PATHOLOGY MCQ
PARASITIC DISEASES
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Disease transmitted by Arthropods-vectors:ticks and lice-endemic areas:Rocky Mts, Pacific Coast, many tropical and subtropical regions
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Relapsing fever
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Lyme disease
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Murine typhus fever
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A vector is a living organism that transmits an infectious agent from an infected animal to a human or another animal. Vectors are frequently arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, flies, fleas and lice.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vector-borne diseases are infections transmitted by the bite of infected arthropod species, such as mosquitoes, ticks, triatomine bugs, sandflies, and blackflies. Arthropod vectors are cold-blooded (ectothermic) and thus especially sensitive to climatic factors.
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