INSECTS & ARTHROPODS ARE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH!
They are vectors of pathogenic microorganisms and responsible for the majority of human deaths throughout history compared to war, plague, famine, or natural disaster combined.
They are not the direct cause of death, but without them the pathogens would be rendered harmless.
1). Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Diseases: Yellow fever, Dengue +
2). Ordinary house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus. Diseases: West Nile virus, filariasis +
3). Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Diseases: Malaria +
4). Oriental Rat Flea, Xenopsylla cheopis. Diseases: Plague, murine typhus +
5). Black Fly, Simulium erythrocephalus. Diseases: Onchocerciasis (River-blindness) +
6). Sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis. Diseases: Sandfly fever, Leishmania +
7). Kissing bug, Rhodnius prolixus. Diseases: Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)
8). Human body louse, Pediculus humanus. Diseases: Epidemic typhus, trench fever
9). Dermacentor variabilis. Diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia +
10). Black-legged Tick, Ixodes scapularis. Dieases: Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis +
11). Tse tse fly, Glossina morsitans. Diseases: human sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)
12). Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. Diseases: West Nile virus, Yellow fever virus, St. Louis encephalitis, dengue fever, and Chikungunya fever, Dirofilaria immitis
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