1909 R. W. Boyce iv. 23 It is Dr. Beauperthuy whom we must regard as the father of the doctrine of insect-borne disease.
1946 21 Dec. 913/1 Analogy with filariasis elsewhere would suggest that the infection is insect-borne.
1972 21 Jan. 135/2 To prevent the spread of insect-borne diseases.