Zoonoses and Vectors

Question 1

Anaplasma/Anaplasmosis vector? Reservoir?

Answer 1

Ixodes; deer and mice

Question 2

Bartonella/bacillary angiomatosis vector?

Answer 2

Cat scratch

Question 3

Borrelia burgdorferi/Lyme disease vector?

Answer 3

Ixodes

Question 4

Borrelia recurrentis/relapsing fever vector?

Answer 4

Louse (variable surface antigens)

Question 5

Brucella/Brucellosis/undulant fever vector?

Answer 5

Unpasteurized dairy

Question 6

Campylobacter/bloody diarrhea vector?

Answer 6

Puppies, livestock (fecal-oral ingestion of undercooked meat)

Question 7

Chlamydophila psittaci/psittacosis vector?

Answer 7

Parrots, other birds

Question 8

Coxiella/Q fever vector?

Answer 8

Aerosols of cattle/sheep amniotic fluid

Question 9

Ehrlichia chaffeensis/Ehrlichiosis vector?

Answer 9

Lone Star ticks

Question 10

Francisella tularensis/tularemia vector?

Answer 10

Ticks, rabbits, deer fly

Question 11

Leptospira/leptospirosis vector?

Answer 11

Animal urine

Question 12

Mycobacterium leprae/leprosy vector?

Answer 12

Humans with lepromatous leprosy; armadillo

Question 13

Pasteurella multocida/Cellulitis/osteomyelitis vector?

Answer 13

Animal bite, cats, dogs

Question 14

Rickettsia prowazekii/Epidemic typhus vector?

Answer 14

Louse

Question 15

Rickettsia Rickettsiae/Rocky mountain spotted fever vector?

Answer 15

Dermacentor ticks

Question 16

Rickettsia typhi/Endemic typhus vector?

Answer 16

Fleas

Question 17

Yersinia pestis/plague vector?

Answer 17

Fleas (rats and prairie dogs are reservoir)