Fly Flashcards by Aliasgahr Karimi | Brainscape

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Mosquito (Aedes)

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Dengue fever, Zika virus, Chikungunya

Dengue virus, Zika virus, Chikungunya virus

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Mosquito (Anopheles)

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Malaria

Plasmodium species (P. falciparum, P. vivax)

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Mosquito (Culex)

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West Nile virus, Japanese encephalitis

West Nile virus, Japanese encephalitis virus

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Tsetse fly

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African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)

Trypanosoma brucei

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Sandfly (Phlebotomus, Lutzomyia)

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Leishmaniasis

Leishmania species

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Blackfly (Simulium)

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Onchocerciasis (river blindness)

Onchocerca volvulus

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Tsetse fly

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African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)

Trypanosoma brucei

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Reduviid bug (Kissing bug)

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Chagas disease

Trypanosoma cruzi

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Body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis)

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Epidemic typhus

Rickettsia prowazekii

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Deer fly (Chrysops)

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Loiasis

Loa loa

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Flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)

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Plague

Yersinia pestis

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Tick (Ixodes)

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Lyme disease, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis

Borrelia burgdorferi, Babesia microti, Anaplasma phagocytophilum

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Tick (Dermacentor)

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Rickettsia rickettsii

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