Causitive Agents

Question 1

Transmitted by dog ticks. Caused by rickettsia rickettsia. What is the disease called?

Answer 1

Rocky mountain spotted fever

Question 2

What 2 amoebic Protozoa cause meningoencephalitis?

Answer 2

Acanthamoeba and naegleria fowleri

Question 3

What’s found in SoCal and causes a mild respiratory disease?

Answer 3

Coccidiodies

Question 4

Name 3 herpes simplex viruses

Answer 4

Roseola, varicella zoster, shingles

Question 5

Transmitted by deer ticks (ixoes genus). Erythema migrants (looks like bull’s eye lesions).

Answer 5

Lyme’s disease

Question 6

2nd and 3rd stage of lyme’s:

Answer 6

2: cardiac and neurological problems. 3: crippling arthritic problems

Question 7

Common characteristic to yersinia pestis. Swollen lymph nodes, ulcerative skin lesions, intestinal disruption.

Answer 7

Tularemia (rabbit Fever)

Question 8

How do most people with tetanus die?

Answer 8

Paralysis of respiratory muscles

Question 9

What causes a rash starting at the head that spreads to the rest of the body?

Answer 9

Rubeola (measles)

Question 10

Zoonotic disease in sandflies. What type of microorganism causes it?

Answer 10

Protozoa causes leishmaniasis

Question 11

Affects both humans and animals. in humans, bacteria is in blood, focal lesions, and spleen.

Answer 11

Brucellosis

Question 12

Name the organism that causes acute endocarditis.

Answer 12

Staph a.

Question 13

What bacteria is associated with subacute endocarditis?

Answer 13

Alpha hemolytic streptococci (Viridans group)

Question 14

What effects does Plasmodium have on the human body while completing the asexual stage?

Answer 14

Multiplication in the liver, followed by infection of RBCs

Question 15

Is there a vaccine for HIV/aids?

Answer 15

No