Parasites Part II Bites and Stings Flashcards
Honeybee venom
phospholipase A, histamine, hyaluronidase, mellitin
Solenopsis (fire ants) venom
Solenopsin D
Bedbug species
Cimex lectularius (common), Cimex hemipterus (tropical)
Triatome reduviid (kissing, assasin bug) caries
T. cruzi
T. cruzi extracutaneous effects
Autonomic nervous system (cardiomegaly, megacolon)
Romana’s sign
unilateral eyelid swelling - chagoma (american T)
Parinaud sign
Preauricular lymphadenopathy (american T)
Blistering agent in blister beetle
Cantharidin
Pulex irritans - comb?
Human flea - no comb
Xenopsylla cheopis - comb?
Oriental rat flea - comb
Ctenocephalides felis - comb
Cat flea - comb
Vector and organism for plague
Xenopsylla cheopis and yersinia pestis
Vector and organism for typhus
Xenopsylla cheopis and rickettsia typhus
Vector for both plague and tularemia
Squirrel flea (diamanus montanus)
Single or multiple black or hemorrhagic crusted papules on toes - sandy beaches
Tungiasis - tunga penetrans (chigoe, sand flea, jigger)
Lagoa crispata (Megalopyge crispata)
Puss caterpillar
Acharia stimulea (Sibine stimulae)
Saddleback caterpillar
Nygmia phoeorrhoea, Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Browntail moth caterpillar
Cossus cossus
goat moth
Caripito itch
Severe conjunctivitis and pruritus with contact to hairs on moth
Lymantria dispar
Gypsy moth caterpillar
Automeris io
Lo moth caterpillar
Hemileuca maia
Buck moth caterpillar
Megalopyge opercularis
Southern flannel caterpillar, puss caterpillar, wooly asp
Lonomia achelous/oblique
Saturniid moth caterpillar, giant silkworm moth
Myiasis
Dermatobia hominis (human botfly), Cordylobia anthropophaga (tumbu fly), Phaenicia sericata (green blowfly)
Tabanidae
Horsefly, deerfly, chrysops (tularemia and loiasis)
Muscidae
Tsete fly (african trympanosomiasis)
Simulidae
Black fly (onchocerciasis)
Psychodidae
Sandfly (leishmaniasis - phlebotomus/lutzomyia), lutzomyia verrucarum (oroya feer/verruga peruana - b. bacilliformis
Anopheles mosquito
Malaria
Aedes mosquito
Yellow fever, dengue fever
Culex mosquito
Filariasis, west nile fever
Amblyomma ticks (lone star)
Ehrlichiosis, rickettsial infections (RMSF - r. ricketsii, american tick bite fever - r. parkeri, african tick bite fever - r. africae, STARI, tularemia
Dermacentor ticks
D. andersoni - RMSF, colorado tick fever
D. variabilis (dog tick) - RMSF, tularemia, erlichiosis, q fever
Rhipicephalus ticks
Brown dog tick - boutonneuse fever, RMSF, congo-crimean hemorrhagic fever virus
Ixodes ticks
Deer tick (ixodes scapularis/pacificus) - lyme disease, human granulocytotropic anaplasmosis, babesiosis
Lyme borreliosis pathogen/vector
Borrelia burgdorferi
Ixodes dammini, scapluaris, pacificus, amblyomma americanum
Relapsing fever pathogen/vector
Borrelia duttonii, Borrelia hermsii, Borrelia turicatae
Ornithodoros moubata
RMSF pathogen/vector
Rickettsia ricketsii
A americanum, dermacentor andersoni (wood), variabilis (dog), Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog)