Lecture 13 - Helminths, Arthropods and Animal Borne Infectious Diseases

A collection of vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes regarding helminths, arthropods, and animal-borne infectious diseases.

Nematodes

Cylindrical roundworms with a digestive tube that ends in an anus.

Trematodes

Oval-shaped flatworms with a digestive tube that ends in a cecum, functioning as hermaphrodites.

Cestodes

Parasitic flatworms that absorb nutrients through their skin and have a segmented body.

Zoonosis

An animal disease that can be transmitted to humans, often through direct contact or bites.

Rabies

A deadly viral infection affecting the central nervous system, primarily transmitted by animal bites.

Hantavirus

A member of the Bunyaviridae family, leading to severe respiratory and hemorrhagic diseases in humans.

Apicomplexans

A major group of parasites that includes species that cause malaria and babesiosis.

Scabies

A skin condition caused by mites that burrow into the skin and lay eggs, leading to inflammation.

Rickettsia

Small bacteria that require insect vectors for transmission, associated with various diseases.

Plague

Caused by Yersinia pestis, characterized by buboes and transmitted by fleas from infected rodents.

Lyme disease

Tick-borne illness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, leading to symptoms like rash, fatigue and arthritis.

Leishmaniasis

A disease caused by Leishmania parasites, transmitted by sand flies, presenting as cutaneous or visceral forms.

Flavivirus

A genus of viruses transmitted by arthropods, which includes the dengue, Zika, and West Nile viruses.

Chikungunya

Infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes, characterized by fever and severe joint pain.

Immune response

The body's defensive reaction to pathogens or foreign substances.

Ectoparasites

Parasites that live on the exterior of the host, such as some insects and arachnids.

Bunyaviridae

Family of enveloped, segmented, negative-strand RNA viruses including Hantavirus.