Buzz Words Vectors and Disease

Question 1

Lutzomyia verrucarum (sandfly)

Answer 1

Oroya fever (Bartonella bacilliformis)

Question 2

Lutzomyia spp., Phlebotomus spp. (sandfly)

Answer 2

Leishmaniasis (Leishmania spp)

Question 3

Reduviid bug

Answer 3

Chagas disease (T. cruzi)

Question 4

Xenopsylla cheopis (rat flea)

Answer 4

Plague (Yersinia pestis), Endemic typhus (Rickettsia typhi)

Question 5

Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)

Answer 5

Cat-scratch disease (Bartoneela henselae)

Question 6

Chrysops, family Tabanidae (deer or mango fly)

Answer 6

Loaisis (Loa loa)

Question 7

Glossina morsitans (tsetse fly)

Answer 7

African trypanosomiasis (T. gambiense and rhodesiense)

Question 8

Simulium spp. (black fly)

Answer 8

Onchocerciasis (Onchocerca volvulus)

Question 9

Culex, Aeses, Anopheles (mosquitoes)

Answer 9

Filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti)

Question 10

Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain wood tick)

Answer 10

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis), Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii)

Question 11

Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick)

Answer 11

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)

Question 12

Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick)

Answer 12

Mediterranean spotted fever (Rickettsia conorii)

Question 13

Ixodes dammini (scapularis), Ixodes pacificus

Answer 13

Lyme disease (borrelia burgdorferi)

Question 14

Trombiculid red mites (larval stage: chigger)

Answer 14

Scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi)

Question 15

Liponyssoides sanguineus (mouse mite)

Answer 15

Rickettsialpox (Rickettisia akari)

Question 16

Pediculus humanus (human body louse)

Answer 16

Epidemic fever (Rickettsia prowazekii), Relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis), Trench fever (Bartonella quintana)