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Vectors, Zoonoses
Chapter 8 vectors, zoonoses, pests
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mosquito genus that spreads malaria | Anopheles |
| mosquito that transmitts yellow fever | Aedes |
| mosquito that transmitts encephalitis (west nile) | Culex |
| resevoir for west nile | birds |
| symptoms of plague | fever, disorientation, exhaustion, buboes (lymph glands) |
| biological transmission | cyclic development period within host |
| nosocomial transmission | infectious diseases in clinical care settings |
| flavivirus | west nile which causes encephalitis |
| fleaborne endemic typhus | rickettsia tiphi, rodents |
| louseborne endemic typhus | rickettsia prowazeki, infected people and infected lice |
| bubonic plague | pasteurella pestis, yersinia pestis |
| Q fever | Coxiella burneti, rickettsia burneti, infected animals, goats, carcasas PASTEURIZE milk |
| rocky mountain fever | rickettsia rickettsii, infected ticks and dogs ticks |
| tularemia | franciscella tularensis, wild animals, rabbits, ticks |
| scabies | sarcoptes scabiei, people, dogs HYGIENE |
| lyme disease | borrella burgdorferi, mice, lizards, ticks, white tailed deer |
| denge/breakbone fever` | virus, infected vector |
| malaria | plasmodium vivax, P. malariae, P. falciparum, P. ovale, humans ad infected mosquitos |
| yellow fever | Aedes aegypti virus, infected mosquitoes, persons, monkeys |
| plasmodium | parasite species that causes malaria |
| malaria symptoms | fever, headache, chills, vimiting 10 to 15 days after infected |
| IRS | Indoor Residual Spraying of long acting insecticides |
| LLIN | long lasting insecticidal nets |
| IVM | intergrated vector management |
| leptospirosis | weil's disease, urine of infected rodents, cattle, dogs, swine, water or food 4-19 day incubation |
| west nile transmission and resevior | Culex, birds like crows, ravens, jays |
| LaCrosse encephalitis | Aedes, horses, swine, birds |
| Equine encephalitis | Culex, mammals, birds, horses |
| west nile incubation | 5-15 days |
| LaCrosse encephalitis (LACV) transmission | bite of infected mosquito |
| Colorado tick fever | dermacantor tick, small mammals, squirrels and chipmunks |
| hantavirus | aerosolized rodent feces, urine, saliva |
| yersinia pestis | (plague) xenopsylla cheopis, oriental rat flea |
| brucella abortus or melitensis | contact with animals, cattle, sheep, swine,milk ring test for raw milk |
| diazinon | legal pesticide in the US |
| gonyaulax catenella | PSP |
| malaria caused by a species of | plasmodium, through moscuitoes |
| pediculosis | lice |
| peak rat breeding seasons in temperate zones | spring and fall |
| rattus norvegicus | sewer rat, norway rat, house rat |
| when do bats hibernate | late fall through winter |
| pollenosis | hay fever |
| how many pollen grains from a mature ragweed? | a billion |