- Lymphatic filariasis
- Malaria
- Schistosomiasis (bilharziasis)
- Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
- Tungiasis
- Leishmaniasis
- Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)
- Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)

Examples of vector borne parasitic diseases

These are diseases spread by parasitic arthropods.

Georgetown University

- Vector borne viral disease (Arboviruses) 
- Vector borne parasitic diseases
- Vector borne bacterial disease

Types of Vector Borne Diseases

A parasite is an organism that takes from and hurts its host organism in order to survive. 

Parasite

“Vector-Borne Diseases.” World Health Organization, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/vector-borne-diseases

Vector-Borne Diseases (World Health Organization Fact Sheet)

These are diseases caused by bacteria and spread to humans by arthropods.

Vector borne bacterial diseases

Vector borne parasitic diseases

Arboviruses are viruses continuously spread in nature through biological transmission  from arthropods to humans and animals. 

Vector borne viral diseases (Arboviruses) 

Types of Parasites

Parasitology is a subfield of microbiology focused specifically on the study of helminths and other parasites.

Learn Before

Related

Learn After