List of insect-borne diseases explained

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

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

Viral diseases
Group Presentation Disease Primary vector
Bunyavirales Arbovirus 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 Culex spp
Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Japanese encephalitis
Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Murray Valley encephalitis virus
Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Rocio viral encephalitis
Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Culex pipiens (northern house mosquito), C. quinquefasciatus (southern house mosquito)
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 Culiseta melanura (black-tailed mosquito)[2]
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 Culex tarsalis
Reoviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Banna virus
Non-viral diseases
Disease type Disease name
Parasitic fly Dermatobia hominis (Myiasis)
Parasitic worm Dirofilariasis
Parasitic worm Lymphatic filariasis
Protozoa Malaria
Virus (Bunyavirales) Lymphatic filariasis

Other insects

Insect Disease type Disease name
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
Bacteria Murine typhus
Bacteria Plague
Parasitic worm Hymenolepis nana (tapeworm)
Protozoa Chagas disease
Bacteria Bacillary angiomatosis
Bacteria Epidemic typhus
Bacteria Relapsing fever
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
Protozoa African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)

Direct parasites

Type Name
Human flea
Tungiasis
Fly (myiasis) Cochliomyia hominivorax (screw-worm)
Fly (myiasis) Cordylobia anthropophaga (blow-fly)
Fly (myiasis) Dermatobia hominis (botfly)
Bed bug
Pediculosis capitis (Head louse)
Pediculosis corporis (Body louse)
Pediculosis pubis (Crab louse)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Goddard . J . Jerome . Goddard . Infectious Diseases and Arthropods . 2008 . Humana Press . 978-1-60327-400-5 . 21 . 10.1007/978-1-60327-400-5 . 19 February 2024.
  2. Book: Contigiani . MS . Diaz . LA . Marcondes . C . Arthropod Borne Diseases . 2017 . Springer . Cham . 115–135 . 19 February 2024 . Togaviridae. 10.1007/978-3-319-13884-8 . 978-3-319-13883-1 .