Insects (mosquitoes, lice, fleas, bed bugs) and ticks are able to transmit a number of diseases caused by infectious agents: viruses (chikungunya virus, yellow fever, dengue fever, etc.), bacteria (Lyme disease, plague, etc.), parasites (malaria, sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, filariasis, etc.).
Q. What are the three diseases spread by mosquitoes?
Diseases that are spread to people by mosquitoes include Zika virus, West Nile virus, Chikungunya virus, dengue, and malaria.
Q. Which diseases are spread by flies?
The diseases that flies can transmit include enteric infections (such as dysen- tery, diarrhoea, typhoid, cholera and certain helminth infections), eye infections (such as trachoma and epidemic conjunctivitis) (Fig.
Q. What are the diseases spread by mosquitoes?
List of vector-borne diseases, according to their vector
| Vector | Disease caused | |
|---|---|---|
| Mosquito | Aedes | Chikungunya Dengue Lymphatic filariasis Rift Valley fever Yellow Fever Zika |
| Anopheles | Lymphatic filariasis Malaria | |
| Culex | Japanese encephalitis Lymphatic filariasis West Nile fever | |
| Aquatic snails | Schistosomiasis (bilharziasis) | |
Q. Can you get an STD from a mosquito?
Mosquito bites. Zika — the mosquito-borne disease that impacts fetal brain development — has been shown to be sexually transmitted (making it the only known vector disease that can be transmitted sexually and via mosquitos).
Q. Is spread through the bite of mosquito?
Mosquitoes spread disease through their bite. Mosquitoes are vectors (living things that carry diseases between animals and humans).
Q. Are all mosquitoes harmful?
Mosquitoes are known to transmit a variety of viruses (e.g., chikungunya, dengue, West Nile, Zika) and other pathogens (e.g., protozoans that cause malaria) that can cause human disease. However, not all species of mosquitoes (there are >2,700 species) can become infected with and transmit all pathogens.
Q. Can mosquitoes bite you in your sleep?
02/7Mosquitoes bite you more when you sleep Have you realised that mosquitoes bite you even more when you are sleeping? This happens because they can sense the heat being produced by your body. Also, while sleeping our body produces a number of chemicals that mosquitoes like.
Q. Do Mosquitoes only come out at night?
Most mosquitoes remain active during the night. Their day tends to start at dawn and they tend to head for shelter late morning until late afternoon. They are most active at dusk, and can remain active throughout the night.
