Comparison of arthropod- and rodent-borne viruses Viruses arthropod-borne viruses rodent-borne viruses Reservoir hosts arthropods(e.g, mosquitoes, and rodents (e.g, mice, rats, ticks) squirrels, and hamsters) bloodsucking arthropods from one contact with body fluids or Transmitted by vertebrate host to another excretions of rodents ellow fever, dengue, Japanese b hantavirus infections encephalitis, St Louis encephalitis, Lassa fever, South Major diseases western equine encephalitis, eastern American hemorrhagic equine encephalitis, Russian spring- fevers, and African summer encephalitis, West Nile hemorrhagic fevers fever, and sandfly fever (Marburg and EbolaViruses arthropod-borne viruses rodent-borne viruses Reservoir hosts arthropods (e.g., mosquitoes, and ticks) rodents (e.g., mice, rats, squirrels, and hamsters) Transmitted by bloodsucking arthropods from one vertebrate host to another contact with body fluids or excretions of rodents Major diseases yellow fever, dengue, Japanese B encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, western equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, Russian spring￾summer encephalitis, West Nile fever, and sandfly fever hantavirus infections, Lassa fever, South American hemorrhagic fevers, and African hemorrhagic fevers (Marburg and Ebola) Comparison of arthropod- and rodent-borne viruses