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Disease and vector Flashcards

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Oroya Fever

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Lutzomyia verrucarum (sandfly), bartonella bacilliformis

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Leishmaniasis

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Lutzomyia spp., Phlebotomus spp. (sandfly), Leishmania spp.

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Chagas disease

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Reduviid bug, trypanosoma cruzi

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Plague

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Xenopsylla cheopis (rat flea), yersinia pestis

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Endemic typhus

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Xenopsylla cheopis (rat flea), rickettsia typhi

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Cat-scratch disease

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Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea), bartonella henselae

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Tularemia

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Chrysops discalis (deer fly), Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky mountain wood tick), Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick), Francisella tularensis

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Loaisis

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Chrysops, family Tabanidae (deer or mango fly), Loa loa

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African trypanosomiasis

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Glossina morsitans (tsetse fly), T. Gambiense and rhodesiense

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Onchocerciasis

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Simulium spp. (Black fly), Onchocerca volvulus

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Filariasis

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Culex, Aedes, Anopheles (mosquitoes), Wuchereria bancrofti

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Rocky mountain spotted fever

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Dermacentor andersoni (rocky mountain wood tick), Rickettsia reckettsii

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Mediterranean spotted fever

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Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick), Rickettsia conorii

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Lyme disease

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Ixodes dammini (scapularis), Ixodes pacificus, Borrelia burgdorferi

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Scrub typhus

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Trombiculid red mites (larval stage, chigger), Orientia tsutsugamushi

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Rickettsial pox

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Liponyssoides sanguineus (mouse mite), Rickettsia akari

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Epidemic fever

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Pediculus humanus (human body louse), Rickettsia prowazekii

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Relapsing fever

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Pediculus humanus (human body louse), Borrelia recurrentis

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Trench Fever

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Pediculus humanus (human body louse), Bartonella quintana

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Ehrlichiosis

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Amblyomma americanum (E. Chaffeenis-Monocytic), Ixodes scapularis & Ixodes pacificus (E. Phagocytophilia-Granulocytic)

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Penicilliosis

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Bamboo Rat, P. Marneffi

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