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1
Q

tularemia

A

tick vector

animals such as rabbits

2
Q

brucellosis (undulant fever)

A

contaminated dairy

infected animals

3
Q

plague

A

flea bite

infected rodent

4
Q

lyme disease

A

tick

5
Q

yellow fever

A

mosquito

6
Q

dengue fever

A

mosquito

7
Q

malaria

A

mosquito

8
Q

chagas

A

true bug (triatoma)

9
Q

lymphatic filariasis

A

mosquito

10
Q

rocky mountain spotted fever

A

hard ticks

11
Q

sporotrichosis

A

thorn prick or splinters (gardeners disease)

12
Q

leishmaniasis

A

sand fly

13
Q

leprosy (hansens)

A

person to person

ARMADILLOS

14
Q

infant botulism

A

contaminated food HONEY AND CORN SYRUP

15
Q

rabies

A

bats are most common source but any infected animal bite

16
Q

EEE, WEE, VEE

A

mosquito

17
Q

african sleeping sickness

A

tse tse fly

18
Q

vCJD

A

contaminated BSE beef

19
Q

loa loa filariasis

A

deer fly or mango fly

20
Q

onchocerciasis

A

black fly

21
Q

all diseases transmitted through ticks

A

tularemia
lyme disease
rocky mountain spotted fever

22
Q

all diseases transmitted through mosquitos

A
yellow fever
dengue fever
malaria
lymphatic filariasis 
EEE, WEE, VEE