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*Vector-Borne Diseases - Recent Developments in Epidemiology and Control*

**Disease Agent Vector** Babesiosis Protozoan Tick Bartonellosis Bacteria Sand fly Chikungunya Virus Mosquito Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever Virus Tick Dengue fever Virus Mosquito Ehrlichiosis Intracellular bacterium Tick Japanese encephalitis Virus Mosquito Leishmaniasis Protozoan Sand fly Louse-borne relapsing fever Bacterium Louse Lyme disease Bacterium Tick Lymphatic filariasis Filarial worm Mosquito Malaria Protozoan Mosquito Onchocerciasis Filarial worm Black fly Plague Bacterium Flea Q fever Intracellular bacterium Tick Relapsing fever Bacterium Tick Rickettsiosis Intracellular bacterium Tick, mite Rift Valley fever Virus Mosquito Rocky Mountain Spotted fever Intracellular Bacterium Tick Sand Fly fever Virus Sand fly Tick-borne encephalitis Virus Tick

illnesses, vector control or protection of humans from exposure to the vector may be the most important means of risk reduction. Such is the case for diseases like dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. Though the vector provides another vulnerability to the disease transmission cycle, it also provides a mechanism for spreading the diseases. The resurgence of vector population like that of *Aedes aegypti* in Latin America has been linked to the resurgence of dengue [2]. Likewise, expansion of the range of invasive species like *Aedes albopictus* in the USA can present an increased

Tularemia Bacterium Tick, deer fly

*This is a partial list, especially for the tick-borne viruses. Mechanical transmission by filth flies and cockroaches is not considered here, though several diseases such as shigellosis probably have vector-borne components of* 

Typhus Bacterium Lice

The current status of information regarding vector-borne disease prevention, control, and treatment demonstrates the need for more research and dissemination of the knowledge gathered from laboratory and field studies alike. Developments in molecular biology, genomics, pharmacology, field biology, and virology provide great potential for improvements in control of vector-borne disease. At the same time, it is necessary to acknowledge the continuing utility of older, field-proven methods such as interior residual sprays, which continue to provide effective and inexpensive disease control for millions of people [4]. The wide variety of

risk of disease transmission in affected regions.

*Important vector-borne diseases, disease agents, and vectors.1*

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*their transmission.*

The author declares no conflict of interest.
