VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES

VHF

A group of illness caused by several families of viruses (Arenavirus, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae, and Flavivirus) that replicare inside a reservoir host or athropod vector.

Tuberculosis

An infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs, and is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tubercle bacillus).

Vector

Carrier (organisms) that transfer infective agents (which can cause diseases) from one host to another.

Breakbone fever

Dengue fever is also known as ____ because of its symptoms of intense joint and muscle pain.

Female Anopheles mosquito

Is a defenitive host, and is where the sexual reproduction of Plasmodium occurs.

Dengue fever

Is an infectious disease caused by the dengue virus, and is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito.

Accidental infection

Laboratory acquired VHF is usually caused by _____.

Rodents and athropods

Main reservoirs for virus causing VHFs.

Plasmodium

Malaria is caused by what parasite?

Percutaneous exposure to contaminated needles or other sharp objects, needlestick injuries, and poor laboratory practices.

Most common causes if laboratory-acquired malaria.

Aedes aegypti

Most common vector of dengue virus.

Female

Only the ___ A. aegypti feeds on human blood.

Defenitive host and intermediate host

Plasmodium requires two life cycles and requires 2 hosts which are ...

Vascular system

The VHF can damage the ___ and produce a severe ____ illness.

Pathogen, vector, host

The three factors involved in the transmission of vector-borne diseases.

Pathologic agent, arthropod vector, human host

The transmission of vector-borne diseases to human depends on three different factors:

Coagulation disorder

VHF damages vascular endothelium which triggers ____.

Multisystem syndrome

VHF has a ____ syndrome because various internal organs in the body are affected.

Viral hemorrhagic fever

VHF means

Invertebrate animals

Vectors are usually what animals?

Arthropods

Vectors are usually what invertebrate animal?

Rabies

Vertebrate vectors carry what virus?

Intermediate host (human)

Where the asexual reproduction of Plasmodium occurs.

Malaria

an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium, which is a parasite that infects red blood cells.

Malarial paroxysm

the different stages of symptoms during a malarial infection, which include the cold stage (intense shivering), the hot/heat stage, and the sweating age.