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Leptospira-Wolbachia Flashcards

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This is a common endosymbiont of insects and other invertebrate hosts. This organism is capeable of overriding the chromosomal sexual determination … etc , selectively killing males

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Wolbachia pipientis

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Causes granulocytic ehrlichiosis in humans

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Anaplasma phagocytophilum

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Causes a regenerative anemia in cattle , and is transmitted via Dermacenter andersoni. Once a cow has recovered from infection, the animal remains a carrier.

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Anaplasma marginale

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Produces centrally located inclusions in erythrcytes in Africa, austrailia, and europe.

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Anaplasma centrale

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Elokomin fluke fever agent

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Neorickettsia elokominica

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Cause of Potomac horse fever (equine monocytic ehrlichiosis)

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Neorickettsia risticii

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The cause of Salmon poisoning in dogs. Associated with Nanophyetus salmincola

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Neorickettsia helminthoeca

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Casues a terminal pancytopenia in dogs

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Ehrlichia canis

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Cause of heartwater disease

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Ehrlichia ruminatium

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Name the genus- organisms infect circulating leukocytes, but some also infect vascular endothelial cells

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Ehrlichia

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Rocky mountain spotted fever

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Rickettsia ricketsii

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Cause of scrub typhus

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Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

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Cause of endemic typhus. Transmitted by lice

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Rickettsia prowaszekii

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Cause of mouse typus

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Rickettsia typhi

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Cause of Feline pneumonitis. Also causes conjunctivitis in kittens

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Chlamydia felis

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Causes enzootic abortions of lambs n the last trimester, subsuquent lambs to her are often infected.

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Chlamydia abortus

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Ornithosis of birds. Contracted by inhalation of dust contaminated with feces. Imported birds are quarantined due to this organism

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Chlamydia psittaci

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Organism causes pneumonia and encephalitis that s transmitted from human to human WITHOUT an intermediate avian or animal host

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Chlamydia pneumoniae

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SExually transmitted, replication in the regional lymph nodes leading mainly to enlarged lymph nodes

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Chlamydia trachomatis biovar 1

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Trachoma, and urogenetal tract infections in humans

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Chlamydia trachomatis biovar 2

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Leading cause of preventable blindness in the world

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Chlamydia trachomatis biovar 2

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Cause of trench fever- transmitted by the body louse in humans

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Bartonella quintana

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Commensals of the nasopharynx and oral cavities of humans, dogs, etc.

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Capnocytophaga

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A second organism that has been involved ni cat scratch disease

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Afipia felis

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The cause of cat scratch disease

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Bartonella henselae

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a cause of rat bite fever in Asia and Africa

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Spirillum minus

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Common cause of rat bite fever in humans as well as Haverhill fever

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Streptobacillus moniliformis

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Cause of human relapsing fever

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Borrelia

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Cause of fowl spirochaetosis

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Borrelia anserina

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Cause of Lyme disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Cause of Human syphilus

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Treponema pallidum ss pallidum

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What genus is responsible for Hairy Heel Warts?

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Treponema

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What is the cause of rabbit syphilis

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Treponema paralius caniculi

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The cause of PIS and HIS

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Brachyspira pilosicoli

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Common cause of swne dysentery

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Brachyspira hyodysenterae

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Cause of periodic ophthalmia in horses

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Leptospra

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Virulence factor of Leptospira

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cytotoxic factor causing it to be resistant to killing by neutrophils and complement

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