Zika virus is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes (including Aedes aegypti).
Medically important arboviruses such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses are primarily transmitted by the globally distributed mosquito Aedes aegypti.
The virus is primarily transmitted through mosquitoes and the resulting disease, chikungunya fever, is found in nearly 40 countries.
DENV is primarily transmitted to humans through the bit of mosquito vector Aedes aegypti, leading to dengue infection and potentially dengue haemorrhagic fever3,4,5.
Schistosomiasis - a parasitic disease that affects over 200 million people across the globe - is primarily transmitted between human definitive hosts and snail intermediate hosts.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is primarily transmitted from mother to child, by sexual contact, intravenous drug abuse, or unsafe health care-related injection practices.
New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said: "Because Zika virus is primarily transmitted by infected mosquitos, there is very limited chance of local transmission in New York during the winter.
Zika virus is primarily transmitted by mosquito bites, but other means of transmission have been described, and potential risk for blood transmission has been reported in French Polynesia and Brazil.
The "dogma" that malaria is primarily transmitted indoors may not be correct, he says.
The yellow fever virus is primarily transmitted by Aedes aegypti, the mosquito species that also spreads Zika and dengue.
Rotavirus is primarily transmitted by the faecal-oral route, via contact with contaminated hands, surfaces and objects, and possibly by the respiratory route [7 9].
