Arthropod vectors and organisms

Question 1

Xenopsylla cheopsis aka Oriental Rat Flea

Answer 1

Yersinia pestis, Rickettsia typhi

Question 2

Ctenocephalides felis aka Cat Flea

Answer 2

Bartonella henselae

Question 3

Lutzomiya spp. aka Sandfly

Answer 3

Bartonella bacilliformis

Question 4

Chrysopsinae spp. aka Deerfly
Dermacentor spp., and Ambylomma spp. aka Tick

Answer 4

Francisella tularensis

Question 5

Dermacentor spp.,
Ambylomma spp. or Tick

Answer 5

(Rickettsia spp.) Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia conoriii, Rickettsia heliongjiangesis, Rickettsia honei, Rickettsia japonica, Rickettsia rickettsi, Rickettsia parkeri, Rickettsia sibirica, Rickettsia slovaca, Neorickettsia sennetsu

Question 6

Ixodes spp. aka Tick

Answer 6

Anaplasma, Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia miyamotoi

Question 7

Ornithodoros spp. aka Tick

Answer 7

Borrelia turicatae, B. parkeri (Relapsing fever)

Question 8

Ambylomma spp. aka Lone star tick

Answer 8

Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Question 9

Pediculus humanus subsp. humanus aka Human louse

Answer 9

Borrelia recurrentis, Bartonella quintana, Rickettsia prowazekii

Question 10

Leptotrombidium spp. aka Chiggers

Answer 10

Orientia tsutsugamushi

Question 11

Aedes spp. aka Mosquito

Answer 11

Yellow fever virus, Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya viruses, West Nile virus, Eastern Equine, Western Equine encephalitis virus

Question 12

Culex spp. aka Mosquito

Answer 12

Japanese B encephalitis virus