CH HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASES Flashcards
Causative agent of typhoid and it is transmitted via
Salmonella typhoid
Contaminated food and water
Typhoid is also known as
Systemic or Enteric fever
Typhoid fever can be confirmed by
Widal test
Typhoid is what type of infection
Bacterial infection
Symptoms of typhoid
Sustained high fever
Intestinal perforation- extreme case
Weakness
Stomach pain
Lose of appetite
Pneumonia is caused by
Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Haemophilus Influenza
Mode of transmission of pneumonia
Aerosols
Symptoms of Pneumonia
Infection in the lower respiratory tract… fluid filled alveoli
Causative agent of plague
Yersinia pestis
Plague is also known as
Bubonic plague/ black death
What kind of infection was plague
Bacterial infection
Diseases that spread from animal to humans are called
Zoonotic diseases
Plague was primarily a disease of
Rodent
Vector of plague
Rat flea
Symptoms of plague
High fever
Bubo(lump) in the armpit or groin region
Blood patch appeared on skin which then turns black
causative agent of Cholera
Vibrio Cholera
Cholera is which type of infection
Bacterial infection
treatment for cholera
oral rehydration therapy as a lot of fluid and salts are released through stool and vomit
Causative agent for Tuberculosis
Myobacterium Tuberculosis
Vaccine for tuberculosis
BCG Vaccine
mode of transmission for tuberculosis
air borne
causative agent for Tetanus
Clostridium tetani
Tetanus is also known as
Lock jaw
which disease results in Sustained contraction
tetanus
Injection for tetanus
anti tetanus serum(ATS)
DPT Vaccine- Diptheria, Pestusis, tetanus
causative agent of diptheria
Corynebacterium diptheriae
causative agent of diptheria
Corynebacterium diptheriae
causative agent of leprosy
Myobacterium leprae