Table 1.

Summary of vectors addressed in this review with their respective diseases, hosts and genomic summaries. Adapted from [11,12].

Vector	Pathogen	Disease	Gene counts
Culex quinquefasciatus (Southern house mosquito)	West Nile virus Wuchereria bancrofti	West Nile Fever Lymphatic filariasis	Genome (bp): 539,959,374 Known protein-coding genes: 18,858 Gene exons: 75,303 Gene transcripts: 23,049
Anopheles gambiae	Plasmodium spp.	Malaria	Genome (bp): 278,253,050 Known protein-coding genes: 12,670 Gene exons: 56,210 Gene transcripts: 14,974
Aedes aegypti (Yellow fever mosquito)	Dengue virus Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) Yellow fever virus	Dengue fever Chikungunya Yellow fever	Genome (bp): 1,310,090,344 Known protein-coding genes: 15,704 Gene exons: 66,827 Gene transcripts: 18,769
Ixodes scapularis (Deer- or blacklegged tick)	Borrelia burgdorferi Borrelia miyamotoi	Lyme Disease Relapsing fever	Base Pairs: 1,388,472,180 Novel protein-coding genes: 20,457 Gene exons: 93,988 Gene transcripts: 24,925
Pediculus humanus corporis (Body louse)	Infestation of lice Rickettsia prowazekii Bartonella Quintana Borrelia recurrentis	Pediculosis Epidemic typhus Trench fever, endocarditis Louse-borne relapsing fever	Base Pairs: 108,367,968 Known protein-coding genes: 10,773 Gene exons: 69,506 Gene transcripts: 10,994
Rhodnius prolixus (Kissing Bug)	Trypanosoma cruzi	Chagas Disease	Base Pairs: 561,474,548 Pseudogenes: 1,148 Gene exons: 184,075 Gene transcripts: 36,307
Glossina morsitans (Tsetse fly)	Trypanosoma brucei Trypanosoma b. brucei	African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) Animal trypanosomiasis (Nagana)	Base Pairs: 363,107,930 Gene exons: 64,464 Gene transcripts: 12,362