vectors

Question 1

What disease/organism is the black fly a vector for?

Answer 1

river blindness caused by onchocerca volvulus

Question 2

what disease/organism is the sand fly a vector for?

Answer 2

leishmaniasis caused by leishmania donovani

Question 3

what disease/organism is the ixodes tick a vector for?

Answer 3

babesiosis caused by babesia microtii

lyme disease caused by borrelia burgdorferi

Question 4

what disease/organism is the culex mosquito a vector for?

Answer 4

West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis, eastern/western equine encephalitis

Question 5

what disease/organism is the anopheles mosquito a vector for?

Answer 5

malaria caused by plasmodium falciparum, vivax, oval and malariae

Question 6

what disease/organism is the aedes aegypti mosquito a vector for?

Answer 6

dengue fever and yellow fever

Question 7

what disease/organism is the reduviid (kissing) bug a vector for?

Answer 7

Chagas disease caused by trypanosoma cruzi

Question 8

What disease/organism is the tsetse fly a vector for?

Answer 8

African sleeping sickness caused by trypanosoma brucei gambiense or rhodiense