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
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• 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
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• 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
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• Dengue

A

Florida, tropical regions

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13
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• 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

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
• Mycobacterium leprae
Africa, (SE) Asia, Latin America, India
26
• Neisseria meningitidis
Africa, US
27
• Norovirus
Norwalk, Ohio
28
• Penicillium marneffei
SE Asia
29
• Poliovirus
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria (refuse vaccine), Africa, Asia
30
• Rickettsia rickettsiae
north & south America
31
• Salmonella typhi
developing countries
32
• Schistosoma
snail-infested water, Lake Malawi
33
• Taenia solium
Latin America & Asia
34
• Trypanosoma
Central/South America, Africa
35
• Typhoid fever
India, Central/South America, Asia, Africa, Bangkok
36
• VHF
Africa
37
• West Nile Virus
Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, US
38
• Yellow fever
South America, Africa
39
• Yersinia pestis
SW US