Directory of Vector Borne Resources

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Vector borne diseases are those that humans acquire through the bite of or other exposure to an arthropod (insect, mite, or tick).

Subcategories

• Babesiosis
• Chagas Disease
• Chikungunya
• Dengue Fever
• Ehrlichiosis
• Encephalitis
• Insect Bites and Stings
• Leishmaniasis
• Lyme Disease
• Lymphatic Filariasis
• Malaria
• Onchocerciasis
• Plague
• Q Fever
• Relapsing Fever
• Rickettsialpox
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness
• Trachoma
• Trypanosomiasis
• Tularemia
• Typhus
• West Nile Virus
• Yellow Fever
• Zika Virus

Resources in This Category

• CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (DVBID)

  http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dvbd/
  Details about this national and international reference center for vector-borne viral and bacterial diseases. Location: Colorado, USA. Covers disorders such as lyme, plague, yellow fever, west nile, virus, and dengue fever. Publications, links and details about specimen submissions.

• CDC: Tick-borne Diseases

  http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/
  Factsheets and resources concerning several diseases.

• eMedicine - Tick-Borne Diseases, Introduction

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/786652-overview
  Article by Jonathan A Edlow, MD.

• eMedicine Health - Ticks

  http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ticks/article_em.htm
  Discusses ticks and the diseases they carry.

• GORP - Tick-Borne Diseases In North America

  http://www.gorp.com/weekend-guide/travel-ta-tick-borne-diseases-in-north-america-sidwcmdev_053497.html
  Discusses several tick-borne illnesses and how they affect people enjoying outdoor sports.

• Insect Borne Diseases

  http://www.traveldoctor.co.uk/insects.htm
  Factsheets on many insect-borne illnesses.

• Insecticide Resistance and Vector Control

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640263/
  Synopsis of a study by William G. Brogdon and Janet C. McAllister.

• MedlinePlus: Tick Bites

  https://medlineplus.gov/tickbites.html
  Directory of factsheets, news reports, and articles concerning tick and insect bites and the disease they carry.

• MosquitoZone

  http://www.mosquitozone.com/
  Disease prevention company that controls the spread of tropical diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and encephalitis through an on-site vector control service.

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