Ch. 20 - Part 3 Flashcards
What type of pathogen causes African sleeping sickness?
protozoan
African sleeping sickness aka?
trypanosomiasis
Which is least and most common African sleeping sicknesses (+%’s). West/East?
West - 95%
East - 5%
What is the vector for African sleeping sickness?
Tsetse fly
What causes West African sleeping sickness?
trypanosoma bruccei gambiense
What causes East African sleeping sickness?
trypanosoma bruccei rhodesiense
What are the 3 stages of African sleeping sickness?
Site of fly bite b/c lesion
Lymph node swelling and headaches
Invasion of CNS = meningeoencephalitis
What type of pathogen is amebic meningeoencephalopathy?
protozoan
Death occurs usually within ____ with amebic meningeoencephalopathy
3-7 days
What is the mode of transmission for amebic meningeoencephalopathy?
Inhalation of contaminated water
Naegleria fowler aka?
“brain-eating amoeba”
What are the two causes of amebic meningeoencephalopathy?
acanthamoeba
naegleria fowleri
What type of pathogen is variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease? (vCJD)
prion
What causes vCJD?
Abnormal strains of prion
Mode of transmission for vCJD?
Eating BSE contaminated beef most likely
vCJD is an ______ disease.
emerging
vCJD aka?
Spongiform encephalopathy
Insomnia, weight loss, memory failure, progressive worsening of muscle control are signs and symptoms of what?
vCJD
Trachoma is caused by what?
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis is what type of pathogen?
bacteria
What is the leading cause of non-traumatic blindness in humans?
trachoma
Mode of transmission for Trachoma?
Bacteria from genitals introduced to the eyes in birth canal, or via vomited or fingers
Eyelids turn inward, eyelashes abrade, irritate, and scar the cornea, triggering invasion of blood vessels, eventual result is blindness are signs and symptoms of what?
trachoma
Infection of hair follicle on eye causes what?
sty
What type of pathogen causes a sty?
Bacteria (gram +)
Mode of transmission for a sty?
Direct contact/fomites