Mosquitoes and ticks are not the only arthropods that can transmit germs to humans – fleas, triatomine bugs, body lice, black flies, biting midges, and many other insects are known to transmit bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Many other arthropods like head lice, bed bugs, chiggers, and cockroaches do not carry diseases, but can remain a public health nuisance.

• Biting Midges
  • Oropouche
    • Countries and Territories with Recent or Previous Oropouche Virus Transmission
• Triatomine bugs (kissing bugs) and Chagas Disease
  • ​Unearthing an Understudied Vector in Delaware
• Fleas
  • ​Plague
  • Endemic Typhus (Murine Typhus)
• Bed Bugs
• Head Lice
• Body Lice
  • ​Epidemic Typhus (louse-borne typhus)
• Chiggers
• Cockroaches
• Scabies  

Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

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