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What affects the risk of introduction of vector borne dz?

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  • VECTOR and PATHOGEN

- within infected animal (possibly subclinical)/fomites

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What are arthropods?LOOK SLIDES ONLINE

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lice/fleas etc.

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What is the PETS?

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  • pet travel scheme
  • protect individual pets and UK Dz status
  • requires RABIES and TAPEWORM (echinococcus multilocularis, Praziquantel) tx (used to need tick tx but dont now)
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See lecture for tickborne pathogens imported in dogs travelling from EU

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Which tickbrne pathogens are non-endemic to the UK and which are ednemic?

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> non-endemic
- babesia canis canis
- babesia gibsoni 
- erhlichia canis
> endemic
- borrelia burgdorferi
- anaplasma phagocytophilum
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What is the caster bean tick? Distribution?

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  • Ixodes ricinis

- WIdespread

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What is the brown dog tick?

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> Ripicephalus sanguineus

  • life cycle requires > 18*
  • NOT ENDEMIC UK but can establish in kennels etc
  • vector for meditteranean spotted fever (Rickettsia Conorii) humans, Babesia and Ehrlichia
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What is babesiosis?

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-protozoan parasite of RBCs transmitted by ticks
- 2 main genera Babesia and Theileria = piroplasms
> pathogen s
- large (b canis canis: EUrope, b canis vogeli: Africa, USA: Europe, Australia, b canis rossi: S Africa)
- small (B Gibsoni: Asia, Africa, USA, S. EUrope)

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Where are babesia infections common?

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  • eurpoe
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Pathogenesis of babesia?

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  • WITHIN TICKS trans-stadially and trans-ovarially (from larva to adult and adult to larva)
  • sporozoites injected from tick salivary glands
  • enter circulation, endocytosed by RBCs
  • immune mediaed component of pathology
  • thrombocytopenia common (but usually not cause of abnormal bleeding etc, anaemia most noted pathology)
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Is Babesia zoonotic?

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No but infected ticks may cross to humans if they possess a differnt strain

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Which babesia affect humans? Reservoir?

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> B. Microti 
- rodent reservoir
> B. Divergens 
- cattle reservoir 
*most important causes of human Babesiosis*
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Clinical signs of babesiosis?

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  • hemolytic anaemia
  • lethargy, depression, inapetence
  • icterus
  • splenomegaly
  • tachycardia/tachypnoea
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How can babesia be dx on lab findings? ?

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  1. Lab findings
    - non specific
    - thrombocytonpenia common
    - Coombs+
    - Agglutination
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How can babesia be dx on microscopy ? Sensitivity?

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  • low sensitivty
  • not recommended as sole screening test
    > pear shaped, pyriform intraerythrocytic organisms
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How can babesia be dx on PCR?

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  • high sensitivity
  • broad-range Babesia PC
  • species identification possible using species specific PCR/sequencing
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How can babesia be dx on serology?

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  • usually indirect flueorescence Ab test/ELISA
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Tx babesia?

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  • anibabesial drug (Imidocarb dipropionate)
  • large forms: rapid clinical repsonse
  • small forms: clinical and parastiological cure uncommon - clincial relapse can occour
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Canine erhlichia and anaplasma spp?

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> monocytic 
- Ehrlichia Canis
- Ehrclichia Chaffeensis (causes human monocyte ehrlichiosis, transmited by Ambylomma americanum, molecular evidence of canine infections) 
> thrombocytic
- Anaplasma platys 
> Granulocytic 
- Anaplasma phagocytophilum 
- Ehrlichia Erwingii
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is erhlichia zoonotic?

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NO deffo not only candis

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Outline pathogensis of ehrlichia canis

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> acute [1-4weeks]
- vasculitis and immune destruction -> thrombocytonpenia and coagulopathy
- multi-systemic signs
- spleen and LN enlargement
- CNS/ocular signs
subclinical carriers possible [months- years]
chronic [classical form of the dz]
- BM destruction -> pancytopenia (can present similar to acute)

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Dx ehrlichia canis?

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  • morulae in monocytes in blood smear or macrophages from tssue aspirates (spleen, lung, LN)
  • thrombocytonpeni/pancytopenia
  • IFA/ELISA
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Tx/prevention of ehrlichia? Vax?

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  • Tetracyclines for 28d
  • Chloramphenicol
  • No vax
  • Chemoprophylaxis
  • Tick-control
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Clinical signs of A. Phagocytpohilum in dogs?

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  • mild/mod thrombocytopenia
  • lymphopenia
  • mild anaemia
  • natural chronic infection has not been seen
  • impaired PMN fucntion pdf 2* infection
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WHich species are affected by a. phagocytophilum?
- dogs - cats rarely - zoonotic rarelyl and unclear if domestic animals pose zoonotic risk (role as sentinels)
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What does Borellia cause?
- Lyme disease
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What lifecycle does Borellia Burgdfori ahve?
- sylvatic (tick wildlife ) - dogs incidental hosts - no evidence that companion animals are a source of infection for people but can import infected ticks
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Which pathogenic genospecies of borellia exist?
- B. afzelii (skin ) - B. garinii (CNS) - B. Burgdorferi sensu stricto (only pathogenic sp. found in N. America, present some parts of Europe and can cause neurological/arthritic complications)
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What is the most prevalent tick-transmitted infection in temperate areas of Europe, N. America and Asia?
- Lyme disease | and increasing prevalence
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Clinical signs of Lyme disease?
- Erythema migrans (bullseye) | - later clinical signs involve skin, nervous, musculoskeletal systems (polyarthropathy etc.)
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Prevalence of infected ticks on dogs in UK? Europe?
- 0.5% UK - ~12% europe > esp humid areas eg. woodland
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Otimal habitat for ticks?
- humid eg. woodland
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What is common with Borreliosis in dogs?
- co-infection eg. a. phagocytophilia
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Commonest signs of Borreliosis in dogs?
- lethargy, anorexia, pyrexia - inflammaotry polyarthritis - lymphadednopathy - PLG
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Dx Borreliosis
> complicated - no pathognomic test - asymptomatic seroconversion common - microscopic/genetic detection often not possible
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Tx Borreliosis in dogs?
- Empirical Abx | - Doxycycline/ amoxicillin
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ROutes of transmission of Leishmania possible?
- Phlebotomous vector - venereal - blood products - direct contact (skin wounds)
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Which is the most important species in Europe of Leishmania?
- L. infantum (endemic south europe)
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Prevalence of Leishmania
- p to 70-90% some areas Meditterranean basin eg. Spanish Balearic Islands
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How canprevalnce be monitored/tested?
- PCR and serology (> than disease)
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Highest risk time for infection with Leishmania?
- travelling to endemic areas in high sandfly ties (summer March-NoV)
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What is the situation in the UK of Leishmania status?
- infected dogs are potential reservoir | - BUT require a competant vector (climatic changes would allow this)
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Outline leishmania life cycle ECHO 30mins
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Target cell of leishmania?
- macrophages -> systemic infection in hemolymphatic organs | - parasite persistence -> chonic infection
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Pathogensis of Leishamnia?
- systemic infection in hemolymphatic organs - parasitic persistence can -> chronic infection - protective immunity mediated by T cells (Th1) - signs may develop months-years after infection (>7yrs)
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What does outcome/disease progression depend on in Leishmania?
Types of immune response mounted - Th1 clears infections - Th2 inapprooprate antibody not helpful! - endemic/naive status - age (2-4 and >7yrs more susceptible) - breed - nutrition - concurrent dz - immunosuppression
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CLnical sings of Leishmania?
- emaciation and malaise - visceral and cutaneous signs - skin disease (mucocutaneous junction, erosive/ulcerative, hyperkeratosis) - lymphadenomegaly/splenomegaly - fluctuating signs
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Dx of Leishmania? Purposes of Dx?
> confirm dz or screen at risk healthy dogs/blood donors 1. demonstrate parasite - definitive dx, specificity 100%, senstiivity lower 2. Serology - high Ab titre (plus clinical signs) 3. PCR gold standard - BM, LN, spleen, skin - sensitive esp early infection 4. clinpath - hyperglobunlinaemia (ineffective Th2 B cell response) - decease abl:glob ratio - thrombocytopenia - non-regenerative anaemia - proteinuria
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Tx Leishmania?
> anti-leishmanial drugs -Meglumine antimoniate ("Glucantime") + Allopurinol - prolonged tx - often give clinical remission but persistnet parasitaemia - NOT LIC UK needs import lic > consider PTS (zoonotic risk, especially where endemic)
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Prevention of Leishmania?
- avoid sandflies - topical insecticides > imidacloprid/permethrin spoton (apply 2d before travelling) > Deltamethrin impregnated collars (apply 2w before travelling) - vax available
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Forms of human infections leishmania? Who is at risk? What is the 1* route of transmission?
- cutaneous/visceral [fatal]/mucocutaneous/self-limiting or subclin dz - at risk young and immunosuppressed - 1* route of infection = transmission by sandflies from dogs, direct contact? Poss - population level correlation between human and canine dz prevalence but dog ownership not a risk factor (indivdual level)
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Where is dirofilaria immitis endemic? What is the vector and what does it caause?
- endemic europe, USA, Australia (Not UK yet) | - mosquito vector
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What does dirofilaria immitis cause?
> Heart worm - occupies R heart and PAs - clinical signs : coughing, dyspnoea, v excercise tolerance
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Whcih species more resistant to heart worm?
- cats but disease can still occour | - ZOONOTIC
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Is heart worm zoonotic?
YES
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How long is the PPP for heart worm?
~6m
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Prophlyaxis for heart worm for animals travelling abroad
- monthly selamectin (Stronghold) - monthly milbemycin (Program +/Milbemax) - monthly moxidectin (Advocate)
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Tx Dirofilaria Immitis?
- 1. Symptomatic tx (steroids, tx CHF) - 2. Adulticide tx (melarsomine) - 3. Microfilarial tx (levamisole, ivermectin, milbemycin)
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WHat is Bartonella?
- small G- hemotropic bacteria - transmitted by fleas (+- ticks) - Bartonella henselae most common in cats (difernet host-adapted species within Bartonella genus) - Widespread but cats don't get disease - ZOONOTIC
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What does BArtonella cause?
Cat scratch disease Bartonellosis | - swollen LNs if immunocompetent, bacillary angiomatosis if immunocompromised
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Main reasons for complicated diagnosis of arthropod transmitted dz?
- long incubation period | - asymptomatic states
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Which breed is pdf severe reactions to Ehrlichia?
GSDs
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Are zoonotic dz always of clinical relevance to veterinary spp?
May be of low (Bartonella) or high (Leishmania) relevance
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Are zoonotic diseases always directly transmitted?
- direclty (Cat-scratch dz) | - indiretly via vector
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What are vectorborne dz?
- dz caused by parsites, bacteria or viruses transmitted by the bite of hematophagous arthropods

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