Vectors

• Mosquitoes (malaria, yellow fever, West Nile virus)
   
  

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• Ticks (Lyme disease)
• Aphids (pathogens themselves and vectors of plant viruses)
   
  

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Human pathogens

Fungi

• Coccidioides posadasii (Valley fever)
   
  

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• Filobasidiella/Cryptococcus (cryptococcosis)
   
  

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Worms

• Schistosoma parasites (schistosomiasis)
   
  

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• Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm, seatworm, threadworm)
• Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus (human hookworms)
   
  

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• Ascaris lumbricoides (human roundworm)
   
  

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Protozoa

• Toxoplasma parasites (toxoplasmosis)
   
  

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Bacteria

• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA staph infection)
• Legionella pneumophila (Legionnaire's disease, Pontiac fever, legionellosis)
   
  

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Arthropods

• Pediculus humanus, human louse
• Sarcoptes scabiei type hominis, scabies
• Cimex lectularius, common bedbug

Viruses

• Papillomaviridae (human), human papillomavirus
   
  

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Plant pathogens

Fungi

• Gibberella moniliformis (fusarium)
• Magnaporthe grisea (rice blast, rice blight)
• Phytophthora infestans (potato blight)
   
  

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• Ustilago maydis (corn smut)
   
  

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Dog pathogens

Worms

• Ancylostoma caninum (dog hookworm)
• Dirofilaria immitis (heartworm)
   
  

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Fish pathogens

Protozoa

• Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (ich, ick, white-spot fish disease)
   
  

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Crustaceans

• Argulus sp. (fish louse)

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