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Lecture 5: Emerging and Reemering Infectious Diseases Flashcards

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What are the three examples of emerging diseases?

A

Leptospirosis
Lyme disease
Cryptosporidiosis

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Describe the morphology of leptospira

A

Gram negative
Obligate aerobe
Motile
2 motors

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3
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What is the main type of leptospira?

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Interrogans

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4
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What infections does letospira interrogans cause?

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Leptospirosis and Weils disease

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5
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How do you treat leptospira?

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Antibiotic treatment
Server specific vaccine
Tetracycline

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6
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What insect causes Lyme disease?

A

Ticks

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7
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What species causes Lyme disease?

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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What is the morphology of Borrelia burgdorferi?

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Helical cell shape
Periplasmic flagella
One large linear chromosome

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9
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What plasmid is necessary of Borrelia infection?

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Ip25

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What are symptoms of Lyme disease?

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Fatigue
Fever
Muscle and joint cramp
Skin lesions

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