Epidemiology L4 Flashcards
Black flies
Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
Sand flies
Leishmaniasis
Tsetse flies
African trypanosomiasis
Reduviid bugs
American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)
Mosquitoes
Malaria & yellow fever
Fleas
Endemic typhus
Murine typhus
Lyme Disease cause
Borrelia burgdorferi (spirochete bacterium)
Lyme Disease Reservoirs
Rodents and deer
Lyme Disease Mode of transmission
Tick bite
Campylobacter jejuni (bacterium) Vector
Chickens
C. parvum (protozoan) Vector
Drinking water (highly resistant to disinfectants used to purify drinking water)
Cyclospora cayetanensis (protozoan) Vector
Drinking water
Raspberries
E. coli 0157:H7 (bacterium) Vector
Meats
Produce contaminated by manure and growing fields for example sprouts
Drinking water
Giardia lamblia (also called
Giardia intestinalis) (protozoan) Vector
Drinking water (moderately resistant to disinfectants used to purify drinking water)
Listeria monocytogenes (bacterium) Vector
Soft cheeses and deli meats
Salmonella enteritidis (bacterium) Vector
Eggs
Salmonella typhimurium DT-104 (bacterium) Vector
Unpasteurized milk (resistant to many antibiotics)
Shigella spp. (bacteria) Vector
Drinking water
Filoviruses category and disease
Category A
Viral hemorrhagic fevers
Burkholderia mallei category and disease
Category B
Glanders
Burkholderia pseudomallei category and disease
Category B
Melioidosis
Coxiella burnetii category and disease
Category B
Q fever
Rickettsia prowazekii category and disease
Category B
Typhus fever
Nipah virus & Hantavirus category and disease
Category C
