Pathogens and Vectors Flashcards
1
Q
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
A
Tick
2
Q
Babesia microti
A
Ixodes tick
3
Q
Borrelia burgdorferi
A
Ixodes tick
4
Q
Dengue virus
A
Mosquito
5
Q
Loa loa
A
Deer, horse, or mango fly
6
Q
Onchocerca volvulus
A
Female black fly
7
Q
Plasmodium species
A
Mosquito (Anopheles)
8
Q
Rickettsia prowazekii
A
Louse
9
Q
Rickettsia rickettsii
A
Tick
10
Q
Trypanosoma brucei
A
Tsetse fly
11
Q
Trypanosoma cruzi
A
Reduviid bug (“kissing bug”)
12
Q
West Nile virus
A
Mosquito
13
Q
Yellow fever virus
A
Mosquito
14
Q
Yersinia pestis
A
Fleas – from rats and prairie dogs
15
Q
Bartonella bacilliformis
A
sand fly
16
Q
Borrelia recurrentis
A
Louse
17
Q
Brugia malayi
A
Mosquito
18
Q
Chikungunya virus
A
Mosquito
19
Q
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
A
Tick
20
Q
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
A
Lone star tick
21
Q
Francisella tularensis
A
rabbit
22
Q
Japanese encephalitis virus
A
Mosquito
23
Q
Leishmania donovani
A
Sandfly
24
Q
Orientia tsutsugamushi
A
Mites
25
Rickettsia akari
Mites
26
Rickettsia typhi
Fleas
27
Rift Valley fever
Mosquito, touching infected animal blood, or drinking infected animal milk
28
St. Louis encephalitis virus
Culex mosquito
29
Wuchereria bancrofti
Mosquito
