Biological factors Flashcards
Disease agent for Equine encephalitis
Virus
Disease agent for Colorado tick fever
Virus
Disease agent for Yellow fever
 Virus
Disease agent for infectious hepatitis
Virus
Disease agent for Poliomyelitis
Virus
Disease agent for rabies
Virus
Disease agent for Vibrio cholerae
Bacteria
Disease agent for Vibrio parahemolyticus
Bacteria
Disease agent for Psittacosis chlamydia (Psittacosis/Ornithosis)?
Bacteria
Disease agent for Salmonellae (Salmonellosis)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Salmonella typhi (Typhoid fever)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Shigella (Shigellosis)
 Bacteria
Disease agent for Yersinia pestis (Plague)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Brucellae (Brucellosis, Undulant fever)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Staphylococcus aureus
Bacteria
Disease agent for Streptococcus pyrogens?
Bacteria
Disease agent for Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Clostridium botulinum (Botulism)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Clostridium perfringens
Bacteria
Disease agent for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tuberculosis)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Leptospiria (Leptospirosis)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Borrelia recurrentis (Relapsing fever)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Coccidiomycosis
Pathogenic fungi
Disease agent for Histopiasmosis
Pathogenic fungi
Disease agent for Candidiasis?
Pathogenic fungi
Disease agent for Blastomycosis
Pathogenic fungi
Disease agent for Tinea
Pathogenic fungi
Disease agent for Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky mountain spotted fever)
Bacteria
Disease agent of Coxiella burneti (Q fever)
Bacteria/rickettsia
Disease agent for Typhus fever
Bacteria/Rickettsia
Disease agent for a rickettsia prowazeki (endemic flea borne typhus fever or Murine typhus)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Rickettsia prowazeki var. prowazeki (epidemic louse-born typhus fever)
Bacteria
Disease agent for Gonyaulax catenella (paralytic shellfish poisoning, red tide)
Algae
Disease agent for Entameba histolytica (Amebic dysentery, amebiasis)
Protozoan
Disease agent for Giardia lamblia (Giardiasis)
Protozoan
Disease agent for all plasmodium varients
Protozoan
Disease agent for leishmaniasis
Protozoan
Disease agent for Trypanosomiasis
Protozoan
Disease agent for Toxoplasmosis
Protozoan
Disease agent for Schistosoma (Schistosomiasis, blood fluke)
Trematodes parasites
Disease agent for Taenia (beef and pork tapeworm)
Cestodes parasites
Disease agent for Necator and Ancylostoma (Hookworms)
Nematodes parasites
Disease agent for Enterobius (Pinworm)
Nematodes parasites
Disease agent for Ascaris (Roundworm)
Nematodes parasites
Disease agent for Trichinella (Trichinosis)
Nematodes parasites
Disease agent for Onchocera volvulus (Onchocerciasis)
Nematodes parasites
Disease agent for Wuchereria (Filariasis)
Filaria parasites
Equine encephalitis mode of transmission
Culex species
Equine encephalitis reservoir
Probably birds, small rodents, reptile and amphibians
Equine encephalitis incubation period
5-15 days
Equine encephalitis symptoms
Affects brain, spinal cord and meninges; high fever, stupor, spasticity, tremor
Colorado tick fever mode of transmission
Dermacentor andersoni (hard tick)
Colorado tick fever reservoir
Small mammals
Colorado tick fever incubation period
4-5 days
Colorado tick fever symptoms
Acute fever, remission and recurrence lasting 2-3 days
Yellow fever mode of transmission
Aedes aegypti
Yellow fever reservoir
Man, Aedes aegypti, monkeys
Yellow fever incubation period
3-6 days
Yellow fever symptoms
sudden fever onset, headache, nausea, vomiting, jaundice
Infectious hepatitis mode of transmission
Through contact, water, milk and food
Infectious hepatitis reservoir
Man
Infectious hepatitis incubation period
15-50 days, commonly 25
Infectious hepatitis symptoms
Fever, nausea, abdominal pain, jaundice, necrosis of liver
Poliomyelitis mode of transmission
Oral contact, milk
Poliomyelitis reservoir
Man
Poliomyelitis Incubation period
7-12 days; ranging to 3-21
Poliomyelitis symptoms
Fever, headache, gastrointestinal disturbance, stiffness of the neck and back with or without paralysis
Rabies mode of transmission
Bite of rabid animal; airborne spread from bats to man in caves with many bats
Rabies reservoir
Small carnivores including bats
Rabies incubation period
4-6 weeks
Rabies symptoms
Almost always fatal form of encephalitis; headache, fever, paralysis
Order of Vibrio Cholerae
Order Pseudomonadales
Order of Vibrio parahemolyticus
Order Pseudomonadales
Order of Psittacosis chlamydia
Order Chlamydobacteriales
Order of Salmonellae
Order Eubacterides
Order of Salmonella typhi
Order Eubacterides
Order of Shigella
Order Eubacterides
Order of Yersinia pestis
Order Eubacterides
Order of Francisella tularensis
Order Eubacterides
Order of Brucellae
Order Eubacterides
Order of Staphylococcus aureus
Order Eubacterides
Order of Streptococcus pyrogenes
Order Eubacterides
Order of Bacillus anthracis
Order Eubacterides