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    Certain arthropods can transmit diseases to humans, including black flies which transmit onchocerciasis, Cyclops which transmit fish tapeworm and guinea worm infections, fleas which transmit dog tapeworm, endemic typhus, murine typhus and plague, lice which transmit epidemic relapsing fever, epidemic typhus and trench fever, mites which transmit rickettsial pox and scrub typhus, and mosquitoes which transmit dengue fever, filariasis, malaria, viral encephalities and yellow fever.

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    VECTORS

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    Certain arthropods can transmit diseases to humans, including black flies which transmit onchocerciasis, Cyclops which transmit fish tapeworm and guinea worm infections, fleas which transmit dog tapeworm, endemic typhus, murine typhus and plague, lice which transmit epidemic relapsing fever, epidemic typhus and trench fever, mites which transmit rickettsial pox and scrub typhus, and mosquitoes which transmit dengue fever, filariasis, malaria, viral encephalities and yellow fever.

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    VECTORS DISEASE (S)

    Black flies (Simulium spp.) Onchocerciasis (“river blindness”)

    Cyclops spp. Fish tapeworm infection, guinea worm infection

    Fleas Dog tapeworm infection, endemic typhus, murine typhus, plague

    Lice Epidemic relapsing fever, epidemic typhus, trench fever

    Mites Rickettsial pox, scrub typhus

    Mosquitoes Dengue fever, filariasis (“elephantiasis”), malaria, viral encephalitis,

    yellow fever

    ARTHROPODS THAT SERVE AS VECTORS OF HUMAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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