Buzz Words Vectors and Disease Flashcards

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Lutzomyia verrucarum (sandfly)

A

Oroya fever (Bartonella bacilliformis)

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Lutzomyia spp., Phlebotomus spp. (sandfly)

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Leishmaniasis (Leishmania spp)

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Reduviid bug

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Chagas disease (T. cruzi)

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4
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Xenopsylla cheopis (rat flea)

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Plague (Yersinia pestis), Endemic typhus (Rickettsia typhi)

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Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)

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Cat-scratch disease (Bartoneela henselae)

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Chrysops, family Tabanidae (deer or mango fly)

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Loaisis (Loa loa)

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Glossina morsitans (tsetse fly)

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African trypanosomiasis (T. gambiense and rhodesiense)

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Simulium spp. (black fly)

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Onchocerciasis (Onchocerca volvulus)

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9
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Culex, Aeses, Anopheles (mosquitoes)

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Filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti)

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Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain wood tick)

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Tularemia (Francisella tularensis), Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii)

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Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick)

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Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)

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Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick)

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Mediterranean spotted fever (Rickettsia conorii)

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13
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Ixodes dammini (scapularis), Ixodes pacificus

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Lyme disease (borrelia burgdorferi)

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14
Q

Trombiculid red mites (larval stage: chigger)

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Scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi)

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15
Q

Liponyssoides sanguineus (mouse mite)

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Rickettsialpox (Rickettisia akari)

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16
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Pediculus humanus (human body louse)

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Epidemic fever (Rickettsia prowazekii), Relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis), Trench fever (Bartonella quintana)