Bugs Flashcards
Anopheles Mosquito Vector
Malaria
Anopheles Mosquito Activity
Nighttime
Aedes Vector
Chikungunya
Dengue
Yellow fever
Zika
Aedes Activity
most active during the day, about two hours after sunrise and several hours before sunset
Tsetse Fly Vector
African trypanosomes (sleeping sickness)
Tsetse fly bite characteristics
Painful and chancre may develop at bite location.
Tsetse Activity
Day. Most Active first two hours and the last two hours of the day
Sand Fly Activity
Dusk till dawn
Sand Fly Vector
Leishmaniasis
Sand Fly bite
central crater (ulcer),
Reduviid Bug Vector
Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease
Culex Mosquito Vector
West Nile Virus (WNV)
St. Louis Encephalitis Virus (SLEV)
Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV)
Reduviid Bug Vector Activity
Night
Culex Mosquito Activity
Dusk till dawn
Deer Fly Vector
Loa loa
Black Fly Vector
Onchocerciasis, also known as “river blindness”
Typhus fevers Vector
fleas, lice, and chiggers (Rat Fleas)
Tick Vector
African Tick borne Fever
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Mediterranean Spotted Fever
Tick Borne Enceplalitis
Ixodes Tick Vector
Lyme Disease
Two forms of African Trypanosomiasis, Location, Prevalence?
Rhodesiense East Africa, mainly Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. (Most travelers)
Gambiense - Central Africa - 98%
What is Winterbotom’s sign? Significance?
Swelling on the back of the neck.
African trypanosomiasos
Transient migratory, subcutaneous, painful, or pruritic nodules
Loa Loa - Caabar Swelling -swelling) produced by adult nematode migration through the skin.
Loa Loa vector
Deer Fly
African Eye Wormk (AKA)
Loa Loa
What is the most common cause of Traveler’s Diarrhea?
Bacterial infections are short-lived and self-limited.
Persiststant Diarrhea cause
Protozoan Parasites
What is the most common Parasitic Pathogen?
Giardia is the most likely persistent parasitic pathogen.
Contraindications to Air Travel
<3 weeks after an uncomplicated myocardial infarction
<10 days after thoracic or abdominal surgery.
