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tropical diseases Flashcards

1
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sand flies infection

A

leishmaniasis

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tsetse fly

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sleeping sickness

trypanosomiasis

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3
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ticks

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rickettsial infections

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4
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mosquitoes

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malaria, dengue fever

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5
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malaria - pathophysiology

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female anopheles mosquitos - infect - sporozoites in blood, then merozoites in liver - proliferate and haemolyse RBCs

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6
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most severe form of malaria

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plasmodium falciparum

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7
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malaria symptoms

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fevers aches malaise

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malaria complications

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cerebral malaria, blackwater fever (profound anaemia, AKI)
pulmonary oedema
jaundice

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9
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malaria tests

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thick and thin blood film
rapid Ag test
QBC

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10
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malaria drugs tx

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quinine

severe - Artemisinins

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11
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typhoid fever spread?

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poor sanitation and unclean water

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12
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typhoid tx

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ciprofloxacin

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13
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dengue spread

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viral break bone fever, tx conservative

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schistosomiasis

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Malawi - freshwater snails. swimmers itch - cough - katayama fever - acute (eggs) - chronic

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15
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schistosomiasis tx

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praziquantal

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16
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zika

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daytime Aedes mosquitoes

17
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prophylaxis for malaria

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malarone or doxycycline

18
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water and mud

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  • Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)
  • Leptospirosis (Weil’s Disease)
  • Liver ukes
  • Strongyloidiasis
  • Hookworms
  • Guinea worms
19
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arthropod vectors

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  • Malaria
  • Dengue fever
  • Rickettsial infections (eg, Tick typhus)
  • Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar)
  • Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness, Chagas’ diseases)
  • Filariasis (Elephantiasis)
  • Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
20
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viral haemorrhagic fevers

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  • Yellow fever
  • Dengue haemorrhagic fever
  • Hantavirus infections
  • Lassa fever
  • Marburg fever
  • Ebola fever
  • Congo-Crimea haemorrhagic fever
21
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zoonoses

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brucellosis

rabies

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