title: Parasitic diseases in humans transmitted by vectors.
abstract: Despite the considerable progress of medicine, parasitic diseases still pose a great threat to human health and life. Among parasitic diseases, those transmitted by vectors, mainly arthropods, play a particular role. These diseases occur most frequently in the poorest countries and affect a vast part of the human population. They include malaria, babesiosis, trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and filariasis. This study presents those vector-transmitted diseases that are responsible for the greatest incidence and mortality of people on a global scale. Attention is focused primarily on diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, flies, Hemiptera and ticks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cholewiński
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Derda
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hadaś
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D009033:Culicidae / Q000469:parasitology; D004175:Diptera / Q000469:parasitology; D005368:Filariasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D008288:Malaria / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D013987:Ticks / Q000469:parasitology; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D015047:Zoonoses