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

Advanced molecular detection

Alpha-gal Syndrome

Anaplasma phagocytophilum (see anaplasmosis)

Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum)

B

Bartonella

Bartonella henselae (see Bartonella)

Borrelia burgdoferi (see Lyme disease)

Borrelia hermsii (see tickborne relapsing fever)

Borrelia mayonii

Borrelia miyamotoi

Borrelia parkeri (see tickborne relapsing fever)

Borrelia turicatae (see tickborne relapsing fever)

Bourbon virus

C

Cache Valley virus

Cat scratch disease (Bartonella henselae) – (see Bartonella)

Chikungunya

Colorado tick fever

Coxiella burnetii (see Q fever)

D

Dengue

E

Eastern equine encephalitis virus

Ehrlichiosis

Epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii)

F

Fleas

H

Heartland virus

I

Insect repellent

J

Jamestown Canyon virus

Japanese encephalitis (vaccine available)

L

La Crosse virus

Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)

M

Mayaro virus

Mosquitoes

Murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi)

Murray Valley encephalitis virus

O

Orientia tsutsugamushi (see scrub typhus)

O’nyong-o’nyong virus

P

Plague (Yersinia pestis)

Powassan virus

Q

Q fever

R

Rickettsia (see spotted fever group rickettsioses)

Rickettsia prowazekii (see epidemic typhus)

Rickettsia typhi (see murine typhus)

Rickettsialpox

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Ross River virus

S

Scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi)

St. Louis encephalitis virus

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)

TickNET

Ticks

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)

Typhus fevers (see also epidemic typhus, murine typhus, and scrub typhus)

V

Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

W

West Nile virus

Western equine encephalitis virus

Y

Yersinia pestis (see plague)

Yellow fever (vaccine available)

Z

Zika