Insects:
Disease risks from insect exposure
Introduction:
Various insects can act as "vectors" transferring a
disease from an animal to a human (especially mosquitos and ticks).
Other conditions may arise directly from an insect sting or bite.
For more information see
insect-borne diseases,
mosquito-borne diseases,
flea-borne diseases, and
tick-borne diseases.
See also risk information for birds and animals.
Condition count:
30;
see list of conditions below.
Risk factor subtypes:mosquitos (12), flies (11), ticks (9)
Risk factors:Risk Factor Center,
risk factor list Conditions list:
The following list of conditions
have 'Insects' or similar
listed as a risk factor in our database:
