Species in Arthropods Flashcards
What are two structural features that make arthropods successful in survival?
small size and chitinous exoskeleton
What do all viruses have in common?
ssRNA
What viruses are under the flavivirus category?
Yellow fever, Dengue fever, St. Louis encephalitis, Zika
What viruses are under the togaviruses category?
Venezuelen equine encephalitis and western equine encephalitis
What viruses are under the bunyaviruses category?
La Crosse encephalitis and Rift Valley Fever
What is the most common virus in colorado?
Colorado Tick Fever
What species are considered mites?
Sarcoptes scabiei, Demodex folliculorum, Eutrombicula spp.
What is the treatment for Sarcoptes scabiei?
1% benzene hexachloride or 5% permethrin cream
What is the common name for these species: Eutrombicula alfreddugesi, Eutrombicula splendens, Trombicula autumnalis
Chigger mites
Chigger mites are the vector for what bacteria?
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
What is the common name for Dermacentor variabilis?
American dog tick
What is the common name for Dermacentor andersoni?
Rocky Mountain Wood Tick
What is the common name for Ixodes scapularis?
Blacklegged or deer tick
What is the common name for Rhipicephalus sanguineus?
Brown dog tick
What is the common name for Amblyomma maculatum?
Gulf coast tick
What is the common name for Amblyomma americanum?
Lone star tick
What diseases is Dermacentor variabilis (american dog tick) responsible for?
-Rickettsial pox
-Tularemia
-Rocky Mountain spotted fever
-Colorado tick fever
-Ehrlichiosis
What diseases is Dermacentor andersoni responsible for?
-Tulasemia
-Rocky mountain spotted fever
-colorado tick fever
What diseases is Ixodes scapularis responsible for?
-Lyme disease
-Babesiosis
-Powassan disease
What diseases is Rhipicephalus sanguineus responsible for?
Rocky mountain spotted fever
What bacteria does Amblyomma maculatum spread?
Rickettsia parkeri
What diseases is Amblyomma americanum responsible for?
-Tularemia
-Ehrlichiosis
-STARI
What bacteria causes Rickettsial pox?
Rickettsia akari
What bacteria causes Tularemia?
Franscisella tularensis
What bacteria causes Rocky mountain spotted fever?
Rickettsia rickettsii
What is the treatment for RMSF?
Doxycycline
What bacteria causes Lyme disease?
Borrelia burgdorferi
What is the treatment for Lyme Disease?
Doxycycline
What can be a complication some patients can have when dealing with lyme disease?
Post treatment lyme disease syndrome - auto immune response
What disease was named after the town it was identified?
Powassan
What is the treatment for Pediculus humanus capitis (head lice)?
Ovicidal or non-ovicidal pediculicide and wash all bedding and clothing
What is the treatment for Pthirus pubis?
1% permethrin
What bacteria causes typhus?
Rickettsia prowazekii
What bacteria causes trench fever?
Bartonella quintano
What bacteria causes relapsing fever?
Borrelia recurrentis?
What bacteria causes the plague?
Yersinia pestis
What disease occurred in the 14th century and took 25 million lives?
Black death (bubonic plague)
What is the vector for the plague?
Xenopsylla cheopis
What are the 3 clinical forms of the plague?
Bubonic, Pneumonic, and Septicemic
What was named after the kimakonde word meaning “that which bends up”?
Chikungunya
What is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable encephalitis?
Japanese Encephalitis
What virus is caused by the Asian tiger mosquito?
Dengue fever
How can zika be transmitted?
-Mosquito bites
-pregnant woman to fetus
-sex with an infected man
-Possibly blood transfusion, organ donation, etc.
What are the most common symptoms of zika?
Fever, rash, joint pain, and conjuctivitis (red eyes)
How does zika affected pregnancies?
Can cause microcephaly (a birth defect in babies)
What autoimmune disease does zika cause?
Guillaine-Barre syndrome (GBS)
What is the treatment for zika?
There is no treatment, just treat the symptoms with rest and fluids
Who can contract west nile virus?
-Humans
-Horses
-Birds
What viruses do the Aedes spp. transmit?
-zika
-dengue
-yellow fever
-west nile
-chikungunya
-rift valley fever
What viruses do the Anopheles spp. transmit?
Malaria
What viruses do the Culex spp. transmit?
-west nile
-eastern equine encephalitis
-japanese encephalitis
