A-Z Index of Division of Vector-Borne Disease Topics
The Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD) strives to protect the nation from viruses and bacteria spread by mosquitoes, ticks, or fleas. Vector-borne pathogens are spread to people and animals primarily through the bite of an infected mosquito, tick, or flea. Only a few mosquito-borne viruses can be prevented with vaccines. In most cases, people need to protect themselves from mosquito, tick, and flea bites to prevent infection.
A
Anaplasma phagocytophilum (see anaplasmosis)
Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum)
B
Bartonella henselae (see Bartonella)
Borrelia burgdoferi (see Lyme disease)
Borrelia hermsii (see tickborne relapsing fever)
Borrelia parkeri (see tickborne relapsing fever)
Borrelia turicatae (see tickborne relapsing fever)
C
Cat scratch disease (Bartonella henselae) – (see Bartonella)
Coxiella burnetii (see Q fever)
D
E
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii)
F
H
I
J
Japanese encephalitis (vaccine available)
L
Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)
M
Murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi)
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
O
Orientia tsutsugamushi (see scrub typhus)
O’nyong-o’nyong virus
P
Plague (Yersinia pestis)
Q
R
Rickettsia (see spotted fever group rickettsioses)
Rickettsia prowazekii (see epidemic typhus)
Rickettsia typhi (see murine typhus)
Rickettsialpox
S
Scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi)
Sinbis
Spotted fever group rickettsioses
STARI (Southern tick-associated rash illness)
T
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (vaccine available)
Tickborne relapsing fever (Borrelia hermsii, B. turicatae, and B. parkerii)
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Typhus fevers (see also epidemic typhus, murine typhus, and scrub typhus)
V
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
W
Western equine encephalitis virus
Y
Yersinia pestis (see plague)
Yellow fever (vaccine available)