Micro6

Question 1

Bartonella spp.

Answer 1

Disease:
- Cat Scratch disease
Transmission & Source:
- Cat scratch

Question 2

Borrelia burdorferi

Answer 2

Disease:
- Lyme disease
Transmission & Source:
- Ixodes ticks (live on deer and mice)

Question 3

Borrelia recurrentis

Answer 3

Disease:
- Recurrent fever
Transmission & Source:
- Louse (recurrent b/c variable surface Ags)

Question 4

Brucella spp.

Answer 4

Disease:
- Brucellosis/Undulant Fever
Transmission & Source:
- Unpasteurized dairy

Question 5

Campylobacter

Answer 5

Disease:
- Blood diarrhea
Transmission & Source:
- Puppies, livestock (fecal-oral, ingestion of undercooked meat)

Question 6

Chlamydophila psittaci

Answer 6

Disease:
- Psittacosis
Transmission & Source:
- Parrots, other birds

Question 7

Coxiella burnetii

Answer 7

Disease:
- Q fever
Transmission & Source:
- Aerosols of cattle/sheep amniotic fluid

Question 8

Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Answer 8

Disease:
- Ehrlichiosis
Transmission & Source:
- Lone Star Tick

Question 9

Francisella tularensis

Answer 9

Disease:
- Tularemia
Transmission & Source:
- Ticks, Rabbits, Deer-Fly

Question 10

Leptospira spp.

Answer 10

Disease:
- Leptospirosis
Transmission & Source:
- Animal urine

Question 11

Mycobacterium leprae

Answer 11

Disease:
- Leprosy
Transmission & Source:
- Armadillos and humans with lepromatous leprosy

Question 12

Pasteurella multocida

Answer 12

Disease:
- Cellulitis, Osteomyelitis
Transmission & Source:
- Animal bite - Cats & Dogs

Question 13

Rickettsia prowazekii

Answer 13

Disease:
- Epidemic typhus
Transmission & Source:
- Louse

Question 14

Rickettsia rickettsii

Answer 14

Disease:
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Transmission & Source:
- Dermacentor tick bite

Question 15

Rickettsia typhi

Answer 15

Disease:
- Endemic typhus
Transmission & Source:
- Fleas

Question 16

Yersinia pestis

Answer 16

Disease:
- Plague
Transmission & Source:
- Fleas (rats and prairie dogs are reservoirs)