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viral meningitis cause

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RNA virus in the genus enterovirus.

Coxackie A virus, B virus and echoviru

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Viral meningitis symptoms/signs

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similar to those of bacterial meningitis but more mild. (fever, meningeal inflammation, increased wbc in csf)

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encephalitis cause

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rabies, herpes, dengue, aids, yellow fever.

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encephalitis symptoms/signs

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fever, headache, drowsiness, lethargy, coma, tremors, stiff neck

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Botulism cause

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botulinum

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botulism s/s

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foodborne, infant, and wond.

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foodborn botulism

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progressive paralysis on both sides of the body. slow recovery from growth of new nerve cell endings

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infant botulism

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results from the ingestion of endospores, nonspecific symptoms

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wound botulism

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contamination fo a wound by endospores. symptoms are similar to foodborne botulism

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tetanus cause

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clostridium tetani

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teanus s/s

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tightening of the jaw (lockjaw). spasms and contractions may spread to other muscles. irregular heartbeat and blood pressure and profuse sweating may occur

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hansen’s disease (leprosy) cause

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mycobacterium leprae

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hanse’s disease s/s

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tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy

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tuberculoid leprosy

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nonprogressive form of the disease. strong cell mediated immune response

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lepromatous leprosy

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more virulent form of the disease. weak cell mediated immune response

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Polio cause

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poliovirus

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polio s/s

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asymptomatic: 90% of cases
Minor: nonspecific symptoms 
nonparalytic: muscle spasms and back pain
paralytic: produces paralysis
Postpolio: can be debilitating
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brucellosis cause

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brucella melitensis strains

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brucellosis s/s

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fluctuating fever that spikes every afternoon

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Yersnia pestis

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causes pneumonia, called pneumonic plague

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Infectious mononucleosis cause

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epstein-barr virus (ebv or hhv-4)

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infectious mononucleosis s/s

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severe sore throat and fever occur initially. followed by swollen lymph nodes, fatigue, appetite loss, and a skin rash

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schistosomiasis cause

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caused by 3 species of schistosoma

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schistosomiasis s/s

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swimmers itch may occur at infection site. eggs deposited throughout body can cause other symptoms

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diphtheria cause

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corynebacterium diphteriae

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diphtheria s/s

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sore throat, localized pain, fever, presence of pseudomembrane that can obstruct airways

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Neisseria meningitidis characteristic s

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gram negative cocci, known as meningococcus

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neisseria meningitidis virulence factors

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fimbriae, capsule, and lipligosaccharide help the bacteria attach to cells

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francisella tularensis characteristics

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gram negative cocci, survives within infected cells

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francisella tularensis virulence factors

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endotoxin

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streptococus pyogenes characteristics

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it is a respiratory diseas, and a group A streptococi

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Streptococus pyogenes virulence

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m proteins, hyaluronic acid capsule, streptokinases, c5a peptidase, pyrogenic toxins, streptolysin.

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streptococcus pneumoniae characteristics

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bacterial pneumonias, pneumococal pneumonia enters the lungs

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streptococcus pneumoniae virulence

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adhesins, capsule, pneumolysin

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streptoccus agalactiae at risk

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patients that have not taken penicillin at birth (newborns)

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listeria monocytogenes at risk

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pregnant women, fetuses, newborns, and the elderly or immunocompromised

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Neisseria meningitides at risk

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newborns

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toxoplasma at risk

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fetus

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pnemocystis at risk

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AIDS patients

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viral meningitis diagnosis

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diagnosed by characteristic signs and symptoms in the absence of bacteria in the CSF

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viral encephalitis diagnosis

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diagnosis based on signs and symptoms. confirmed by presence of abrovirus-specific antibodies in CSF

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Rabies treatment

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treated with human rabies immunoglobulin, vaccine injections, and cleansing infection site

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Pertussis (whooping cough)

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primarily supportive

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viral encephalitis reservoir/host

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reservoir: zoonotic disease (pigs), rarely affect humans
host: blood sucking anthropoids (mosquitos)

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Yellow fever reservoir/host

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reservoir: liver of human
host: aedes mosquito

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dengue fever reservoir/host

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reservoir: humans
host: aedes mosquito

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hantavirus reservoir/host

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reservoir: humans, via blood
host: mice, via inhalation

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primary amebic meningoencephalopathy transmission

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enter host through abrasions on the skin or the eyelid or by inhalation of contaminated water

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blastomycosis transmission

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enters body through inhalation of dust carrying fungal spores

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Legionella transmission

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domestic water soruces

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septicemia:

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any microbial infection of the blood that produces illness

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bacteremia:

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bacterial septicemia

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toxemia

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release of bacterial toxins into the blood

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coccidioidomycosis

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southwestern U.S and northern Mexico

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Blastomycosis

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eastern U.S

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Histoplasmosis

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prevalent in the eastern U.S some parts in south america, and big in Africa

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