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Parasitology - Exam 1
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09/06/2009

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Term

Ctenocephalides felis

Ctenocephalides canis

Definition

IH: Dipylidium caninum, Acanthocheilonema reconditum

BV/MV: Bartonella hensalae (Mycoplasma spp.)

Term

Pulex irritans

Pulex simulans

Definition
Rickettsia typhi, Yersinia pestis
Term
Xenopsylla cheopis
Definition

IH: Hymenolepis diminuta, Hymenolepis nana

BV/MV: Yersinia pestis, Rickettsia typhi

Term
Echidnophaga gallinacea
Definition

NOT considered significant vector of disease

Potentially Yersinia pestis, Rickettsia typhi

Term
Rodent Fleas
Definition
Yersinia Pestis
Term
Triatoma spp.
Definition
Trypanosoma cruzi (aka Chaga's disease)
Term
Aedes aegypti
Definition
Yellow fever, EEE, WEE, VEE, Dengue fever, Dirofiliaria immitis, (avian) Plasmodium, possibly West Nile Virus
Term
Anopheles spp.
Definition
Malaria, Dirofilaria immitis, VEE, possibly West Nile Virus
Term
Culex spp.
Definition

(avian) Plasmodium, Dirofilaria immitis, EEE, WEE

 

Primary vector of West Nile Virus

Term
Simulium spp.
Definition
Leucocytozoon spp., EEE, vesicular stomatitis
Term
Culicoides spp.
Definition
Blue Tongue Virus, Onchocerca, Haemoproteus, Chandlerella quiscali,VEE, EHD
Term

Sandflies

(Lutzomyia spp.)

Definition
Leishmania spp, vesicular stomatitis virus
Term
Musca domestica
Definition

MV: Enterobacteriacea, Moraxella bovis, Entamoeba histolytica, Taenia spp.

BV: Draschia and Habronema, Choanotaenia

Term
Stomoxys calcitrans
Definition

MV: Equine infectious anemia, Anaplasma marginale

BV: Draschia and Habronema, Choanotaenia

Term

Tabanus spp.

Chrysops spp.

Definition

MV: Anthrax, Anaplasmosis, Equine infectious anemia, Tularemia, Bovine lymphoma

BV: Trypanosoma theileri, Elaeophora schneideri

Possibly: Classical swine fever, Vesicular stomatitis virus

Term
Haematobia irritans
Definition
Stephanofilaria stilesi, Staphylococcus aureus
Term
Musca autumnalis
Definition
Moraxella bovis, Thelazia spp.
Term
Melophagus ovinus
Definition
BV: Trypanosoma melophagium
Term
Lipoptena cervi
Definition
Do not transmit disease
Term
Ornithonyssus bacoti
Definition
Rickettsia typhi, Rickettsia akari, Coxiella burnetii, Borrelia anserina
Term
Ablyomma americanum
Definition
Theileria cervi, Franciscella tularensis, Rickettsia rickettsia, Ehrlichia ewingi, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Borrelia burgdorferi
Term
Amblyomma cajennense
Definition
Ehrlichia ruminantium
Term
Amblyomma maculatum
Definition
Hepatozoon americanum, Ehrlichia ruminantium
Term
Boophilus annulatus
Definition
Babesia bigemina, Anaplasma marginale
Term
Boophilus microplus
Definition
Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina
Term
Dermacentor albipictus
Definition
Babesia caballi, Anaplasma marginale
Term
Dermacentor andersoni
Definition
Francisella, Anaplasma marginale, Rickettsia rickettsia, Colorado Tick Fever Virus
Term
Dermacentor occidentalis
Definition
Franciscella, Anaplasma marginale
Term
Dermacentor nitens
Definition
Babesia caballi, Franciscella
Term
Dermacentor variabilis
Definition
Babesia caballi, Babesia equi, Cytauxzoon felis, Primary vector of Rickettsia rickettsia (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)
Term
Ixodes scapularis
Definition

Babesia microti, Ehrlichia spp., Primary vector of Borrelia bergdorferi (Lyme disease)

 

Term
Ixodes pacificus
Definition
Babesia odocoilei, Ehrlichia spp., Borrelia bergdorferi
Term
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Definition
Babesia canis, Ehrlichia canis (Babesia gibsoni)
Term

Haemaphysalis spp.

(H. leporispalustrus)

Definition
Franciscella tularensis, Rickettsia rickettsia
Term
Ornithodorus spp.
Definition
Borrelia recrrentis, Borrelia coriaceae
Term
Pediculus humanus
Definition
Rickettsia prowazekii, Bartonella quintana
Term
Ophionyssus natricis
Definition
Aeromonas hydrophyla (mouth rot)
Term
Haematopinus suis
Definition
Mycoplasma haemosuis
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