Trypanosoma Spp Flashcards
1
Q
Cause of Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis
A
T. Cruzi
2
Q
Cause of Gambian west African sleeping sickness
A
T-brucei Gambiense
3
Q
Cause of Rhodesian or East African sleeping sickness
A
T. Brucei
4
Q
Assassin bug
kissing bug
Cone nose bug
triatomine bug
Triatoma
Rhodnius
Panstrongylus
A
T-cruzi
5
Q
Vector: tsetse fly
Glossina app
A
T-brucei
T. Rhodesiense
6
Q
All stages exhibited
A
T. Cruzi
7
Q
Epimastigote and Trypomastigote only
A
T. brucei gambiense
T. rhodesiense
8
Q
Furuncle - like lesions inflammation at the site of inoculation
Small, painful, reddish module
A
Chagoma
9
Q
Generalized lymphadenopathy
Focal or diffuse inflammation only affecting the myocardium
A
Acute trypanosomiasis