Zoonotic Infections – Flashcards
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| Cholera |
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| Microbe - Vibrio cholerae Animal reservoir - shellfish Spread - T; water/food |
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| CJD |
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| Microbe - prion Animal reservoir - cattle/humans Spread - T; food/cannibalism |
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| Dengue |
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| Microbe - Flaviviridae Animal reservoir - monkeys/humans Spread - V; mosquito - Aedes |
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| Ebola |
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| Microbe - Filoviridae Animal reservoir - bats Spread - T; body fluids |
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| Hanta |
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| Microbe - Bunyaviridae Animal reservoir - rodents Spread - T; airborne |
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| Plague |
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| Microbe - Yersinia pestis Animal reservoir - squirrels, rats, etc. Spread - V; fleas - Xenopyslla |
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| Rabies |
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| Microbe - Rhabdoviridae Animals reservoir - racoons, etc. Spread - T; bite/saliva |
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| Trichinosis |
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| Microbe - Trichonella spiralis Animal reservoir - pigs Spread - T; food |
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| Tularenia |
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| Microbe - Francisella tularensis Animal reservoir - rabbits Spread - V; ticks, deer flies, etc. |
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| WNV |
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| Microbe - Flaviviridae Animal reservoir - birds Spread - V; mosquito - Culex |
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| Borellia burgdorferi |
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| Bacterial - Lyme disease - Early localized stage (primary) - Early disseminated stage (secondary) - Late stage (tertiary) Diagnosis: symptomology/epidemiology; ELISA; increased IgG and IgM Other diseases: autism? |
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| Borellia recurrentis |
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| Bacterial - Relapsing fever - recurring fever, 8 day cycle - rash and splenomegaly - occasional meningeal issues Diagnosis: blood culture during febrile period; darkfield microscopy w/ Giesma; serology |
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| Leptospira interogans |
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| Bacterial - Leptospirosis - bacteremic phase (primary) - immunologic phase (secondary) - Weil's disease Diagnosis: blood/CSF/urine culture (wks/mos); darkfield microscopy, rare |
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| Bartonella henslae |
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| Bacterial - Cat-scratch disease Diagnosis: serology Other diseases: bacillary angiomatosis |
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| Bartonella quintona |
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| Bacterial - Trench fever Diagnosis: serology Other diseases: bacillary angiomatosis |
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| Brucella spp. |
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| Bacterial - Brucellosis Diagnosis: serology, skin test for exposure; culture Other diseases: induced abortions; neurobrucellosis |
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| Rickettsia rickettsia (and other) |
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| Bacterial - Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; Rickettsial Pox Diagnosis: serology and Weil-Felix; immunofluroescence of skin biopsy; symptomology |
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| Rickettsia prowazkeii |
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| Bacterial - Epidemic typhus; Brill-Zinser Disease |
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| Rickettsia typhi |
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| Bacterial - Endemic typhus |
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| Rickettsia tsutsugamushi |
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| Bacterial - Scrub typhus |
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| Ehrlichia chaffensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilium |
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| Bacterial - Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME); Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE Diagnosis: serology and PCR; symptomology |
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| Coxiella burnetti |
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| Bacterial - Q fever Diagnosis: serology and PCR; symptomology Other diseases: hepatitis; endocarditis |
