# List of insect-borne diseases

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 | La Crosse encephalitis | Aedes triseriatus (eastern tree hole mosquito) |
| 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 | Rift Valley fever | Culex spp |
| Flaviviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Japanese encephalitis |
| Flaviviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Murray Valley encephalitis virus |
| Flaviviridae | Arbovirus encephalitis | Rocio viral encephalitis |
| 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 |
| 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 | Eastern equine encephalitis | Culiseta melanura (black-tailed mosquito) |
| 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 | Western equine encephalitis virus | 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 |
| 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 | 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) |