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, Reoviridae, and Togaviridae. They can present as either arbovirus encephalitis or viral hemorrhagic fevers.
+ Viral diseases Group Presentation Disease Primary vector Bunyavirales Arbovirus encephalitis Batai virus Bunyavirales Arbovirus encephalitis Bwamba Fever Bunyavirales Arbovirus encephalitis California encephalitis Bunyavirales Arbovirus encephalitis Jamestown Canyon encephalitis Bunyavirales Arbovirus encephalitis La Crosse encephalitis Aedes triseriatus (eastern tree hole mosquito) 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 Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Japanese encephalitis Culex spp Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Murray Valley encephalitis virus Culex spp esp. Culex annulirostris Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Rocio viral encephalitis Psorophora ferox and possibly other Culex spp Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Saint Louis encephalitis Culex pipiens (northern house mosquito), C. quinquefasciatus (southern house mosquito) Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Spondweni fever Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Usutu virus Culex spp Flaviviridae Arbovirus encephalitis West Nile fever Culex tarsalis, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex pipiens Flaviviridae Viral hemorrhagic fever Dengue fever Aedes spp. Flaviviridae Viral hemorrhagic fever Yellow fever Aedes spp. Flaviviridae Viral hemorrhagic fever Zika fever Aedes spp. Reoviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Banna virus Culex spp Togaviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Barmah Forest virus Vectors include Aedes vigilax and Culex annulirostris Togaviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Chikungunya Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti Togaviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Eastern equine encephalitis Culiseta melanura (black-tailed mosquito) Togaviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Mayaro virus disease Haemagogus spp Togaviridae Arbovirus encephalitis O'nyong'nyong fever anopheline mosquitoes Togaviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Pogosta disease Togaviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Ross River fever Vectors in different areas include: Culex annulirostris (inland), Aedes vigilax (northern coastal regions) and Aedes camptorhynchus (southern coastal regions) Togaviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Semliki Forest virus Togaviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus Culex spp esp Aedes albopictus Togaviridae Arbovirus encephalitis Western equine encephalitis virus Culex tarsalis
+ Non-viral diseases Disease type Disease name Infects 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 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 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 Type Name 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 Arbovirus Climate change and infectious diseases List of diseases spread by invertebrates Mosquito-borne disease Robovirus Tibovirus Tick-borne disease
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