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Vector and organism
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01/19/2013
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum
 Definition
Ixodes ticks
Term
Babesia microti
 Definition
Black legged tick (Ixodes tick)
Term
Borrelia burgdorferi
 Definition
•Vector: tick: Ixodes scapularis
Term
Dengue virus
 Definition
•Vector: Aedes mosquito.
Term
Loa loa
 Definition
Chrysops fly
Term
Onchocerca volvulus
 Definition
Female blackflies
Term
Plasmodium species
 Definition
Mosquito (Anopheles)
Term
Rickettsia prowazekii
 Definition
•Vector: human body louse and fleas
Term
Rickettsia rickettsii
 Definition
•Vector: Rocky mounted wood tick (D. andersoni)
Term
Trypanosoma brucei
 Definition
Tsetse fly
Term
Trypanosoma cruzi
 Definition
Vector: reduviid (triatomine) bugs, aka kissing-bug
Term
West Nile virus
 Definition
Mosquito
Term
Yellow fever virus
 Definition
•Vector Aedis aegypti mosquito
Term
Yersinia pestis
 Definition
Flea transmit it to prairie dogs and rodents
Term
Bartonella bacilliformis
 Definition
Sandfly
Term
Borrelia recurrentis
 Definition
Human body louse
Term
Brugia malayi
 Definition
mosquito
Term
Chikungunya virus
 Definition
Aedes mosquito
Term
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
 Definition
ticks
Term
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
 Definition
Vector: black legged deer tick
Term
Francisella tularensis
 Definition
Rabbits
Term
Japanese encephalitis virus
 Definition
Mosquito
Term
Leishmania braziliensis
 Definition
Sandfly
Term
Leishmania donovani
 Definition
Sandfly
Term
Orientia tsutsugamushi
 Definition
•Vector: mite (chigger)
Term
Rickettsia akari
 Definition
•Vector: mites
Term
Rickettsia typhi
 Definition
Vector flea
Term
Rift Valley fever
 Definition
mosquitos
Term
St. Louis encephalitis virus
 Definition
•Vector: Culex mosquito
Term
Wuchereria bancrofti
 Definition
mosquito
Term
Bartonella quintana
 Definition
•Vector: body louse (humans in over crowded situations)
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