Insect vectors of disease

Insects are the most important vectors of disease, being prominent in the transfer of human, animal and plant diseases.

Examples of insect vector-borne diseases are sleeping sickness transmitted by the tsetse fly; Chagas disease, transmitted by a triatomid bug; onchocerciasis, a filarial disease carried by a black fly, Simulium spp; Bancroftian and Brugian filariases, transmitted by various species of mosquitoes in urban and rural areas; dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever, transmitted by Aedes aegypti, a mosquito; yellow fever, also transmitted by A aegypti and other Aedes spp.

1. Insect pests
2. Animal vectors of disease

1. Ticks as pests
2. Lice as insect pests
3. Insect vectors of plant diseases
4. Insect vectors of human disease
5. Insect vectors of animal diseases
6. Hemiptera as insect pests
7. Flies as vectors of disease

1. Rickettsiae
2. Pests and diseases of rice
3. Pests and diseases of oak
4. Maize pests and diseases
5. Dutch elm disease
6. Arboviral diseases

1. Irresponsible introduction of exotic species of insects
2. Insect resistance to insecticides
3. Insect damage to stored and manufactured goods
4. Insect bites and stings

1. Rodent vectors of disease

1. Studying insect vectors of disease

1. Disease