Vectors Flashcards
1
Q
Borrelia sp. (Endemic relapsing fever)
A
Soft ticks (Ornithodoros)
2
Q
B. microti (Babesia)
A
Ixodes scapularis
3
Q
B. burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
A
Ixodes scapularis
4
Q
A. phagocytophilum (Anaplasmosis)
A
Ixodes scapularis
5
Q
F. tularensis (Tularemia)
A
Dermacentos variabilis (American dog tick)
6
Q
R. rickettsii (Rocky Mt Spotted Fever)
A
Dermacentos variabilis (American dog tick)
7
Q
B. recurrentis (Epidemic relapsing fever)
A
Lice
8
Q
Y. pestis (Plague)
A
Flea
9
Q
R. typhi (Murine/Endemic typhus)
A
Flea
10
Q
Plasmodium sp. (Malaria)
A
Anopheles mosquito
11
Q
Flavivirus (Dengue and Yellow Fever)
A
Aedes mosquito
12
Q
Brugia and Wucheria (Fliariasis)
A
Mosquito
13
Q
Masonella (Filariasis)
A
Midge
14
Q
Trypanosoma brucei (African sleeping sickness)
A
TseTse Fly
15
Q
Onchocerca volvulus (Onchocerciasis - River blindness)
A
Black fly
