USUAL SUSPECTS
6 TINY VECTORS THAT POSE AN ENORMOUS HEALTH THREAT 4-5 MM
GUILTY OF:
4-5 MM
GUILTY OF:
GUILTY OF:
27 MM
TRANSMITTING CHAGAS DISEASE
TRANSMITTING DENGUE, CHIKUNGUNYA, YELLOW FEVER, ZIKA VIRUS
TRANSMITTING MALARIA GANG MEMBERS:
Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles funestus
GANG MEMBERS:
Triatoma infestans, Rhodnius prolixus
GANG MEMBERS:
Aedes albopictus, Aedes aegypti
N .1 O
ANOPHELES MOSQUITO
N .2 O
Aka Malaria mosquito
2-3 MM
AEDES MOSQUITO
GUILTY OF:
4-5 MM
GUILTY OF:
Aka Sandfly
* The genus Aedes includes two of the most feared species in the world: Aedes aegypti (the yellow fever mosquito) and Aedes albopictus (the "Asian tiger" mosquito). ** It also transmits: filariasis, Japanese encephalitis and St. Louis encephalitis. GRAPHIC DESIGN: RACHEL JILL PAPERNICK.
ILLUSTRATION: JULIA STEKETEE.
GUILTY OF:
TRANSMITTING ARBOVIRAL INFECTIONS, WEST NILE VIRUS…**
GANG MEMBERS:
Phlebotomus mascittii, Phlebotomus perniciosus
PHLEBOTOMUS
4-5 MM
TRANSMITTING ANAPLASMOSIS, BABESIOSIS, TULAREMIA, LYME DISEASE…***
GANG MEMBERS:
N .4
TRIATOMINAE Aka Kissing bug
Aka Yellow Fever Mosquito / Asian Tiger*
TRANSMITTING LEISHMANIASIS, PHLEBOVIRUSES, CHANDIPURA VIRUS
O
NO. 3
Culex pipiens, C. tarsalis, C. quinquefasciatus
GANG MEMBERS:
Ixodes ricinus, Hyalomma marginatum
N .5 O
TICK
Aka Tick
NO. 6
CULEX MOSQUITO
Aka Common House Mosquito
*** It also transmits: Colorado tick fever, ehrlichiosis, heartland virus, Powassan disease, rickettsiosis, tickborne relapsing fever (TBRF), tick-borne encephalitis virus, louping-ill virus and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, among others.
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