Causative Agent & MOD Flashcards
CA: TUBERCULOSIS
-Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
M. Africanum= Human
M. Bovis/bovine = Cattle
MOT: TB
Airbone-Droplet
Coughing, singing, sneezing
CAT: Tetanus
-Clostridium Tetani
Tetanus Bacillus
MOD: Tetanus
-Enters skin via non-intact skin
-contamination of the unhealed stump of the umbilical cord.
CA: Poliomyelitis (Heins-Medin Dse)
-Legio Debilitans
I.Brunhilde
II.Lansing
III.Leon
poliovirus type 1,2,3
MOT: Polio
Fecal-Oral
CA: Chicken Pox
-Varicella-Zoster Virus,
Herpes Virus
Human Alpha Herpesvirus 3
MOT: Chicken Pox
Direct Contact or Droplet spread
CA: Mumps (Epidemic Parotitis)
Mumps Virus: Rubivirus
-Paramyxomviridae; Paramyxovirus
r/t parainfluenza Viruses
MOT: Mumps
Direct contact
CA: Measles (Rubeola)
Filterable virus
genus: Morbillivirus Family Paramyxoviridae
MOT: Measles (Rubeola)
Direct contact with infectious airborne droplet.
CA: Diptheria
Corynebacterium diphtheria (Kiebs-Loeffler bacillus)
MOT: DIPTHERIA
-Contact with carrier
-indirect contact with articles, food, & environment contaminated
CA: Influenza
Influenza Virus A,B,C
MOT: FLU
Direct contact by mouth & nose
Droplet secretions (Upper airway)
CA: PERTUSSIS/WHOOPING COUGH
-Hemophilus Pertussis
-Bordet Gengou Bacillus
-Bordetella pertussis or pertussis bacillus.