Microbe Reservoirs/Transmission

Question 1

Bartonella

Answer 1

cat-scratch dz;

cat scratch

Question 2

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 2

lyme dz;
Ixodes tick (on deer and mice)

Question 3

Borrelia recurrentis

Answer 3

recurrent fever (bc of variable surface antigens);
louse

Question 4

Brucella

Answer 4

brucellosis/undulant fever;

unpasteurized dairy

Question 5

campylobacter

Answer 5

bloody diarrhea;

puppies, undercooked meat, unpasteurized milk

Question 6

chlamydophila psittaci

Answer 6

psittacosis;

parrots, parakeets

Question 7

coxiella burnetti

Answer 7

Q fever (flu-like, abrupt fever, profuse sweating);
cattle/sheep amniotic fluid (release spores that are inhaled)

Question 8

Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Answer 8

ehrlichiosis (HA, muscle ache, fatigue –> blunting of immune system);
Lone star tick

Question 9

Francisella tularensis

Answer 9

tularemia;

ticks, RABBITS, DEER FLY

Question 10

leptospira

Answer 10

leptospirosis;

animal urine

Question 11

mycobacterium leprae

Answer 11

Leprosy;
in armadillos (reservoirs)

Question 12

Pasteurella multocida

Answer 12

cellulitis, osteomyelitis;

BITES from cats, dogs, animals

Question 13

Rickettsia prowazekii

Answer 13

epidemic typhus;

human body louse

Question 14

RIckettsia rickettsii

Answer 14

RMSF;

Dermacentor tick bite

Question 15

Rickettsia typhi

Answer 15

endemic typhus;

rat fleas

Question 16

Yersinia pestis

Answer 16

plague (bubonic);

fleas (rats and PRAIRIE DOGS are reservoirs)

Question 17

toxoplasma gondii

Answer 17

cat feces or cysts in meat

cats = only animal it can complete replic cycle in

Question 18

Naedleria fowleri

Answer 18

swimming in freshwater lakes

Question 19

trypanosoma brucei gambiense/rhodesiense

Answer 19

tsetse fly (painFUL bite)

Question 20

plasmodium spp.

Answer 20

Anopheles mosquito

Question 21

Babesia

Answer 21

Ixodes tick

Question 22

T.cruzi

Answer 22

Reduviid bug (painLESS bite)

Question 23

leishmania donovani

Answer 23

sandfly

Question 24

onchocerca volvulus

Answer 24

female blackfly bite

Question 25

loa loa

Answer 25

deer fly, horse fly, mango fly

Question 26

wuchereria bancrofti

Answer 26

female mosquito

Question 27

taenia solium

Answer 27

undercooked pork

Question 28

diphyllobothrium latum

Answer 28

raw freshwater fish

Question 29

echinococcus granulosus

Answer 29

dog feces

Question 30

schistosoma

Answer 30

snails

Question 31

clonorchis sinenis

Answer 31

undercooked fish

Question 32

paragonimus westermani

Answer 32

undercooked crab meat

Question 33

Yellow fever

Answer 33

Aedes mosquito; monkey/human reservoir

Question 34

Hantavirus

Answer 34

aerosolized mouse urine

Question 35

S.aureus food poisoning

Answer 35

meats, mayo, custard

potato salad!

Question 36

E.coli O157:H7

Answer 36

undercooked hamburger meat

Question 37

Salmonella

Answer 37

poulty, meat, eggs

Question 38

Vibrio parahemolyticus & V.vulnificus

Answer 38

shellfish