Table 1. Profiles of the Most Common Mosquito-Borne Diseases.
Disease | Vectors | Caused by | Vertebrate Hosts | Distribution |
Malaria [25] |
An. atroparvus,
An. labranchiae, An. messeae, An. sacharovi, An. sergentii, An. superpictus Grassi, An. arabiensis , An. funestus, An. gambiae, An. melas, An. merus, An. moucheti, An. nili, An. barbirostris, An. lesteri, An. sinensis, An. aconitus, An. annularis, An. balabacensis, An. culicifacies, An. dirus, An. farauti, An. flavirostris, An. fluviatilis, An. koliensis, An. leucosphyrus, An. maculatus, An. minimus, An. punctulatus, An. stephensi, An. subpictus, An. sundaicus. |
Protozoan parasite; Plasmodium | Reptiles, birds, rodents, Primates and humans. | Endemic throughout most of the tropics. Ninety-five countries and territories have ongoing transmission |
Yellow Fever [26] |
Ae. aegypti, Ae. africanus, Ae. aromeliae,
Ae. albopictus, Ae. furcifertaylori, Ae. luteocephalus, Ae. metallicus, Ae. bromeliae, Ae. serratus. |
Virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. | Primates | Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Liberia, Gambia, Mali, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Congo, Chad, Angola, Brazil, Colombia and Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, |
Dengue Fever [27] |
Ae. aegypti, Ae. albopictus, Ae. polynesiensis,
Ae. scutellaris. |
Virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. | Primates | Philippines, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Japan, Pakistan, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Australia, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, USA |
Zika [28, 29] |
Ae. africanus,
Ae. luteocephalus, Ae. aegypti, Ae. albopictus, Ae. furcifer, Ae. vittatus. |
The virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. | Primates | Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Honduras, Guadeloupe, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guinea Bissau, Angola, Cabo Verde, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore |
Chikungunya [30, 31] | Ae. albopictus, Ae. aegypti, Ae. henselli | Virus of the family Togaviridae; genus Alphavirus | Primates, birds, cattle, and rodents | Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, Seychelles, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. |
West Nile [32] |
Ae. aegypti, Cx. pipiens,
Cx. quinquefasciatus, Cx. australicus, Cx. globcoxitus, Cx. tarsalis, Cx. univittatus, Cx. annulirostris |
Virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. | Birds, Horses, Other Mammals | Commonly found in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and West Asia. |
Japanese Encephalitis [33] |
Cx. tritaeniorhynchus,
Cx. annulirostris, Cx. vishnui, Cx. pseudovishnui, Cx. gelidus, Cx. sitiens, Cx. fuscocephela, An. subpictus, An. hyrcanus, Cx. pipiens, Ae. albopictus, Ae. japonicas |
Virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. | Birds, Pigs | Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, Guam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Phillipines, Russia, Saipan, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam |