Exoparasite Flashcards by Brittany Tucker | Brainscape

Q

Common name: body lice
Clinical: pediculosis
slender with hooks

Insecta

A

Pediculus humanus

Insecta

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Common: bed bug
carries leprosy

Insecta

A

Cimex lectularius

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Q

Common: crab lice
Clinical: STI, crabs, pediculosis
rotund with claws

Insecta

A

Pthirus pubis

Insecta

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Q

Common: lone star tick
Lyme disease
embeds into skin

Arachnidia

A

Ablyomma americanum

Arachnidia

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Common: scabies
mite that causes scabies

Arachnidia

A

Sarcoptes scabei

Arachnidia

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Q

Common: chiggers
tiny red bugs
cause itching
no transmission occurs

Arachnidia

A

Neotrombicula autumnalis

Arachnidia

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zika
zabra stripe legs

arthropod vector

A

Aedes

arthropod vector

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Malaria
big mosquito

arthropod vector

A

Anopholes

arthropod vector

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Q

West nile virus
tiny misquito

arthropod vector

A

Culex

arthropod vector

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