microbe of the day III Flashcards
hep A
+ssRNA, non enveloped, inflammation of liver
fecal oral, vaccine, no cure
hep b
virus, dsDNA, blood transmission, STD, vaccine, liver,
hep c
enveloped +sRNA, blood born, no vaccine, asmptom or chronic liver
hep d
satellite virus, -ssRNA, needs to get hep b first to get this, liver disease, no vaccine
hep e
nonenveloped, +ssRNA
contaminates
similar to hep a
vaccine available, fecal oral
rotavirus
dsDNA, non enveloped
diarrhea
vaccine (3)
corynebacterium diptheriae
gram +, bacillus, respiratory or skin infection, lymph nodes swell (bull neck), exotoxin, psudomembrane, suffocation
clostridium tetani
gram +, anaerobic bacillus, in soil manure and dust, spores, 2nd deadliest, prevents muscle relaxation, suffocation, can’t spread, tetanus
bordetella pertussis
gram -, aerobic, encapsulated, cocobacillus, whooping cough, toxic asf, highly contagious, children
hemophilus influenzae type b
-, encapsulated, bacillus, opportunistic, vaccine, causes: pneumonia, epiglottis, meningitis, kids
pneumoncoccal vaccine
prevents streptococcus pneumoniae, 2 doses
meningococcal vaccine
prevent neisseria meningitidis
neisseria meningitidis
can be fatal, meningitis and meningococcemia
polio
ssRNA, naked, human specific, transmission by contamination, may cause paralysis, three stains, Salk and Sabin vaccine, 3 strains
flu A
-ssRNA genome, Ha and NA, associated with animals, antigenic shift, droplet transmission BIRDS, epidemiology