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Species in Arthropods Flashcards

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What are two structural features that make arthropods successful in survival?

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small size and chitinous exoskeleton

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What do all viruses have in common?

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ssRNA

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What viruses are under the flavivirus category?

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Yellow fever, Dengue fever, St. Louis encephalitis, Zika

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What viruses are under the togaviruses category?

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Venezuelen equine encephalitis and western equine encephalitis

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What viruses are under the bunyaviruses category?

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La Crosse encephalitis and Rift Valley Fever

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What is the most common virus in colorado?

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Colorado Tick Fever

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What species are considered mites?

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Sarcoptes scabiei, Demodex folliculorum, Eutrombicula spp.

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What is the treatment for Sarcoptes scabiei?

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1% benzene hexachloride or 5% permethrin cream

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What is the common name for these species: Eutrombicula alfreddugesi, Eutrombicula splendens, Trombicula autumnalis

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Chigger mites

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Chigger mites are the vector for what bacteria?

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Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

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What is the common name for Dermacentor variabilis?

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American dog tick

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What is the common name for Dermacentor andersoni?

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Rocky Mountain Wood Tick

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What is the common name for Ixodes scapularis?

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Blacklegged or deer tick

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What is the common name for Rhipicephalus sanguineus?

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Brown dog tick

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What is the common name for Amblyomma maculatum?

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Gulf coast tick

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What is the common name for Amblyomma americanum?

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Lone star tick

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What diseases is Dermacentor variabilis (american dog tick) responsible for?

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-Rickettsial pox
-Tularemia
-Rocky Mountain spotted fever
-Colorado tick fever
-Ehrlichiosis

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What diseases is Dermacentor andersoni responsible for?

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-Tulasemia
-Rocky mountain spotted fever
-colorado tick fever

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What diseases is Ixodes scapularis responsible for?

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-Lyme disease
-Babesiosis
-Powassan disease

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What diseases is Rhipicephalus sanguineus responsible for?

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Rocky mountain spotted fever

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What bacteria does Amblyomma maculatum spread?

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Rickettsia parkeri

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What diseases is Amblyomma americanum responsible for?

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-Tularemia
-Ehrlichiosis
-STARI

23
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What bacteria causes Rickettsial pox?

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Rickettsia akari

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What bacteria causes Tularemia?

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Franscisella tularensis

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What bacteria causes Rocky mountain spotted fever?

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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What is the treatment for RMSF?

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Doxycycline

27
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What bacteria causes Lyme disease?

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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What is the treatment for Lyme Disease?

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Doxycycline

29
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What can be a complication some patients can have when dealing with lyme disease?

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Post treatment lyme disease syndrome - auto immune response

30
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What disease was named after the town it was identified?

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Powassan

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What is the treatment for Pediculus humanus capitis (head lice)?

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Ovicidal or non-ovicidal pediculicide and wash all bedding and clothing

32
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What is the treatment for Pthirus pubis?

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1% permethrin

33
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What bacteria causes typhus?

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Rickettsia prowazekii

34
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What bacteria causes trench fever?

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Bartonella quintano

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What bacteria causes relapsing fever?

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Borrelia recurrentis?

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What bacteria causes the plague?

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Yersinia pestis

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What disease occurred in the 14th century and took 25 million lives?

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Black death (bubonic plague)

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What is the vector for the plague?

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Xenopsylla cheopis

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What are the 3 clinical forms of the plague?

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Bubonic, Pneumonic, and Septicemic

40
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What was named after the kimakonde word meaning “that which bends up”?

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Chikungunya

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What is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable encephalitis?

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Japanese Encephalitis

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What virus is caused by the Asian tiger mosquito?

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Dengue fever

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How can zika be transmitted?

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-Mosquito bites
-pregnant woman to fetus
-sex with an infected man
-Possibly blood transfusion, organ donation, etc.

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What are the most common symptoms of zika?

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Fever, rash, joint pain, and conjuctivitis (red eyes)

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How does zika affected pregnancies?

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Can cause microcephaly (a birth defect in babies)

46
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What autoimmune disease does zika cause?

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Guillaine-Barre syndrome (GBS)

47
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What is the treatment for zika?

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There is no treatment, just treat the symptoms with rest and fluids

48
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Who can contract west nile virus?

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-Humans
-Horses
-Birds

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What viruses do the Aedes spp. transmit?

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-zika
-dengue
-yellow fever
-west nile
-chikungunya
-rift valley fever

50
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What viruses do the Anopheles spp. transmit?

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Malaria

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What viruses do the Culex spp. transmit?

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-west nile
-eastern equine encephalitis
-japanese encephalitis

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