ID Exam 3 ( Updated 2025)
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Lecture 10: Vector Born Diseases
What is the MC vector born illness?
Lyme disease (Borellia burgdogeri)
Lyme Disease
1. Tickborne gram _________ spirochete called _________
2. Ticks spread by _________.
3. This tick can be found NE & midwest, deer tick ?
4. This tick can be found West coast, California Blacked-Legged
Tick?
5. Host is a ________
,6. What does Lyme disease affect? (6)
1. Gram Neg Spirochete= Borellia Burgdorferi
2. Vector
3. Ixodes Scapularis
4. Ixodes Pacificus
5. White footed mouse (host)
6. CNS, heart, muscle, bone, spleen, liver
What is the Host and Vector of Lyme disease?
Host: White footed mouse**
Vector: Ixodes scapularis
What type of tick will give you Lyme, the small tiny one or
the big, fat engorged tick?
Big Fat Engorged Tick
What are the staged of Lyme disease?
1. This stages occurs days to 1 month after tick bite?
2. This stage occurs weeks to months after tick bite?
3. This stage occurs months to years after tick bite?
1. Early Localized (days to 1 month)
2. Early Disseminated (weeks to months)
3. Late Disease (months to years)
,Early Localized Stage of Lyme Disease(1)
1. Occurs ______ to _____ after tick bite
2. What specific symptom is present during this stage?
3. What non-specific sxs ?
1. Days to 1 month
2. Erythema Chronic Migraines (ECM): "Bulls Eye"**
3. Fatigue, Malaise, Myalgia, Arthralgia, LAD, HA
Early Disseminated Stage of Lyme Disease(2)
1. Occurs ______ to ____ after tick bite
2. What Specific symptom is present during this stage?
3. What Cardiac symptom can occur?
3. What Neurological symptoms can occur?
1. Weeks to months
2. Arthritis of Large Joints affected**
3. Heart block (conduction) or cardiomyopathy
4. CN palsy (7) or Meningitis
Late Disease Stage of Lyme Disease(3)
1. Occurs ____ to _____ after tick bite
2. ______ in _____ joints --> MC in the _____
3. _________
, 1. Months to years
2. Arthritis in large joints MC in knee
3. Neurologic sxs
Expanding warm, erythematous rash annular with a central
clearing
Erythema Chronic Migraines (ECM)
(Bulls Eyes)
__________ Lyme rash is not because of multiple ticks it is a
sign of ______
1. Disseminated lymes rash
2. Spirochetemia
How is Lymes Disease Diagnosed?
1. PCR for B. Burgdorferi DNA (EIA)*** if positive..
- SXS < 30 days= send IgM (acute) & IgG (late) Western Blot
- SXS > 30 days= send IgG Western Blot ONLY
2. Clinical Dx by rash
Serology testing in the early stages of Lyme disease can be
___________
False negative--> IgM & IgG May take 1-4 weeks to be positive
(Serology= Elisa Ab w/ reflex to Western blot)
Lyme Carditis
Complete Questions & Answers
(Solved) 100% Correct
Lecture 10: Vector Born Diseases
What is the MC vector born illness?
Lyme disease (Borellia burgdogeri)
Lyme Disease
1. Tickborne gram _________ spirochete called _________
2. Ticks spread by _________.
3. This tick can be found NE & midwest, deer tick ?
4. This tick can be found West coast, California Blacked-Legged
Tick?
5. Host is a ________
,6. What does Lyme disease affect? (6)
1. Gram Neg Spirochete= Borellia Burgdorferi
2. Vector
3. Ixodes Scapularis
4. Ixodes Pacificus
5. White footed mouse (host)
6. CNS, heart, muscle, bone, spleen, liver
What is the Host and Vector of Lyme disease?
Host: White footed mouse**
Vector: Ixodes scapularis
What type of tick will give you Lyme, the small tiny one or
the big, fat engorged tick?
Big Fat Engorged Tick
What are the staged of Lyme disease?
1. This stages occurs days to 1 month after tick bite?
2. This stage occurs weeks to months after tick bite?
3. This stage occurs months to years after tick bite?
1. Early Localized (days to 1 month)
2. Early Disseminated (weeks to months)
3. Late Disease (months to years)
,Early Localized Stage of Lyme Disease(1)
1. Occurs ______ to _____ after tick bite
2. What specific symptom is present during this stage?
3. What non-specific sxs ?
1. Days to 1 month
2. Erythema Chronic Migraines (ECM): "Bulls Eye"**
3. Fatigue, Malaise, Myalgia, Arthralgia, LAD, HA
Early Disseminated Stage of Lyme Disease(2)
1. Occurs ______ to ____ after tick bite
2. What Specific symptom is present during this stage?
3. What Cardiac symptom can occur?
3. What Neurological symptoms can occur?
1. Weeks to months
2. Arthritis of Large Joints affected**
3. Heart block (conduction) or cardiomyopathy
4. CN palsy (7) or Meningitis
Late Disease Stage of Lyme Disease(3)
1. Occurs ____ to _____ after tick bite
2. ______ in _____ joints --> MC in the _____
3. _________
, 1. Months to years
2. Arthritis in large joints MC in knee
3. Neurologic sxs
Expanding warm, erythematous rash annular with a central
clearing
Erythema Chronic Migraines (ECM)
(Bulls Eyes)
__________ Lyme rash is not because of multiple ticks it is a
sign of ______
1. Disseminated lymes rash
2. Spirochetemia
How is Lymes Disease Diagnosed?
1. PCR for B. Burgdorferi DNA (EIA)*** if positive..
- SXS < 30 days= send IgM (acute) & IgG (late) Western Blot
- SXS > 30 days= send IgG Western Blot ONLY
2. Clinical Dx by rash
Serology testing in the early stages of Lyme disease can be
___________
False negative--> IgM & IgG May take 1-4 weeks to be positive
(Serology= Elisa Ab w/ reflex to Western blot)
Lyme Carditis
