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Flashcards in Sketchy: Trypanosoma brucei Deck (13)
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1
Q

Cue:

  • rolling hills outside the window
A

recurrent, undulating fevers

2
Q

After biting, the parasites move from the blood to the ______.

A

lymph nodes

3
Q

Because Trypanosoma brucei cause CNS infections, the treatments for them are ____.

A

highly toxic

4
Q

Cue:

  • tea in teacup with fly inside on bedside table
A

tea and fly = tsetse fly vector

5
Q

Cue:

  • trickle of blood from the fingertip next to a goat stuffed animal
A

trypomastigotes on blood smear

6
Q

What do Trypanosoma brucei cause?

A

sleeping sickness

7
Q

Cue:

  • sleeping princess in a bed
A

sleeping sickness, coma

8
Q

Cue:

  • single pink ribbon in her hair
A

motile with single flagella

9
Q

How are the Trypanosoma brucei transmitted?

A

painful bite of the Tsetse fly

10
Q

Cue:

  • multicolored tents scattered across the grounds
A

variable surface glycoprotein coats undergoing constant antigenic variation

11
Q

Cue:

  • pearl necklace and ruffled sleeves
A

cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy

12
Q

Cue:

  • poster of Africa with Gambeza and Rhodesia pinned
A

Trypanosoma brucei Gambiense and Rhodesience

13
Q

Cue:

  • Prince Bruce carrying a life-saving serum and a bar of soap
A
  • life-saving serum = suramin - tx for peripheral blood (suramin treats serum)
  • bar of soap = melarsoprol - tx for CNS infection