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Arthropods, helminths and other bugs

Arthropods and diseases spread via arthropods

• Arthropod bites and stings
• Ant bites and stings
• Bed bug
• Bee and wasp stings
• Beetles
  • Lax beetle dermatosis
  • Paedarus dermatitis
• Caterpillars and moths
• Demodex
• Flea bites
  • Bacillary angiomatosis
  • Catscratch disease
  • Plague
  • Rickettsial infection
  • Tungiasis
• Flies
  • Myiasis
• Lice
  • Body lice
    • Rickettsia typhi
  • Head lice
  • Pubic lice
• Mosquitoes
  • Leishmaniasis
  • Malaria
  • Dengue fever
  • Zika virus
• Papular urticaria
• Mites
  • Scabies
  • Institutional scabies
  • Crusted scabies
  • Bird mite infestation

• Sandflies
  • Carrion disease
• Spider bites
• Tick bites
  • Lyme disease
  • Tick-borne relapsing fever
  • Tularaemia
  • Babesiosis
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other rickettsial spotted fevers
  • Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis

Protozoa

Some Protozoan infections are transmitted via arthropod vectors above.

• Amoebiasis
• Balamuthia mandrillaris infection
• Pneumocystosis (now classified as fungus)
• Toxoplasmosis
• Trichomoniasis
• African trypanosomiasis
• American trypanosomiasis

Helminths (worms)

Nematodes (roundworms)

• Larva migrans
• Onchocerciasis
• Filariasis including Loiasis and dirofilariasis
• Hookworms
• Toxocariasis
• Pinworms
• Strongyloidiasis
• Trichuriasis or whipworm
• Gnathostomiasis
• Dracunculiasis
• Ascariasis
• Streptocerciasis
• Trichinosis

Trematodes (flukes)

• Schistosomiasis
• Swimmer's itch
• Paragonimiasis
• Fascioliasis

Cestodes (tapeworms)

• Taeniasis (tapeworm), cysticercosis
• Spargonosis
• Echinococcus

Jellyfish larva

• Sea bather's eruption

Related conditions

• Delusions of parasitosis
• Dust mite allergy

Treatments for insects, mites, worms and parasites

• Insecticides
• Insect repellents
• Ivermectin
• Mebendazole

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