A—Z Index of Vector-Borne Diseases and Conditions

About vector-borne diseases

Mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas that spread germs (pathogens) are called vectors. A person who gets bitten by a vector and gets sick has a vector-borne disease.

Index A-F

A

• Alpha-gal syndrome (condition)
• Anaplasma phagocytophilum (see anaplasmosis)
• Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum)

B

• Bartonella
• Bartonella henselae (see Bartonella)
• Borrelia burgdorferi (see Lyme disease)
• Borrelia hermsii (see soft tick relapsing fever)
• Borrelia mayonii (see Lyme disease)
• Borrelia miyamotoi (see hard tick relapsing fever)
• Borrelia parkeri (see soft tick relapsing fever)
• Borrelia recurrentis (see louse-borne relapsing fever)
• Borrelia turicatae (see soft tick relapsing fever)
• Bourbon

C

• Cache Valley
• Cat scratch disease (Bartonella henselae; see Bartonella)
• Chagas disease (spread by triatomine bugs)
• Chikungunya (vaccine available)
• Colorado tick fever
• Coxiella burnetii (see Q fever)

D

• Dengue
• Dirofilariasis (dog heartworm)

E

• Eastern equine encephalitis
• Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. ewingii, E. muris eauclairensis (see ehrlichiosis)
• Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. ewingii, E. muris eauclairensis)
• Epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii)

F

• Francisella tularensis (see tularemia)
• Fleas

Index G-M

G

• No entries

H

• Hard tick relapsing fever (Borrelia miyamotoi)
• Heartland

I

• Insect repellent

J

• Jamestown Canyon
• Japanese encephalitis (vaccine available)

K

• No entries

L

• La Crosse
• Leishmaniasis
• Loiasis
• Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis)
• Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia mayonii)
• Lymphatic filariasis

M

• Malaria
• Mansonellosis
• Mayaro
• Mosquitoes
• Murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi)
• Murray Valley encephalitis

Index N-S

N

• No entries

O

• Onchocerciasis
• O’nyong-o’nyong
• Orientia tsutsugamushi (see scrub typhus)

P

• Permethrin
• Plague (Yersinia pestis)
• Powassan

Q

• Q fever

R

• Rickettsia (see spotted fever group rickettsioses)
• Rickettsia prowazekii (see epidemic typhus)
• Rickettsia rickettsii (see Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
• Rickettsia typhi (see murine typhus)
• Rickettsialpox
• Rift Valley fever
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii)
• Ross River

S

• Scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi)
• St. Louis encephalitis
• Sinbis
• Soft tick relapsing fever (Borrelia hermsii, B. turicatae, and B. parkerii)
• Spotted fever group rickettsioses
• STARI (southern tick-associated rash illness)

Index T-Z

T

• Tick-borne encephalitis (vaccine available)
  
• Ticks
• Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)

U

• Usutu

V

• Venezuelan equine encephalitis

W

• West Nile
• Western equine encephalitis

X

• No entries

Y

• Yersinia pestis (see plague)
• Yellow fever (vaccine available)

Z

• Zika