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18 Cards in this Set
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What is the pathogen in Chagas and type of pathogen is it?
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-Trypansonoma cruzi
-protozoa |
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What part of the world is chagas most prevalent in?
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the Americas (central and south amer)
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What does DALY measure?
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- disibility adjusted life year
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name 3 possible wild animal hosts for chagas in US
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-armadillos
-coyotes -opossums -raccoons |
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what is the vector of Chagas
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-Triatoma rubida
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What are the pathogen lifestages inside the vector?
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_Epimastigotes
-Trypomastigotes |
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Pathogen lifestages inside the host
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-Amastigotes
-Trypomastigotes |
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Name 2 differences between Chagas disease life cycle and African Trypansomiasis life
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-Bloodstream trypomastigotes do not replicate
-parasties as amastigotes replicate inside tissue |
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Name 2 methods T. Cruzi uses to evade human immune system?
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-switching between stages
-intracellular life cycle (in cell so immune system can't capture it inside the fluid in the cell) |
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Name one vector for chagas in US
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Triatoma rubida
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how many immature instar stages do the vectors for chagas have?
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5
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what gender of the chagas disease vector feeds?
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both female and male
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How does the chagas pathogen invade the human host?
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fecal through bite site
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one characteristic symptom of Chagas
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Chagoma
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2 possible cardiac complications of Chagas
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-heart failure
-cardiac arrest |
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Name one method of diagnosis of the acute infection with Chagas
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blood smear
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2 drugs used to treat Chagas. Is infection ever fully eliminated?
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-
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2 methods of control of Chagas in endemic areas
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-
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