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
  • Cat scratch 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