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. 2019 Aug 16;8:e1532. doi: 10.31661/gmj.v8i0.1532

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, Cxpipiens, 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