Overview

Veterinary and medical importance of mosquitoes is mainly determined by their capability of disease transmission.
The following diseases respectively pathogens have among others been reported to be transmitted by mosquitoes:

• malaria, protozoa of the genus Plasmodium spp. (Anopheles spp.)
• avian malaria, protozoa of the genus Plasmodium spp. (Culicinae)
• yellow fever, virus (Aedes aegypti)
• dengue fever, virus (Aedes aegypti and other Aedes species)
• encephalitis, virus (various species, mainly Culex spp. and Aedes spp.)
• o'nyong nyong, virus (Anopheles spp.)
• arbovirus diseases: e.g. West Nile (WN) fever/encephalitis, virus (Anophelinae and Culicinae)
• Rift valley fever, virus (Culicinae)
• western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE) virus (Culex spp.)
• filariasis, bancroftian and brugian filariae (mainly Culex spp.; also Anophelinae)
• canine heartworm disease, Dirofilaria immitis (Culicinae)
• setariosis, Setaria spp. (Culicinae, Anopheles spp.)