Arthropods, helminths and other bugs
Link to DermNet's pages about skin conditions related to various bugs: insects, mites, spiders, protozoa, worms and other parasites.
Arthropods and diseases spread via arthropods
- Arthropod bites and stings
- Ant bites and stings
- Bed bugs
- Bee and wasp stings
- Caterpillars and moths
- Demodex
- Flea bites
- Flies
- Lice
- Mosquitoes
- Papular urticaria
- Scabies
- Spider bites
- Tick bites
Protozoa
Some Protozoan infections are transmitted via arthropod vectors above.
- Amoebiasis
- Balamuthia mandrillaris infection
- Pneumocystosis (now classified as fungus)
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trichomoniasis
- African trypanosomiasis
- American trypanosomiasis
Helminths (worms)
Nematodes (roundworms)
- Larva migrans
- Onchocerciasis
- Filariasis including Loiasis and dirofilariasis
- Hookworms
- Toxocariasis
- Pinworms
- Strongyloidiasis
- Trichuriasis or whipworm
- Gnathostomiasis
- Dracunculiasis
- Ascariasis
- Streptocerciasis
- Trichinosis
Trematodes (flukes)
- Schistosomiasis
- Swimmer's itch
- Paragonimiasis
- Fascioliasis
Cestodes (tapeworms)
- Taeniasis (tapeworm), cysticercosis
- Spargonosis
- Echinococcus
