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50 Cards in this Set
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Louse borne relapsing fever vector and pathogen |
Body lice, Borrelia recurrentis |
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Trench fever vector and pathogen |
Body lice, Bartonella quintana |
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Epidemic typhus vector and pathogen |
Body lice, Rickettsia prowazekii |
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Epidemic typhus transmission |
Feces of infected body louse is scratched into bite wound |
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Epidemic typhus symptoms |
Severe headache, sustained high fever, rash, muscle pain |
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What lice treatments kill live lice but not nits? |
Pyrethrins Permethrin lotion 1% Benzyl alcohol lotion 5% |
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What lice treatments kill nits? |
Malathion lotion 0.5% (partially ovicidal) Lindane shampoo 1% |
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Phthiraptera suborders |
Anoplura--Sucking Lice Ischnocera--Chewing Lice Amblycera--Chewing Lice |
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Most important flea vector in US |
Oropsylla montana |
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Animal reservoir for plague |
Rock squirrels, California ground squirrels, prairie dogs |
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Asian, African, and South American flea vector |
Xenopsylla cheopis--Oriental rat flea |
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Above what temperature do epidemics decrease? |
27 C |
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Infestation by chigoe fleas |
Tungiasis |
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Typhus vectored by fleas |
Murine (endemic) typhus |
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Murine typhus pathogen |
Rickettsia typhi |
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3 forms of plague |
Bubonic Pneumonic Septicemic |
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Plague pathogen |
Yersina pestis |
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Wild part of disease cycle |
Sylvatic |
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Domestic part of disease cycle |
Urban |
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Sylvatic plague is most threatening to humans when it is: |
Epizootic |
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Life cycle duration of lice |
3-5 weeks |
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Life cycle duration of fleas |
Egg: 18 days--20months Larvae: 9--15 days Pupa: 7days--1 year Adult: Up to 4 years |
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Sand fly life cycle |
7--10 weeks |
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Pathogen sand flies vector |
Leishmania |
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What does the pathogen leishmania cause? |
Leishmaniasis |
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Three manifestations of leishmaniasis |
Cutaneous Mucocutaneous Visceral |
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Infective stage of Leishmania |
Promastigote |
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Stage of Leishmania that is picked up by sand flies |
Amastigote |
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Pathogens that cause cutaneous leishmaniasis |
L. major L. tropica |
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Pathogen that causes mucocutaneous leishmaniasis |
L. braziliensis |
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Pathogens that transmit visceral leishmaniasis |
L. donovani L. infantum |
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Treatments for leishmaniasis |
Anti-parasite miltefisone Antifungal amphotericin B |
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What pathogen transmits bartonellosis? |
Bartonella bacilliformis |
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Pathogen transmitting sandfly fever |
Phlebovirus |
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What is zooprophyllaxis? |
Diversion of vector bites from reservoir to other hosts |
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Vector of filarial worms and genus of worms |
Biting midges, Mansonella |
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Vector and pathogen that causes Epizootic Hemorragic Disease |
Biting midges, Orbivirus |
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Vector and pathogen of bluetongue virus |
Biting midges, Orbivirus |
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Vector and pathogen of Onchoceriasis (River blindness) |
Black flies, Onchocera volvulus |
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Endosymbiont released when Onchocera volvulus die |
Wolbachi pipientis |
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Treatment of River Blindness |
Ivermectin |
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Vector and pathogen of African trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness) |
Tsetse flies, Trypanosoma brucei |
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Gland fed, live birth of tsetse fly larvae |
Adenotrophic viviparity |
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Names and vectors of chronic and acute trypanosomiasis |
Chronic--West African, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Acute--East African, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense |
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Life stage where trypanosomes infect humans |
Trypomastigotes |
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Nagana vector and pathogen |
Black flies, Trypanosoma brucei brucei |
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Vector and pathogen of Surra |
Tabanidae, Trypanosoma evansi |
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Vector and pathogen of Tularemia |
Tabanidae, Francisella tularensis |
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Vector and pathogen of Loiasis |
Tabanidae, Loa loa |
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Swelling near eye due to Loa loa infection |
Calabar |
