Lesson 13 Flashcards
Five principal modes of transmission of pathogen
Contact
Droplet
Airborne
Vehicular
Vector
Infectious disease transmitted from person to person
Communicable disease
They constantly strive to prevent epidemics and to identify and eliminate any that do occur
Public health agencies
A specialized agency of the United Nations, founded in 1948
WHO
Its mission is to promote technical cooperation for health among nations, carry out programs to control and eradicate diseases, and improve the quality of human life
WHO
Guinea worm infection
Dracunculiasis
River blindness
Onchocerciasis
Responsible for controlling the introduction and spread of infectious diseases
CDC / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In times of war, the use of microorganisms is called
Biological warfare
These people are referred to as biological terrorist, and the specific pathogen they use
Bioterrorism agents
Four pathogens that are potential biowarfare and bioterrorism agents
B. Anthracis
C. Botulinum
V. Major
Y. Pestis
It is caused by B. Anthracis
Anthrax
A spore forming, gram positive bacillus
B. Anthracis
Three forms of anthrax
Cutaneous A.
Inhalation A.
Gastrointestinal A.
What anthrax is the most severe
Inhalation Anthrax
Ranks the most severe to not severe anthrax
Inhalation
Gastrointestinal
Cutaneous
A fatal microbial intoxication, caused by botulinal toxin, a neurotoxin caused by C. Botulinum
Botulinum
A neurotoxin caused by C. Botulinum
Botulinal toxin
A serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal viral disease
Smallpox
It is caused by Y. Pestis
Plague
A zoonosis and is usually transmitted to humans by fles bit
Plague
Plague can manifest itself in several ways;
Bubonic plague
Respiratory plague
Septicemic plague
Plague that is highly communicable, involves the lungs
Pneumonic Plague
Plague that may cause septic shock, meningitis, or death
Septicemic Plague
