Parasites

Question 1

organism that transmits disease causing agent (microorganism) from infected to uninfected being

Answer 1

vector

Question 2

deposit in moist areas; Leishmaniasis; wingless

Answer 2

sand flies

Question 3

causes rash on legs and catch it from hotels; takes 14 days to develop

Answer 3

bed bugs

Question 4

“assassin”, kissing bug, feeds and defecates and host scratches eye causing swelling

Answer 4

Rediuviiadae

Question 5

vector for trypanosoma cruzii

Answer 5

Rediuviiadae

Question 6

life cycle egg to nymph to adult; treat by removing nits

Answer 6

lice

Question 7

causes dermatitis; cat ____ is most common; egg to larvae to pupa to adult

Answer 7

flea

Question 8

vector for Y. pestis, B. henselae, and rickettsia

Answer 8

flea

Question 9

Acari

Answer 9

ticks or mites

Question 10

binds and releases chemicals that suppress host immune system

Answer 10

ticks

Question 11

associated with dust, scabies, and scrub typhus

Answer 11

mites

Question 12

have multiple feeding stages:
larvae to nymph to adult

Answer 12

ticks

Question 13

sugar in animals that ticks can transmit to us and cause us to have allergic reaction to meat

Answer 13

Alpha-gal

Question 14

induces behavioral changes
can get from cat feces

Answer 14

Toxoplasmosis

Question 15

to treat toxoplasmosis

Answer 15

folic acid synthesis inhibitors

Question 16

tick borne; blood transfusion infection
asymptomatic

Answer 16

Babesiosis

Question 17

intestinal parasite (food borne)
fatigue/loose stools

Answer 17

Giardia

Question 18

to treat Giardia

Answer 18

metronidazole

Question 19

chagas disease is caused by what microorganism (kissing bugs)

Answer 19

trypanosoma cruzii

Question 20

trichomoniasis causes what in women and men

Answer 20

women: STI
men: nothing

Question 21

to treat trichomoniasis

Answer 21

metronidazole

Question 22

drug used to treat most protozoan infections

Answer 22

metronidazole

Question 23

drug used to treat most metazoan infections

Answer 23

mebendazole

Question 24

transmits to brain and Spinal Cord; undercooked meat

Answer 24

tapeworms

Question 25

causes perianal itching

Answer 25

pinworms

Question 26

can catch from dogs and cats

Answer 26

roundworms