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____ plague: transmission from animal host to humans

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Zootic

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___-zootic: induction into a new susceptible population

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Epizootic

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___-zootic: stable rodent-flea reservoirs

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Enzootic

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Name 3 families of zoonotic pathogens that exhibit limited human to human transmission.

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Arenaviridae, Filoviriade, Paramyxoviridae

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Name 3 viral zoonotic pathogens that do not exhibit human to human transmission under normal conditions

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West Nile Virus, Rabies, Sin Nombre Virus

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Name 4 arboviruses, for which humans are not dead end hosts

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Dengue virus, Yellow fever virus, Zika virus, some alphaviruses

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Name an arbovirus with an available vaccine.

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Dengue virus

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Name the 4 general presentations of arboviral diseases

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Febrile illness, Neurologic disease, Arthritis, Hemorrhagic Fever

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Name the 6 clinical variants of Tularemia

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Glandular, Ulceroglandular, Oculoglandular, Pharyngeal, Typhoidal, Pulmonary

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Name the three clinical variants of Yersinia pestis

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Bubonic, septicemic, pneumonic

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Name the three families of Arboviruses.

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Bunyaviridae, Togaviridae, Flaviviridae

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Name the three most common vectors for arboviruses.

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Ticks, mosquitoes, biting flies

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Name the two clinical variants of rabies

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Furious/Encephalitic (80%), Paralytic (20%)

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Name the two syndromes associated with Dengue virus.

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Dengue fever, Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome

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Name three possible sequelae in lyme disease

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Arthritis, neurologic symptoms, carditis

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Name two examples of Arenaviridae.

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Lassa virus, Machupo virus

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Name two examples of Filoviridae

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Marburgvirus, Ebolavirus

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Name two non-vector mechanisms of arbovirus transmission

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Blood transfusion, organ transplant

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What is the genome for Arenaviruses?

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Bisegmented ambisense RNA

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What is the genome for Bunyaviridae?

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Segmented, negative-sense ssRNA

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What is the genome for Filoviridae?

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Negative-sense ssRNA

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What is the genome for Flaviviridae?

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Positive-sense ssRNA

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What is the genome for Hantavirus?

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Segmented, negative-sense ssRNA

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What is the genome for Togaviridae?

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Positive-sense ssRNA

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What is the genome of Rabies? Does it contain an envelope?

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Negative-sense ssRNA; Yes

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What is the host for Sin Nombre virus?

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Deer mouse

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What is the most common clinical variant of Tularemia?

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Ulceroglandular

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What is the reservoir for Yersinia pestis?

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Urban and sylvatic rats

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What is the treatment for neurologic lyme disease?

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3rd cephalosporin

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30
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What is the treatment for primary lyme disease?

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Doxycycline

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What is the treatment for Yersinia pestis?

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Streptomycin

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What is the treatment of rickettsia?

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Doxycycline

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What is the typical incubation phase for rabies?

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1-3 months

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34
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What vaccine is available for Rabies?

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Human Diploid Cell Vaccine (HDCV)

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35
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Which arbovirus family has a genome with a Poly A tail?

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Togaviridae

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36
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Which clinical variant of Yersinia pestis classically arises 2-5 days after a flea bite on the extremities

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Bubonic

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Which clinical variant of Yersinia pestis classically arises following ingestion of a large number of organisms

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Septicemic

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Which clinical variant of Yersinia pestis classically arises in the context of transmission between humans

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Pneumonic

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39
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Which is responsible for transmission of Yersinia pestis to humans?

40
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Which of the following has a viable vaccine: Yersinia pestis, francisella tularensis, borellia burgdorferi

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Yersinia pestis

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Which pathogen? “Safety pin” morphology

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Yersinia pestis

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Which pathogen? Animal reservoirs in white-footed mice, deer, and ticks

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Which pathogen? Antibody-Dependent Enhancement is an important mechanism in pathogenesis

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Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome

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Which pathogen? Avian and mosquito hosts; most are asymptomatic; abrupt onset fever/headache/fatigue; rare few have neurologic involvement

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West Nile Virus

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Which pathogen? Bullet shaped virion

46
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Which pathogen? Capable of metabolic activity but cease metabolic activity when in free form

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Rickettsia

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Which pathogen? Cause of endemic typhus

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Rickettsia typhi

48
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Which pathogen? Caused the plague

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Yersinia pestis

49
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Which pathogen? Causes Brill’s Disease

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Rickettsia prowazekii

50
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Which pathogen? Causes epidemic typhus

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Rickettsia prowazekii

51
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Which pathogen? Causes lyme disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi

52
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Which pathogen? Causes Rabies

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Lyssavirus (family Rhabdoviridae)

53
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Which pathogen? Causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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Rickettsia ricketsii

54
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Which pathogen? Causes tularemia

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Francisella tularensis

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Which pathogen? Classically associated with rabbits

56
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Which pathogen? Close contact with infected pigs, respiratory and neurologic symptoms

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Hendra and Nipah viruses

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Which pathogen? Completely preventable even following infection

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Which pathogen? Difficulty swallowing, hydrophobia, hallucination, hypersalivation

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Rabies (Furious/Encephalitic Form)

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Which pathogen? Endemic in skunks, raccoons, foxes, and bats in the US

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Which pathogen? Erythema chronicum migrans

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Which pathogen? Erythematous macular rash 1-2 weeks following inoculation, rash spreads from trunk to extremities

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Rickettsia prowazekii (Epidemic Typhus)

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Which pathogen? Facultative bipolar staining gram negative bacillus

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Yersinia pestis

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Which pathogen? Fever and malaise progressing to n/v, severe prostration, vascular damage, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia

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Arenavirus

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Which pathogen? Fever, headache, and rash; progress to petechial lesions secondary to thrombosis of small vessels and extravasation

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Rickettsia

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Which pathogen? First hantavirus discovered in the US

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Sin Nombre

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Which pathogen? Flavivirus transmitted by mosquito vector; associated with microcephaly in neonates

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Zika virus

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Which pathogen? Found mostly in the Northern hemisphere with peaks in the summer and December

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Francisella tularensis

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Which pathogen? Highly infectious, requiring fewer than 50 organisms on unbroken skin for infection

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Francisella tularensis

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Which pathogen? Infection of monocytes and macrophages; leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, elevated LFTs

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Ehrlichiosis

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Which pathogen? Intracellular zoonotic pathogen that multiplies in the cytosol

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Rickettsia

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Which pathogen? Intracellular zoonotic pathogen that multiplies in the phagosomes

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Anaplasma, Ehrlichia

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Which pathogen? Intracellular zoonotic pathogen that targets endothelial cells

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Rickettsia

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Which pathogen? Intracellular zoonotic pathogen that targets phagocytes

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Anaplasma, Ehrlichia

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Which pathogen? Loosely coiled spirochete, difficult to culture

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Borrelia burgdorferi

75
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Which pathogen? Macular petechial rash starting in extremities and progressing to trunk

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Rickettsia ricketsii (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)

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Which pathogen? May present as pulmonary syndrome or hemorrhagic fever depending on the specific virus

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Hantavirus

77
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Which pathogen? Milder version of epidemic typhus with no rash

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Rickettsia prowazekii (Brill’s Disease)

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Which pathogen? Morulae in the cytoplasm of WBCs

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Ehrlichiosis

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Which pathogen? Most common arboviral disease in the US; flavivirus

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West Nile Virus

80
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Which pathogen? Most important rickettsial disease in the US

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Rickettsia ricketsii (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)

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Which pathogen? Necrotic ulcer with tender regional lymph nodes

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Tularemia (Ulceroglandular variant)

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Which pathogen? Occurs in three stages; fever, arthralgias, arthritis, rash; chronically persistent arthralgia and tenosynovitis

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Chikungunya virus

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Which pathogen? Quadriparesis, leads to multiple organ failure and death

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Rabies (Paralytic Form)

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Which pathogen? Reservoir deer; transmitted by bite of hard tick

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Ehrlichiosis

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Which pathogen? Reservoir deer; transmitted by bite of soft tick

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Anaplasmosis

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Which pathogen? Severe pain in legs/back, no productive cough at onset, thrombocytopenia, neutrophilia, elevated LFTs

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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

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Which pathogen? Similar to epidemic typhus, eschar at site of bite

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Orientia (Scrub typhus)

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Which pathogen? Small gram-negative obligate intracellular bacteria; pairs of rods or single coccobacillus with tapered ends

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Rickettsia

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Which pathogen? Small, aerobic, gram-negative coccobacillus

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Francisella tularensis

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Which pathogen? Thrombocytopenia, capillary leakage, hepatic damage; progressing to hypovolemic shock

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Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome

91
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Which pathogen? Transmission from lice

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Rickettsia prowazekii

92
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Which pathogen? Transmission from rat flea feces

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Rickettsia typhi

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Which pathogen? Transmitted by chigger bite, high incidence during war

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Orientia (Scrub typhus)

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Which pathogen? Undergo bacterial phase variation as an imporant virulence mechanism

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Francisella tularensis

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Which pathogen? Unexplained bleeding, nonspecific symptoms, joint/muscle aches

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Ebolavirus

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Which pathogen? Used as a weapon by the Japanese in WWII

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Yersinia pestis

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