Mosquitoes and Diseases: A-Z

Viruses

Electron microscopic image of a mosquito salivary gland infected with Eastern equine encephalitis virus

Under a magnification of 83,900X, this digitally colorized transmission electron microscopic image shows salivary gland tissue extracted from a mosquito. The mosquito was infected with Eastern equine encephalitis virus.

Cache Valley
Chikungunya
Dengue
Eastern equine encephalitis
Jamestown Canyon
Japanese encephalitis
La Crosse encephalitis
Rift Valley fever
Ross River virus disease
St. Louis encephalitis
West Nile
Yellow fever
Zika

Parasites

Dirofilariasis (dog heartworm)
Lymphatic filariasis
Malaria

Page last reviewed: March 6, 2020

Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD)