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Principal Infectious Diseases carried by Harmful Insects
| Infectious Diseases Transmitted by Mosquitoes | Infectious Diseases Transmitted by Flies | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Disease | Origin of Infection | Disease | Origin of Infection |
| Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever | Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus , Other Transmitted by bites from mosquitoes carrying the Dengue Fever Virus (Genus flavivirus, 1-4 types). Transmission does not occur through direct infection from person to person, only through a mosquito carrier. |
Pathogenic E. Coli Bacteria O-157 | Housefly （Musca domestica) Carried by houseflies contaminated with O-157. Infection occurs through eating food infected with E. coli O-157 and through drinking water from wells that has not undergone sterilization. |
| Malaria | Anopheles Mosquito “Malaria” is the general term for disease that infects through bites from mosquitoes carrying malarial protozoa. Malaria is classed into 4 varieties depending on the malarial plasmodium involved – tertian malaria, quartan malaria, tropical malaria, and ovale malaria. |
Salmonella Bacterium | Cockroaches, Flies Frequently occurs after eating cream-filled pastry cakes, fried eggs and other foods. |
| West Nile Fever (West Nile Encephalitis) | Culex pipiens, Aedes aegypti, Other West Nile Virus is transmitted by bites from infected mosquitoes. There is usually no direct person to person transmission. In nature, West Nile Virus is maintained through a cycle of infection between birds and mosquitoes. |
Dysentery Bacillus | Cockroaches, Flies Infects through consumption of food or water contaminated with the dysentery bacillus. |
| Yellow Fever | Polio | ||
| Japanese Encephalitis | African Trypanosomiasis | ||
| African Trypanosomiasis ( Chagas Disease) | |||
| Visceral Leishmaniasis | |||
| Dermal Leishmaniasis | |||
| Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis | |||
