Vector Borne Flashcards

1
Q

Direct vs indirect

A

D = saliva, blood etc.

I = where animals live and roam

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2
Q

Vector borne means

A

A bite

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3
Q

Food borne means

A

Eating/drinking stuff contaminated with poo from infected animal

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4
Q

Brucella sketchy setting

A

Red barn / farm

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5
Q

What causes Malta fever

A

Brucella

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6
Q

Skinny sweating farmer with undulating hills

A

Anorexia, undulating fever
Brucella

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7
Q

B. Melitensis causes

A

Undulant fever

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8
Q

Coxiella sketchy setting

A

Curly Q the ram

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9
Q

Obligate INTRACELLULAR that forms spores

A

Coxiella

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10
Q

Hepatitis and pneumonia could indicate

A

Coxiella or brucella (this would have undulant fever)

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11
Q

Acute vs chronic Coxiella and antibiotic

A

A: Headache, fever, cough - doxycycline

C: endo/pericarditis, hepatitis - chloroquine and doxy

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12
Q

Coxiella transmission

A

Aerosol

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13
Q

Leptospirosis sketchy scene

A

Surfing

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14
Q

Famrming communities and sewage control breakdown

A

Leptospira

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15
Q

Conjunctival suffusiom

A

Red eyes with no pus
Leptospira

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16
Q

Rabbit fever and deer fly fever

A

FrancisElla tularemia

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17
Q

Happens in Martha’s Vineyard

A

FrancisElla tularemia

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18
Q

Treatment of FrancisElla

A

Streptomycin, gentamicin, doxy, and ciprofloxacin

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19
Q

Localized cellulitis and lymphadenitis after animal bite

A

Pasteurella

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20
Q

Specifically a cat bit could lead to

A

Osteomyelitis, septic arthritis

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21
Q

Pasteurella sketchy scene

A

Guy with cat and dog

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22
Q

Francisella sketchy scene

A

Rabbits

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23
Q

Bartonella skethchy scene

A

Aladdin

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24
Q

Cat scratch disease

A

Bartonella henselae

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25
Q

Regional lyphadenitis after papule at site of cat scratch

A

Bartonella henselae

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26
Q

Treatment for serious cat scratch

A

Chloramphenicol, ciprofloxin

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27
Q

Bumps in one arm

A

Bartonella henselae

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28
Q

Trench fever
In _____ people

A

Bartonella Quintana
Immunocomprimised

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29
Q

In WWI soldiers and homeless

A

Quintana

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30
Q

Bacillary angiomatosis havppens in _____ people
What disease

A

Immunocomprimised

Quintana

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31
Q

Bacillary angiomatosis treatment

A

Doxy
Or
Macrolides

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32
Q

Cat scratch disease

A

No treatment
Azithromycin - Macrolides

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33
Q

Rat bite fever

A

Streptbacillus moniliformis

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34
Q

Aerobic, g - , pleomorphic

A

Streptobacillus moniliformis

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35
Q

Relapsing fever, shaking chills, myalgia, asymp poly arthritis, nausea/vomiting, followed by erythematous papulovesicular rash at bit site

A

Streptobacillus moniliformis

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36
Q

How to remember Streptobacillus moniliformis

A

Rat name Sir Bacillus of Monoliform

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37
Q

Treatment for rat bit fever
Aka disease called

A

Streptobacillus moniliformis

Amoxicillin, penicillin, erythromycin, or doxycycline

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38
Q

Vectors are most always a _____

A

arthropod

39
Q

Mechanical vs biological vector

A

M - carries pathogen for a short period of time

Biological - may be part of life cycle

40
Q

Transient

A

Fly on one cow eye
Then the fly goes to a new cow eye
Spreads

41
Q

Transstadial

A

In the life cycle
Feeds—> molts

42
Q

Transovarial

A

Eggs

43
Q

Supports the adult or sexually reproductive form of a parasite

A

Definitive host

44
Q

Habitat in which the agent normally lives, grows, multiplies

A

Resevoir

45
Q

Anaplasma phagotyophillum causes

A

Human granulocytic Ehrilichiosis

46
Q

Ixodes scapularis is primary reservoir for

A

anaplasmosis

And borrelia

47
Q

VF of Anaplasma Ph.

A

INTRACELLULAR replication with ability to sequester or destroy infected circulating cells

48
Q

High fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, gastrointestinal stuff, rash

A

Anaplasma phyagocytophilum

49
Q

Relative and absolute lymphopenia is and left shift

A

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

50
Q

Doxy and DEET

A

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

51
Q

Size of nymph tick

A

Pinhead/poppy seed

52
Q

Size of adult

A

Apple seed/sesame seed

53
Q

Treatment for borreliosis Lyme disease

A

Doxy and amoxicillan

54
Q

Describe erythema migran

A

Bulls eye

55
Q

In _______ the _____ tick phenotype switches from _____ to ______ with ________

A

Borrelia burgdorferi

Ixodes

OspA to OspC

Temperature change

56
Q

Two tiered testing for

A

Lyme disease

57
Q

Look for Ig_ in Lyme

A

IgM and IgG

58
Q

First Lyme test is a ___ test

A

Antibody test

59
Q

Second Lyme test looks for

A

IgM and IgG

60
Q

Dog tick causes

A

RMSF

61
Q

Spotted fever rickettsia ticks undergo

A

Transtadial and transovarial

62
Q

Rickettsia rickettsia causes

A

RMSF

63
Q

Rickettsia prowazekii causes

A

Epidemic typhus

64
Q

Rickettsia typhi causes

A

Endemic typhus

65
Q

Prowazekii sketchy scene

A

Pro football players

66
Q

What does rickettsia infect

A

Vascular endothelial cells

67
Q

Conorii and Parkerii cause

A

Lesser spotted fever

68
Q

RMSF transmission

A

Transstadial
Transovarial

69
Q

Rickettsia rickettsia rash moves

A

Out to in

70
Q

Indirect fluorescent antibody test will identify

A

RMSF

71
Q

RMSF type of tick

A

Dermacenter

72
Q

Treatment of rickettsia rickettsia

A

Doxy

73
Q

How is prowazekii spread

A

Lice

74
Q

Prowazekii skethcy scene

A

Pro football players

75
Q

Prowazekii rash migration

A

Central to outward

76
Q

What does prowazekii spare

A

Head, hands, feet

77
Q

How does prowazekii get in our blood

A

Lice poop on us
We scratch and introduce it to our blood

78
Q

Treatment for prowazekii

A

Tetracycline/doxycycline and chloramphenicol

79
Q

How is endemic typhus spread

A

Fleas

80
Q

Southeast Asia, southern cali/Texas

A

Rickettsia typhi

81
Q

Endemic typhi rash spread

A

Trunk to extremities

82
Q

Retinol lesions and hearing loss are signs of

A

R. Typhi

83
Q

Treatment for r. Typhi

A

Tetracycline and chloramphenicol

84
Q

From larval nymphs
Chiggers/mites

A

Orentia tsutsugamushi

85
Q

Orienting tsutsugamushi aka

A

Scrub typhus

86
Q

Southeast Asia and norther Australia

A

Orient is tsutsugamushi

87
Q

Escher site of chigger bite

A

Scrub typhus

88
Q

Treatment of scrub typhus

A

Doxy and DEET

89
Q

Lone star tick causes

A

E. Chaffeensis

90
Q

Lone star tick aka

A

Ambyloma

91
Q

Symptoms are similar to RMSF + what other key points

A

Leucopenia from leukocyte destruction and thrombocytopenia is observed

Rash starts on trunk

92
Q

Leukopenia

A

Decreased WBC

93
Q

Thrombocytopenia

A

Low platelet count in blood