Vectors

Question 1

Assassin bugs kissing bugs cone nose bugs or triatomine bugs transmit which parasite?

Answer 1

Trypanosoma cruzi

Question 2

Tsetse fly Glossina species transmit which parasites?

Answer 2

Trypanosoma gambiense Trypanosoma rhodesiense

Question 3

Sandflies Phlebotomus species transmit which parasites?

Answer 3

Leishmania tropica Leishmania braziliensis Leishmania donovani

Question 4

Ixodes scapularis ticks transmit which parasite?

Answer 4

Babesia spp

Question 5

Culex mosquitoes transmit which filarial worm?

Answer 5

Wuchereria bancrofti

Question 6

Mansonia mosquitoes such as Mansonia bonneae and Mansonia uniformis transmit which parasite?

Answer 6

Brugia malayi

Question 7

Chrysops deer flies mango flies or mangrove flies transmit which parasite?

Answer 7

Loa loa

Question 8

Black flies Simulium damnosum transmit which parasite?

Answer 8

Onchocerca volvulus

Question 9

Small flies gnats Culicoides austeni transmit which parasite?

Answer 9

Mansonella perstans

Question 10

Small flies gnats Culicoides furens transmit which parasite?

Answer 10

Mansonella ozzardi

Question 11

Flour beetle is the vector for which parasite?

Answer 11

Raillietina garrisoni