Quiz 1 Flashcards by Meagan McKiernan | Brainscape

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vector

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carrier of organism that transmits pathogen

mosquito

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host

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organism that harbors another organism

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pathogen

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organism causing disease to its host

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arboviruses

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arthropod born virus

examples: EEE, west nile virus, zika

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pathogens - protists

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malaria, chagas, african sleeping sickness

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pathogens- nematodes

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dog heartworm, black fly borne disease

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pathogens - bacteria

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yersinia pestis (bubonic plague), typhus,

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arbovirus

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anthropod born virus

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example of arbovirus

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EEE
west nile
dengue
zika

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pathogens from protists

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malaria
african sleeping sickness
chagas disease

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pathogens from bacteria

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bubonic plague
typhus
lyme disease

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tick borne diseases

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lyme disease
powassan virus

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Mechanisms (mechanical transmission)

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salmonella, myiasi

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