Science Quiz: Vector Borne Diseases Copy Link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Your Score 0 /6 Retake the Quiz 1 / 6 | This disease is also called ‘rabbit fever’. Symptoms may include fever, skin ulcers, and enlarged lymph nodes. It was named after the area where it was discovered in the United States in the 1900s.

Identify the disease Do you know the answer? Yes No Answer: The disease described is tularemia, commonly known as “rabbit fever”, caused by Francisella tularensis Show Answer 2 / 6 | ___ The parasites are intermediate hosts of the flatworms that cause schistosomiasis (bilharzia). Fill in the blanks.

Do you know the answer? Yes No Answer: Freshwater Snails Show Answer 3 / 6 | Triatomine bugs spread Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) by biting a person and defecating near the site of the bite. These insects have a nickname based on where they bite people.

What is this? Do you know the answer? Yes No Answer: Kissing Bugs Answer 4 / 6 Show | Sandflies carry this parasitic protozoan, found in tropical and subtropical regions, which can cause serious skin ulcers or infections of internal organs in humans that can be fatal. Name the parasite that gives the disease its name, do you know the answer? Yes No Answer: The parasite is Leishmania, a protozoan spread by sand flies, which causes the disease leishmaniasis, which manifests as severe skin lesions (cutaneous) or fatal internal organ infections (visceral), also known as kala-azar.

Show Answer 5 / 6 ______ are a group of diseases caused by bacteria called Rickettsiaprovaceri, which are spread through the feces of vectors such as lice, fleas, and mites. Fill in the blanks. Do you know the answer? Yes No Answer: Epidemic typhus (also called louse-borne typhus) Show answer.