First Aid: Zoonotic bacteria

Question 1

Bartonella - disease?

Answer 1

Cat scratch disease

Question 2

Borrelia burgdorferi - disease (vector)?

Answer 2

Lyme disease (Ixodes ticks)

Question 3

Borrelia recurrentis - disease (vector)?

Answer 3

Recurrent fever (lice)

Question 4

Brucella - disease, vector?

Answer 4

undulant fever, bad dairy

Question 5

Campylobacter - disease, vector?

Answer 5

inflammatory diarrhea, puppies (and livestock)

Question 6

chlamydophila psittaci - disease, vector?

Answer 6

psittacosis, parrots and other birds

Question 7

Coxiella burnetii - disease (vector)?

Answer 7

Q fever, cat giving birth

Question 8

Ehrlichiosis chaffeensis - disease, vector?

Answer 8

Ehrlichiosis (flu-like, dampens immune system), Lone Star tick

Question 9

Francisella tularensis - disease, vector?

Answer 9

Tularemia, rabbits and ticks

Question 10

Leptospira - disease, vector?

Answer 10

Leptospirosis, water contaminated with animal urine

Question 11

Mycobacterium leprae - disease, vector?

Answer 11

Leprosy, armadillo

Question 12

Pasteurella multocida - disease, vector?

Answer 12

cellulitis, cat + dog bite

Question 13

Rickettsia prowazekii - disease, vector?

Answer 13

Epidemic (because it’s a pro) typhus, lice

Question 14

Rickettsia rickettsii - disease, vector?

Answer 14

Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Dermacentor tick

Question 15

Rickettsia typhi - disease, vector?

Answer 15

Endemic typhus, flea

Question 16

Yersinia pestis - disease, vector?

Answer 16

Plague, flea and rodent