Disease and vector Flashcards
Oroya Fever
Lutzomyia verrucarum (sandfly), bartonella bacilliformis
Leishmaniasis
Lutzomyia spp., Phlebotomus spp. (sandfly), Leishmania spp.
Chagas disease
Reduviid bug, trypanosoma cruzi
Plague
Xenopsylla cheopis (rat flea), yersinia pestis
Endemic typhus
Xenopsylla cheopis (rat flea), rickettsia typhi
Cat-scratch disease
Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea), bartonella henselae
Tularemia
Chrysops discalis (deer fly), Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky mountain wood tick), Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick), Francisella tularensis
Loaisis
Chrysops, family Tabanidae (deer or mango fly), Loa loa
African trypanosomiasis
Glossina morsitans (tsetse fly), T. Gambiense and rhodesiense
Onchocerciasis
Simulium spp. (Black fly), Onchocerca volvulus
Filariasis
Culex, Aedes, Anopheles (mosquitoes), Wuchereria bancrofti
Rocky mountain spotted fever
Dermacentor andersoni (rocky mountain wood tick), Rickettsia reckettsii
Mediterranean spotted fever
Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick), Rickettsia conorii
Lyme disease
Ixodes dammini (scapularis), Ixodes pacificus, Borrelia burgdorferi
Scrub typhus
Trombiculid red mites (larval stage, chigger), Orientia tsutsugamushi