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Microbe Reservoirs/Transmission Flashcards

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1
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Bartonella

A

cat-scratch dz;

cat scratch

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2
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Borrelia burgdorferi

A 
lyme dz;
Ixodes tick (on deer and mice)
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3
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Borrelia recurrentis

A 
recurrent fever (bc of variable surface antigens);
louse
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4
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Brucella

A

brucellosis/undulant fever;

unpasteurized dairy

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5
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campylobacter

A

bloody diarrhea;

puppies, undercooked meat, unpasteurized milk

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6
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chlamydophila psittaci

A

psittacosis;

parrots, parakeets

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7
Q

coxiella burnetti

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

A

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

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9
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Francisella tularensis

A

tularemia;

ticks, RABBITS, DEER FLY

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10
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leptospira

A

leptospirosis;

animal urine

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mycobacterium leprae

A 
Leprosy;
in armadillos (reservoirs)
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12
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Pasteurella multocida

A

cellulitis, osteomyelitis;

BITES from cats, dogs, animals

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Rickettsia prowazekii

A

epidemic typhus;

human body louse

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RIckettsia rickettsii

A

RMSF;

Dermacentor tick bite

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Rickettsia typhi

A

endemic typhus;

rat fleas

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Yersinia pestis

A

plague (bubonic);

fleas (rats and PRAIRIE DOGS are reservoirs)

17
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toxoplasma gondii

A

cat feces or cysts in meat

cats = only animal it can complete replic cycle in

18
Q

Naedleria fowleri

A

swimming in freshwater lakes

19
Q

trypanosoma brucei gambiense/rhodesiense

A

tsetse fly (painFUL bite)

20
Q

plasmodium spp.

A

Anopheles mosquito

21
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Babesia

A

Ixodes tick

22
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T.cruzi

A

Reduviid bug (painLESS bite)

23
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leishmania donovani

A

sandfly

24
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onchocerca volvulus

A

female blackfly bite

25
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loa loa

A

deer fly, horse fly, mango fly

26
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wuchereria bancrofti

A

female mosquito

27
Q

taenia solium

A

undercooked pork

28
Q

diphyllobothrium latum

A

raw freshwater fish

29
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echinococcus granulosus

A

dog feces

30
Q

schistosoma

A

snails

31
Q

clonorchis sinenis

A

undercooked fish

32
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paragonimus westermani

A

undercooked crab meat

33
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Yellow fever

A

Aedes mosquito; monkey/human reservoir

34
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Hantavirus

A

aerosolized mouse urine

35
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S.aureus food poisoning

A

meats, mayo, custard

potato salad!

36
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E.coli O157:H7

A

undercooked hamburger meat

37
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Salmonella

A

poulty, meat, eggs

38
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Vibrio parahemolyticus & V.vulnificus

A

shellfish

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