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| Arthropoda characteristics |
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Definition
Segmented invertebrates
Chitinous exoskeleton
Paired appendages |
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| Arthropoda role in human disease |
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Definition
| ectoparasites feed on blood, vectors |
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Definition
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Definition
| larvae of nonbloodsucking flies invading tissues |
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Definition
| Bodies divided into 3 distinct regions, 1 pair of antennae, 2 pairs of legs on thorax |
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| Three distinct body region of insecta |
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Definition
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Definition
| Flies, mosquitoes, lice, fleas |
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Term
| Blood sucking Lice mouthparts |
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Definition
| adapted for piercing skin |
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Definition
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| Types of Blood sucking Lice |
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Definition
| Pediculus sp. (body louse) and Phthirus pubis (crab louse) |
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Definition
| Transmission of rickettsial diseases (typhus, trench fever) |
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Sexual transmission
Itchy bites |
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| Arthropoda class Arachnida |
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Definition
No head, fused abdomen & thorax
No antennae
4 pairs of legs on body |
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Itch or mange mite (Scabies)
Obligate human parasite of upper layers of epidermidis |
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| Sarcoptes species diagnosis |
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Definition
| demonstration of mites & eggs in skin scrapings |
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Term
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Definition
| Soft ticks (Family Argasidae) and Hard ticks (Family Ixodidae) |
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Term
| Soft ticks (Family Argasidae) |
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Definition
| Transmission of Borrelia spp (relapsing fever) |
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Definition
| dog tick, ansmission of RMSP, Q fever, tularemia, babesia, Colorado tick fever |
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| Type of Hard ticks (Family Ixodidae) |
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Definition
| Dermacentor (dog tick) and Ixodes (deer tick) |
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| deer tick, Transmission of Lyme disease |
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Absence/presence/location of anal groove
Size ratio of mouth parts to basis capituli
Scutum with/without eyes
Festoons absent/present/number |
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| Ixodes ticks identification |
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Definition
| Anal groove has bottom of semi circle facing the head |
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