Contributor: Gordon K. Klintworth
Numerous diseases are transmitted by the bite of  a variety of species of mosquitoes. These infections include malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, West nile virus disease, Western equine encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, dirofilariasis, Bancroftian filariasis, and Brugian filariasis. The responsible mosquitoe species include Anopheles (malaria, Brugian filariasis), Aedes (yellow fever), Culex, and Mansonia (Brugian filariasis) genera of mosquitoes.