Micro Summary: Geographical Locations Flashcards
• Acinetobacter
Afghanistan
• Altitude sickness
Peru, Bolivia, Tibet, Africa
• B. burgdoferi
southern New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic states (Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota), coastal & wooded areas of California & Oregon
• Babesia
NE US
• Bacillus anthracis
Florida, Washington DC, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
• Blastomyces dermatitidis
Ohio & Mississippi River valleys, eastern/northern US
• Chikungunya
India, Mauritius
• Coccidioides immitis
SW US, South America
• Coronavirus (SARS)
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar
• Cutaneous larva migrans
Bermuda (beach)
• Cryptosporidium
worldwide, including US
• Dengue
Florida, tropical regions
• Entamoeba histolytica
worldwide, rare in US
• Francisella tularensis
Martha’s Vineyard
• Giardia lamblia
worldwide, including US
• Hepatitis
Bangkok
• Histoplasma capsulatum
Ohio & Mississippi River valleys, Mexico (spelunking)
• Intestinal roundworms
US (not hookworm)
• Japanese encephalitis
SE Asia, Cambodia
• Leishmania
Central/South America, Middle East (Iraq, Afghanistan), Africa
• Leptospirosis
Borneo (eco-challenge)
• Malaria
Africa, SE Asia, Central/South America
• Meningococcal vaccine
Africa, Mecca
• Microsporidium
worldwide, including US