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Etiologic agent Flashcards

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Diphtheria

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Pertussis

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Bordetella Pertusis

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Chickenpox (Varicella)

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Varicella-zoster virus
Alpha-3-herpes (herpes virus 3)

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Measles (Rubeola; 7-day measles)

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Paramyxovirus of the morbillivirus family

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Tuberculosis (Koch’s infection; Phthisis; Extra Pulmonary Miliary Tuberculosis, White Plague)

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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

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Tetanus (Lockjaw)

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Clostridium tetani

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Hep A (Catarrhal jaundice/ Infectious hepatitis)

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Picornavirus

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Hep B (Serum)

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Hepadnavirus

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Hep C (Post-Transfusion Hepatitis)

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Flavivirus

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Hep D (Delta Hepatitis; Fluminant Hepatitis)

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Requires Hep B for replicationHe

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Hep E (Enteric Hepatitis)

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Calicivirus

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Encephalitis (Brain fever)

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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)

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Meningitis (Cerebrospinal fever)

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Neisseria meningitidis & other pulmonary pathogens

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Rabies (Lyssa; La Rage)

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Rhabdovirus

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Poliomyelitis (Heine-Medin Disease, Infantile Paralysis)

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Legio debilitans (Polio virus I, II, III)

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Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease; Hansenosis)

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Dengue (Hemorrhagic Fever; Breakbone/ Chikungunya; Dandy Fever; Infectious Thrombocytopenic Purpura)

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Flavivirus (1, 2, 3, 4), Chikungunya, Onyong nyong

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Malaria (Ague, Marsh Fever)

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Plasmodium falciparum

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Ebola

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Ebola virus

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Zika

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Zika virus (flavivirus family)

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Schistosomiasis (Snail Fever, Bilharziasis, Katayama Fever)

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Schistosoma japonicum, Schistosoma mansoni [Southeast Asia], Schistosoma haemotibium (Middle East)

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Paragonimiasis

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Paragonimus westermani

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Filariasis

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Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Brugia timori

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COVID-19

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SARS-COV-2

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Influenza (The Grippe; Flu)

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Myxovirus A, B, C

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Anthrax (Malignant Disease; Malignant Edema, Ragpicker’s Disease, Woolsorter’s Disease)

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Bacillus anthracis

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Shingles (Herpes Zoster)

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Herpes virus 3 (Alpha 3- Herpes)

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German measles (Rubella; 3-Day measles)

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Roseola infantum (Sixth Disease)

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Herpes singlex 6

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Pediculosis

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Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse), Pediculus humanus corporis (body louse), phthirus pubis (crab louse)

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Scabies (Galies-Aso)

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Sarcoptes scabiel

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Cholera (El Tor)

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Vibrio coma, vibrio cholerae

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Mumps (Parotitis)

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Paromyxovirus of the myxovirus family

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Pneumonia

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CAP:
Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Mycoplasma
Legionella pneumophilia
Hemophilus influenza
Klebsiella pneumonia
HAP:
Staphylococcus aureus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Enterobacter species

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Typhoid fever

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Salmonella typhi

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Dysentery

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Shigella flexheri; shigella boydii; shigella sonne; shigella dysenteriae

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Botulinum food poisoning

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Clostridium Botolinum

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Infectious food poisoning

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Salmonella dysenteriae, Campylobacter jejunum, Clostridium perfringens, Escherichia coli

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Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (Red Tide)

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Pyrodinium bahamense
Genyaulax atanella
Genyaulax tamaremis
Phthyediscus breve

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Leptospirosis (Weil’s Disease; Swineherd Disease; Spirochaetal Jaundice; Mud fever; Flood fever; Canicola Disease; 7- Day Japanese fever)

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Leptospira interogans

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Ascariasis

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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Enterobiasis

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Enterobius vernicularis

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Trichiuriasis

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Trichiuris Trichura

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Capillariasis

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Capillaria philippinesis

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Food tapeworms

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Taenia Saginata (beef)
Taenia Solium (pork)
Diphyllobothrium Latum (fish)
Hymenolepis nana (dwarf)

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Egyptian chlorosis

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Ancyclostoma duodenale (Ancyclostomiasis); Necator Americanus

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Gonorrhea (Flores blancas; Gleet; Clap; Drip; Morning drip; Tulo)

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Neisseria gonorrhea

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Chlamydia

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Trichomonasis

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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Syphilis (Lues Veneria; The Pox; Bad Blood Disease)

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Treponema pallidum

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AIDS

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Retrovirus (Lentivirus) (HTLV-III)

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