KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 169 · KROK (Dentistry)
After a thorough examination the patient who had returned from Central Asia to Ukraine was diagnosed with spring-summer encephalitis. Its pathogen might have entered the body through the bite of the following arthropod:
- A. Mosquito
- B. Taiga tick
- C. Dog tick
- D. Argasid tick (Ornithodoros papillipes)
- E. Itch mite
Hint
Think about which hard (ixodid) ticks transmit the flavivirus of tick-borne (spring-summer) encephalitis, and which of these is the classic vector named in the European context.
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