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53 Cards in this Set
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African eye worm
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migration of adult Loa loa through the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye
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ague
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malarial fever
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bilharzia
bilharziasis |
schistosomiasis
named after Theodor H. Bilharz who first identified the trematode as the cause of snail fever |
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black fly fever
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combination of symptoms resulting from sensitization to bites by black flies (order Simuliidae), possibly due to a reaction to black fly saliva
symptoms include headache, nausea, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and aching joints |
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blackhead
(non-human) |
disease of turkeys caused by Histomonas meleagridis, a flagellate protozoa
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blackwater fever
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complication of malaria in which erythrocytes hemolyze, releasing hemoglobin into the bloodstream
death may occur due to kidney failure hemoglobin in the urine causes it to be dark red or black, which is the source of the name |
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blue tongue
(non-human) |
viral disease of ruminants transmitted by biting midges (family Ceratopogonidae)
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bicho-de-pé (foot bug)
jigger |
Tunga penetrans or the chigoe flea
1mm long, the smallest flea known Not the same thing as a chigger |
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breakbone fever
dengue fever (viral) |
viral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, the same mosquitoes that are vectors for yellow fever and Chikungunya
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Calabar swellings
fugitive swellings |
red, itchy but non-tender swellings in the limbs and near joints caused by angioedema due to Loa loa filariasis
(Calabar is a city in southeastern Nigeria) |
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Carrión's disease
(bacterial) |
bartonellosis (a bacterial disease) carried by sand flies, also known as Oroya fever (acute form) and verruga peruana (chronic form)
named for Daniel Alcides Carrión, a medical student who self-inoculated with material from a chronic bartonellosis patient and who died a few weeks later of the acute disease, thus establishing a link between the acute and chronic forms |
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Chagas disease
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disease of humans and other mammals caused by Trypanosoma cruzi
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chiclero ulcer
bay sore |
form of cutaneous leishmaniasis in which the pinna of the ear is ulcerated
usually due to L. mexicana, transmitted by sand flies found among agricultural workers harvesting chicle trees in Lesion of the pinna of the ear due to cutaneous leishmaniasis, usually Leishmania mexicana; seen in workers harvesting chicle plants in Mexico and Central America |
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chorioptic mange
(non-human) |
dermatitis of horses, goats, alpacas, cattle, etc.
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dourine
(non-human) |
disease of horses caused by Trypanosoma equiperdum
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dropsy
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ascites
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elephantiasis
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lymphatic filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti (mosquito vector)
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espundia
chiclero ulcer uta pian bois |
ulcerative disease caused by Leishmania braziliensis when cutaneous legions migrate or metastasize to mucous membranes
also called Leishmaniasis americana |
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gid
(non-human) |
disorientation with staggering caused by cysticerci of tapeworms in a sheep's brain
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ground itch
dew itch water sore mazamorra |
skin rash caused by bacteria introduced by invasive hookworm or threadworm larvae
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halzoun syndrome
marrara syndrome |
nasopharyngeal linguatulosis or nasopharyngeal pentastomiasis
edematous congestion of the fauces, tonsils, larynx, nasal passages and conjunctiva due to nymphs of Linguatula serrata may lead to abscesses or death due to asphyxiation note: organisms in subclass Pentastomida are called tongue worms because of a (superficial) resemblance to a vertebrate tongue, but they are respiratory parasites and classified in phylum Arthropoda (subphylum Crustacea) |
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ich (ick)
white spot disease (non-human) |
common disease of freshwater fish caused by the protozoa Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
a similar disease of saltwater fish called marine ich is caused by Cryptocaryon irritans |
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kala-azar
dum-dum fever |
visceral leishmaniasis
kala-azar is Hindi for “black sickness” |
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Katayama fever
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acute schistosomiasis, especially S. japonicum
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mal de caderas
(non-human) |
South American disease of horses similar to surra and caused by Trypanosoma equinum
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mange
(term not used for the human disease) |
contagious skin disease of non-human mammals caused by parasitic mites
sarcoptic mange is caused by Sarcoptes spp, which burrow into the skin it is called scabies in humans demodectic mange (red mange) is caused by Demodex spp, which live in hair follicles it is called demodicosis in humans |
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mild tertian malaria
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malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax
tertian refers to the approxiately two-day intervals of the fevers |
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Mud fever
(non-human) |
dermatitis in the lower limbs of horses caused by bacteria, fungi, chorioptic mange mites, photosensitization, and contact irritation.
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nagana
(non-human) |
disease of native antelopes and other African ruminants caused by Trypanosoma brucei brucei
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oriental sore
Jericho boil Aleppo boil Delhi boil |
cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. tropica or L. major
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Oroya fever
(bacterial) |
acute bartonellosis or Carrión's disease
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Papatasi fever
(viral) |
viral disease transmitted by sandflies
also called sand fly fever |
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pinkeye
(bacterial) |
bacterial conjunctivitis
sometimes transmitted by Hippolates flies |
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plague
Black Death (bacterial) |
zoonotic disease caused by infection with Yersinia pestis, primarily spread to humans by fleas from rodents
in the second plague pandemic from 1347 to 1351, it is estimated that ½ the population of China and 1/3 the population of Europe died, plus others in Africa and other areas enzootic in the western United States but not considered to be a health risk requiring routine immunization |
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quartan fever
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malaria caused by Plasmodium malariae
The name quartan fever is a reference to the fevers which occur at approximately three day intervals rather than two day intervals (tertian fevers) |
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quotidian malaria
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malaria caused by overlapping infections of different Plasmodium spp. and characterized by recurrent fevers approximately every 24 hours
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red-water fever
(non-human) |
protozoan disease in cattle caused by Babesia bigemina and characterized by hemoglobinuria
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river blindness
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onchocerciasis
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Romaña's sign
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edema of the orbit and swelling of the preauricular lymph node characteristic of recent infection of Trypanosoma cruzi
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scabies
seven-year-itch |
contagious skin disease caused by parasitic Sarcoptes spp. mites
the term scabies is used for all affected mammals, while in humans the condition is colloquially known as the seven year itch and sarcoptic mange is used for non-humans |
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scrub typhus
bush typhus (bacterial) |
rickettsial disease transmitted by chigger mites including Leptotrombidium deliense
grouped with spotted fevers rather than other forms of typhus |
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sleeping sickness
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African trypanosomiasis and mosquito-borne, virus-induced encephalitis
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snail fever
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schistosomiasis
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sowda
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severe pruritic dermatitis with darkening of the skin, caused by Onchocerca volvulus
it is often confined to one limb |
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surra
murrina (non-human) |
disease of large mammals caused by Trypanosoma evansi
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swimmer's itch
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dermatitis caused by schistosome cercaria
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typhus
(bacterial) |
rickettsial disease transmitted by fleas or lice
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vagabond's disease
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darkened, thickened skin caused by chronic infestation with body lice (Pediculus humanus humanus)
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verruga peruana
(bacterial) |
chronic bartonellosis or Carrión's disease
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whirling disease
(non-human) |
disease of salmon, trout and related fish caused by the protozoan Myxobolus cerebralis
causes skeletal deformations and neurological damage in fingerlings and fry |
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Winterbottom's sign
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swollen lymph nodes at the base of the skull seen in African trypanasomiasis (sleeping sickness)
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yaws
(bacterial) |
bacterial disease caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue, usually caused by skin-to-skin contact but can also be transmitted by flies
other diseases cause by Treponema pallidum sub-spp. (bejel, pinta, syphilis) are not transmitted by parasitic vectors |
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yellow fever
yellow jack (viral) |
hemorrhagic viral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, the same mosquitoes that are vectors for dengue fever and Chikungunya
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