Source: National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) — Content from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (public domain).
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. Keep Reading About Vector-Borne Diseases Index A-F A
* Alpha-gal syndrome (condition)
* Anaplasma phagocytophilum (see anaplasmosis)
* Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum)
B
* Babesiosis
* Bartonella __
* Bartonella henselae (see Bartonella)
* Borrelia burgdorferi (see Lyme disease)
* Borrelia hermsii(see soft tick relapsing fever)
* B orrelia 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) * Oropouche 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 * Sindbis * Soft tick relapsing fever (Borrelia hermsii , B. turicata e, and B. parkerii) * Spotted fever group rickettsioses * STARI (southern tick-associated rash illness) Index T-Z T * Tick-borne encephalitis (vaccine available)
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* [Tularemia](</tularemia/about/index.html>) (_Francisella tularensis_)
U * Usutu V * Venezuelan equine encephalitis W * Western equine encephalitis * West Nile
X * No entries Y * Yersinia pestis(see plague) * Yellow fever (vaccine available) Z * Zika