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What is one of the first symptoms of lyme disease?

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erythema migrans — a bulls eye rash that appears
(Only occurs in a percentage of cases — still majority about 70%)

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What is the “cargo”?

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the pathogen or parasite

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What is zoonoses?

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diseases transmitted by animal(s)

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Who is Theobald Smith?

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Christian scientists who was the first to prove a vector (tick) with protozoan parasite (Bayesian) (Texas cattle fever - 1889)

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What are some common examples of zoonotic diseases?

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  • lyme disease
  • rocky mounted spotted disease
  • malaria
  • African sleeping sickness
  • Chagas’ disease
  • yellow fever
  • giardiasis
  • babeiosis
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What disease & its tick causes lyme arthritis?

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  • borrelia bacteria
  • black legged tick —> lxodes scapularis ticks
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How long must a tick be attached to transmit bacteria?

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4-72 hours (Average=48 hours)

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Which ticks cause the majority of lyme disease?

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nymphal ticks

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When are nymphal ticks most active?

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late may-july

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What are the stages in the parasites life history? How many legs does it have in each stage?

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egg —> larvae (6-legged) —> nymph (8 legs) —> adult (8 legs)

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What is transovarialt transmission?

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the transmission of an infectious agent from parent to offspring via infection of the developing egg which subsequently results in infectious adult arthropods

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Are male or female ticks larger?

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Female

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What is transstadial transmission?

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What is a niche?

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an organisms occupation — ticks are recyclers

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What is a habitat?

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an organisms “address” — high living grass for ticks

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What is mutualism?

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2 species living together with mutual benefit

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what is symbiosis?

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living together — either mutualism or parasitism

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What are symptoms of alpha gal syndrome? (caused by lone star ticks saliva)

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  • red meat allergy
  • hives abdominal cramping
    -life threatening possible
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What are treatments/management for alpha gal syndrome?

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  • diet change
  • epinephrine
  • antihistamines
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What are the vectors (2) of rocky mountain spotted fever?

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  1. wood tick —> dermacentor andersoni
  2. dog tick —> dermacentor variabilis
  3. lone star tick —> amblyomma americanum
    * tick vectors remain infected for life
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Is rocky mountain spotted fever a zoonotic disease?

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yes

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Where is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever the highest?

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US, Canada, highest incidences in Blue Ridge south-central US

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How long does it take for the ticks to transfer bacteria of RMSF?

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4-10 hours

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Who first discovered & notated RMSF?

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Howard Ricketts in 1896

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How many cases of RMSF in the US?
until recently, 300-800 cases in US
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Which vectors are most common for RMSF?
- most common in US is american dog tick - most common in Virginia is lone star tick
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Rickettsia rickettsii?
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What treatments are given for RMSF (antibiotics)
Doxycycline most often given - w/out treatment mortality reaches 20% (HIGH) - w treatment mortality rate is less than 5%
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What is an amplifying host?
a host in which the level of pathogen can become high enough that a vector such as tick feeds on it and will probably become infectious
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What is a reservoir host?
a host that can harbor a pathogen indefinitely with no ill effects - a single reservoir host usually primary host of a pathogen
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What are symptoms of RMSF?
- Early: high fever, headache, myalgia, GI symptoms (quick, acute) - late: rash (all over), photophobia, confusion, ataxia, seizures, cough, dyspnea, arrhythmias, jaundice, severe abdominal pin - long term results: CNS deficits, amputations
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What symptom does typhus affect?
rectoendothelial symptoms —> severe consequences can lead to death in a few dates - spreads by macrophages - similar to RMSF & can look similar
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What is lyme disease (bacteria, vector, etc)?
- bacteria: borrelia sp. - vector: “black legged” (deer or seed tick) —> i ixodes scapularis (or ixodes pacificus in west coast) - 500,000 people in US annually
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When was lyme disease recognized & where? Who identified first?
- Recognized in 1975-76 by Dr. A. Steere - First identified by Dr. Willy Burgdorfer (1981) and Barbour and Benach
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What are the 3 active stages of tick?
1. larvae 2. nymph 3. adult
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What are characteristics of the ticks?
does not fly or jump, attatches as host passes by
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How long is the life cycle of a deer tick?
2 years — only feeds 3 times though
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What are some hosts of the deer tick?
mice, vole, deer, other mammals (needs host at each of the 3 stages) - white-footed mice are principal resevoir of infection where larval and nymphal ticks feed and become infected with the LD spirochete (lyme)
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What is the bacteria of lyme?
Borrelia Burgdorferi
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What primarily causes the variation in the bullseye rash (erythema migrants)?
1. dosage (amount) of borrelia bacteria 2. immune response 3. borrelia variant (ID by PCR DNA)
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What is the shape of borrelia?
large microaerophilic spirochete
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How does the borrelia genome differ from other prokaryotes?
genome is linear, not circular, and has numerous copies rather than just 1 (one of the most complex bacteria)
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What are the stages of lyme disease?
1. primary (First) stage
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What is the primary stage of lyme? (localized stage)
- Characterized by erythema migrants - rash begins as small red spot @ bite site —> grows - flu/COVID - like symptoms. (malaise, chills, fever, headache, stiff-neck, aches & pains)
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What is the secondary stage of lyme?
- 2-8 weeks post rash - involve heat & nervous system - electrical conduction to heart impaired (arrhythmias) - nervous system —> can lead to paralysis of facial muscles & impaired concentration
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How does the Borrelia bacteria get into/move throughout body (pathogenesis)?
1. introduced into skin — bite of infected tick 2. migrate outward in radial fashion 3. causes inflammatory reaction in skin (migration & inflammation — expanding rash) 4. Host immunity initially suppressed (mult. of bacteria) 5. bacteria enters bloodstream and circulates to other parts of the body **bacteria does not cross the placenta
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What is the tertiary (3rd) stage of lyme?
- within 6 months after rash (slowly disappear over years) - characterized by arthritis (usually large joints — knee) - symptoms develop in 60% of untreated cases - chronic nervous system impairment may occur
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How do you prevent and treat lyme disease?
- prevention same as RMSF - antibiotics relatively effective in early stage disease - less effective in late disease (bacteria not actively multiplying
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What is the life cycle of lyme?
look at slide 37
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Which tick only bites as adult?
american dog tick
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Which bacteria causes Babesiosis (also deer tick)?
- Babesia - has double ring - can co-infect with borrelia to cause infectious malaria-like illness -Life cycle similar - on the rice in PA and NY
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What are the hosts for ticks?
- adult ticks lay eggs on white-tailed deer - larval tick feeds on white-footed mouse (attracts disease) - nymphal tick feeds on mouse — then human (bites and transmit disease) (about 1 year)
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What are Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis?
two tick-borne diseases - Ehrlichiosis: common in dogs locally - Anaplasmosis: second most commonly reported tick born disease after lyme
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What is the toothed hypo stone? What does this implicate?
1. intakes plant juice 2. could have pre-fall implications for originally ingesting plants protein

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