Infectious Diseases Flashcards
What is the name of the New World Screw Worm?
Cochliomyia hominivorax (Control - Sterile flies)
What is the name of the Old World Screw Worm?
Chrysomya bezziana
What is unique about the infestation of the screw worm makes it different from other blow flies?
Maggots feed on live tissue
What is the definition of drift as it pertains to flu viruses?
Small changes (mutations) that can lead to changes in the surface H & A proteins
What is the definition of shift as it pertains to flu viruses?
Abrupt major changes in flu viruses resulting in entirely new H & A proteins (new subtype that may be able to infect humans)
What is the prioritization of zoonotic disease in the US?
- Zoonotic Flu Viruses
- Salmonellosis
- West Nile Virus
- Plague
- Emerging Coronaviruses
- Rabies
- Brucellosis
- Lyme Disease
What are the zoonotic diseases that are prioritized by the US?
- Flu
- Salmonella
- West Nile Virus
- Plague
- Emerging Coronavirus
- Rabies
- Brucellosis
- Lyme Disease
What is American Foulbrood?
Paenibacillus larvae
- spore former (40 year survival)
- affects all brood types
- vegetative form is gram + rod
What is European Foulbrood?
Melissococcus plutonius
- Can be treated with oxytetracycline
- stress disease
- No spores, gram +
What is Chalkbrood?
Ascosphaera apis (fungus)
- weakens hive (decrease honey)
- all larval types
What is Sacbrood virus?
Sacbrood virus is caused by the sacbrood virus (Iflavirus) which affects worker bee larvae thought to be infected by consuming contaminated water, pollen or nectar.
Weakens hive
What causes adult bee paralysis?
Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) causes a disease characterized by trembling, flightless, and crawling bees, while Acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV) is commonly detected in apparently healthy colonies, usually associated to Varroa destructor.
Pollen and nectar from toxic plants (buttercup, Laurel, Jasmine and others)
What is Nosema?
caused by two species of microsporidian parasites (a type of spore forming fungus) called Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae
Guts of workers, queens and drones
Infected bees usually defecate inside the hives, leaving yellow or yellowish excrement stains on top bars of frames, bottom board, combs, as well as the inside and outside of the hive. Bees infected with Nosema apis also show signs of dysentery and pay poor attention to brood rearing, turning to guard and foraging duties undertaken by older bees. Hypopharyngeal glands of infected EHB lose the ability to produce royal jelly that is fed to brood. Sick bees with distended abdomens crawl in front of the beehives with their wings spread out.
What is the Varroa destructor mite?
The parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, is beekeepers’ public enemy #1. This parasite is present in all honey bee colonies throughout the U.S and most of the world. Varroa harm the bees both by feeding on the developing and adult bees but also by vectoring viruses while they feed.
Deformed wings
What is the name of the honey bee tracheal mite?
Ascarapis woodi - effects adult bees
What is the name of the Small Hive Beetle?
Athina tumida - feed on honey, brood, pollen
What is the name of the honey bee louse?
Braula coeca - minimal threat
What is the name of the wax moth larvae that damage honey combs?
Galleria mellonella
What do Influenza Types A and B cause?
Seasonal epidemics of disease (flu season)
Which is the only flu type to cause pandemics?
A
What type of illness does flu type C cause?
Mild illness in people, not likely epidemics
What species does influenza D mostly affect?
Cattle
How many Hemagglutinin Subtypes are there?
18
How many Neuraminidase Subtypes are there?
11