Table 1 Taxonomic classification of major vector-borne diseases
From: Implication of haematophagous arthropod salivary proteins in host-vector interactions
Vectors | Diseases | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Order | Family | Genius | Â |
Diptera | Culicidae | Anopheles | Malaria, |
| Â | Â | Â | Lymphatic filariasis |
| Â | Â | Culex | West Nile disease |
| Â | Â | Â | Japanese encephalitis |
| Â | Â | Aedes | Yellow fever |
| Â | Â | Â | Chikungunya |
| Â | Â | Â | Dengue |
| Â | Psychodidae | Phlebotomus | Leishmaniasis |
| Â | Â | Lutzomyia | Â |
| Â | Glossinidae | Glossina | Human African Trypanosomiasis |
| Â | Simulidae | Simulium | Onchocerciasis |
| Â | Tabanidae | Tabanus | Loiasis |
Hemiptera | Reduviidae | Triatoma | Chagas disease |
| Â | Â | Rhodnius | Â |
Ixodida | Ixodidae | Amblyomma | Rickettsiosis |
| Â | Â | Â | Tularemia |
| Â | Â | Ixodes | Lyme disease |
| Â | Â | Â | Babesiosis |
| Â | Â | Haemaphysalis | Tularemia |
| Â | Â | Â | Tick borne encephalitis |
| Â | Argasidae | Ornithodoros | Relapsing fever |