Micro Summary: Geographical Locations Flashcards

1
Q

• Acinetobacter

A

Afghanistan

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2
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• Altitude sickness

A

Peru, Bolivia, Tibet, Africa

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3
Q

• B. burgdoferi

A

southern New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic states (Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota), coastal & wooded areas of California & Oregon

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4
Q

• Babesia

A

NE US

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5
Q

• Bacillus anthracis

A

Florida, Washington DC, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut

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6
Q

• Blastomyces dermatitidis

A

Ohio & Mississippi River valleys, eastern/northern US

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7
Q

• Chikungunya

A

India, Mauritius

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8
Q

• Coccidioides immitis

A

SW US, South America

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9
Q

• Coronavirus (SARS)

A

Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar

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10
Q

• Cutaneous larva migrans

A

Bermuda (beach)

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11
Q

• Cryptosporidium

A

worldwide, including US

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12
Q

• Dengue

A

Florida, tropical regions

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13
Q

• Entamoeba histolytica

A

worldwide, rare in US

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14
Q

• Francisella tularensis

A

Martha’s Vineyard

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15
Q

• Giardia lamblia

A

worldwide, including US

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16
Q

• Hepatitis

A

Bangkok

17
Q

• Histoplasma capsulatum

A

Ohio & Mississippi River valleys, Mexico (spelunking)

18
Q

• Intestinal roundworms

A

US (not hookworm)

19
Q

• Japanese encephalitis

A

SE Asia, Cambodia

20
Q

• Leishmania

A

Central/South America, Middle East (Iraq, Afghanistan), Africa

21
Q

• Leptospirosis

A

Borneo (eco-challenge)

22
Q

• Malaria

A

Africa, SE Asia, Central/South America

23
Q

• Meningococcal vaccine

A

Africa, Mecca

24
Q

• Microsporidium

A

worldwide, including US

25
Q

• Mycobacterium leprae

A

Africa, (SE) Asia, Latin America, India

26
Q

• Neisseria meningitidis

A

Africa, US

27
Q

• Norovirus

A

Norwalk, Ohio

28
Q

• Penicillium marneffei

A

SE Asia

29
Q

• Poliovirus

A

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria (refuse vaccine), Africa, Asia

30
Q

• Rickettsia rickettsiae

A

north & south America

31
Q

• Salmonella typhi

A

developing countries

32
Q

• Schistosoma

A

snail-infested water, Lake Malawi

33
Q

• Taenia solium

A

Latin America & Asia

34
Q

• Trypanosoma

A

Central/South America, Africa

35
Q

• Typhoid fever

A

India, Central/South America, Asia, Africa, Bangkok

36
Q

• VHF

A

Africa

37
Q

• West Nile Virus

A

Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, US

38
Q

• Yellow fever

A

South America, Africa

39
Q

• Yersinia pestis

A

SW US