At a glance
- CDC addresses and monitors many vector-borne diseases and conditions.
- An A–Z directory connects you to information about vector-borne diseases, conditions, and other topics.
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.
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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
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
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)
- Oropouche
P
- Permethrin
- Plague (Yersinia pestis)
- Powassan
Q
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
V
- Venezuelan equine encephalitis
W
X
- No entries
Y
- Yersinia pestis (see plague)
- Yellow fever (vaccine available)