Dengue fever -
Vectors:Aedes
aegypti (main vector) Aedes
albopictus (minor vector) threatens - 50 million people are infected by
dengue annually, 25,000 die. Threatens 2.5 billion people in more than
100 countries.
Dengue - Vecteurs:Aedes
aegypti (principal vecteur) Aedes
albopictus (vecteur mineur) - 50 millions de personnes sont
infectées chaque année, et 25 000 en meurent. 2.5 milliards de
personnes sont exposées dans plus de 100 pays.
Malaria - Vectors: Anopheles
mosquitoes - 500 million become
severely ill with malaria every year and more than 1 million die.
Paludisme - Vecteurs: Les moustiques
Anopheles - 500 millions deviennent sérieusement malades avec le
paludisme chaque année et plus de 1 million meurent.
Leishmaniasis - Vectors: species
in the genus Lutzomyia in the
New World and Phlebotomus in the Old World. Two million people infected.
Bubonic plague - Principal vector: Xenopsylla
cheopis At least
100 flea species can transmit plague. Re-emerging major threat several
thousand human cases per year.High pathogenicity and rapid spread.
Sleeping sickness - Vector: Tsetse
fly, not all species. Sleeping
sickness threatens millions of people in 36 countries of sub-Saharan
Africa (WHO)
Typhus - Vectors: mites, fleas and
body lice 16 million cases a
year, resulting in 600,000 deaths annually.
Wuchereria bancrofti - most common vectors: the mosquito species:
Culex, Anopheles, Mansonia, and Aedes; affects over 120 million people.
Yellow Fever - Principal vectors:
Aedes simpsoni, A. africanus,
and A. aegypti in Africa, species in Haemagogus genus in South America,
and species in Sabethes genus in France -200,000 estimated cases of
yellow fever (with 30,000 deaths) per year.
MINOR INSECT BORN DISEASES
Ross River fever - Vector: Mosquitoes, main vectors A. vigilax,
Aedes camptorhynchus, and Culex annulirostris
Barmah Forest Virus - Vector: Known vectors Culex annulirostris,
Ocleratus vigilax and O. camptorhynchus and Culicoides marksi
Kunjin encephalitis (mosquitoes)
Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV) - Major mosquito vector:
Culex annulirostris.
Japanese encephalitis - Several
mosquito vectors, the most
important being Culex tritaeniorhynchus.
West Nile virus - Vectors: vary
according to geographical area;
in the USA Culex pipiens (Eastern US), Culex tarsalis (Midwest and
West), and Culex quinquefasciatus (Southeast) are the main vectors.
Lyme disease - Vectors: several
species of the genus Ixodes
Carrion's disease - Vectors: sandflies of the genus Lutzomyia.
Chagas disease - Vector: assassin
bugs of the subfamily
Triatominae. The major vectors are species in the genera Triatoma,
Rhodnius, and Panstrongylus.
Chikungunya - Vectors: Aedes
mosquitoes
Human ewingii ehrlichiosis - Vector: Amblyomma
americanum
Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis - Vector: Ixodes
scapularis
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) - Vectors: fleas
in the genera Aedes and
Culex
Scrub typhus - Vector: Chigger
Loa loa filariasis - Vector: Chrysops sp.
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