus
BunyaviralesArbovirus encephalitis Bwamba Fever
BunyaviralesArbovirus encephalitis California encephalitis
BunyaviralesArbovirus encephalitis Jamestown Canyon encephalitis
BunyaviralesArbovirus encephalitis La Crosse encephalitis Aedes triseriatus (eastern tree hole mosquito) [1]
BunyaviralesArbovirus encephalitis Oropouche fever
BunyaviralesArbovirus encephalitis Tahyna virus
BunyaviralesArbovirus encephalitis Tete virus
BunyaviralesViral hemorrhagic fever Bunyamwera fever
BunyaviralesViral hemorrhagic fever Rift Valley fever Culex spp [2]
FlaviviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Japanese encephalitis Culex spp
FlaviviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Murray Valley encephalitis virus Culex spp esp. Culex annulirostris
FlaviviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Rocio viral encephalitis Psorophora ferox and possibly other Culex spp
FlaviviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Saint Louis encephalitis Culex pipiens (northern house mosquito), C. quinquefasciatus (southern house mosquito) [2]
FlaviviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Spondweni fever
FlaviviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Usutu virus
FlaviviridaeArbovirus encephalitis West Nile fever
FlaviviridaeViral hemorrhagic fever Dengue fever
FlaviviridaeViral hemorrhagic fever Yellow fever
FlaviviridaeViral hemorrhagic fever Zika fever
ReoviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Banna virus Culex spp
TogaviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Barmah Forest virus Vectors include Aedes vigilax and Culex annulirostris
TogaviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Chikungunya Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti
TogaviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Eastern equine encephalitis Culiseta melanura (black-tailed mosquito) [2] [3]
TogaviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Mayaro virus disease Haemagogus spp
TogaviridaeArbovirus encephalitis O'nyong'nyong fever anopheline mosquitoes[ citation needed ]
TogaviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Pogosta disease
TogaviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Ross River fever Vectors in different areas include: Culex annulirostris (inland), Aedes vigilax (northern coastal regions) and Aedes camptorhynchus (southern coastal regions)
TogaviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Semliki Forest virus
TogaviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus Culex spp esp Aedes albopictus
TogaviridaeArbovirus encephalitis Western equine encephalitis virus Culex tarsalis [4]
Non-viral diseases
Disease typeDisease nameInfects
Parasitic fly Dermatobia hominis Myiasis humans and other animals, including other primates
Parasitic worm Dirofilariasis humans; hosts include canids
Parasitic worm Lymphatic filariasis (sometimes resulting in elephantiasis)humans
Protozoa Malaria vertebrates

Other insects

InsectDisease typeDisease name
Black fly ( Simulium )Parasitic worm Mansonelliasis
Black fly ( Simulium )Parasitic worm Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
Deer fly (Chrysopsinae)BacteriaTularemia
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

TypeName
Flea Human flea
Flea Tunga penetrans (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

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 Goddard 2008, p. 21.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Goddard 2008, p. 54.
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