Major Pathogens Mechanically Transmitted by Arthropods
(adapted from Higley, L. G., L. L. Karr, and L. P. Pedigo. 1989. Manual of Entomology and Pest Management. Macmillan, New York)
![house fly](/historybug/images/house_fly.jpg)
The house fly, Musca domestica. The species can mechanically transmit yaws, cholera, salmonella, and shigella.
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Vector | Pathogen | Disease | Victim |
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Bacteria | |||
Tabanidae (horse & deer flies) | Anaplasma marginale | anaplasmosis | cattle |
Tabanidae | Bacillus anthracis | anthrax | humans, various animals |
Tabanidae | Francisella tularensis | tularemia | humans |
house fly, cockroaches, and eye gnats | Salmonella spp. | salmonellosis | humans |
house fly | Shigella spp. | shigellosis | humans |
house fly, eye gnats | Treponema pertenue | yaws | humans |
house fly | Vibrio comma | cholera | humans |
Protozoa | |||
house fly, cockroaches | Entamoeba histolytica | amebic dysentary | humans |
cockroaches | Toxoplasma gondii | toxoplasmosis | humans, cats |
Tabanidae | Trypanosoma spp. | trypanosomiasis | humans |
Virus | |||
mosquitoes | fowl pox virus | fowl pox | birds |
mosquitoes | myxomatosis virus | myxomatosis | rabbits |
![stages of house fly](/historybug/images/house_fly_stages.jpg)
The house fly, Musca domestica, life stages.This insect species undergoes complete metamorphosis, which means that there is an egg, larval, pupal, and adult stage..