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Vectors of Medically Important Parasites Flashcards

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Wuchereria bancrofti

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Aedes, Anopheles, Culex

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Brugia malayi

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Mansonia

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Onchocerciasis
River blindness
Onchocerca volvulus

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Simulium (blackfly)

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Loiasis

Loa loa

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Chrysops (deer fly, horse fly, mango fly)

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Malaria

Plasmodium sp

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Anopheles minimus flavirostris (primary vector)

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Babesiosis

Babesia microti

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Ixodes tick

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African trypanosomiasis

Trypanosoma brucei

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Glossina (tsetse fly)

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Leishmaniasis

Leishmania sp

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Phlebotomus, Lutzomyia (sand flies)

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American trypanosomiasis

Trypanosoma cruzi

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Reduviid bugs (assasin bugs/kissing bugs/triatomine bugs)

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