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Vector-Borne Transmission Flashcards

1
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Describe the structure of Borrelia

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Long spirochete
0.4uM (big enough for light microscope)
Stain G-, but NO LPS
Inflamm. lipoproteins in outer membrane

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2
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Four indicators of sepsis?

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Hypotension
Fever
Heightened HR/BR
Infection Signs

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Clinical Presentation of Borrelia recurrentis, hermsii, and 20 others

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Bacteremia within week of inoculation
Fever, Intense Headache, Muscle Pain for 3-5 days
Symptoms Recurr after 5-10 days latency
May eventually form necrotic foci at parenchymatous organs

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Why does Borrelia recurrentis keep on coming back?

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Antigenic variation (may go through 5-10 cycles)

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5
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Borrelia burgdorferi (and 9 others in Eurpose) cause…

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Lyme Disease

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6
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Symptoms of Lyme Disease?

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Early – Flu-like, Bull’s Eye Rash
Early Disseminated – Facial Nerve Palsy, Meningitis, Carditis
Chronic – Arthritis, Joint Pain, Affect Heart/Nerves

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7
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Classy name for Bull’s Eye Rash?

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Erythema chronicum migrans

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8
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How is Borrelia recurrentis spread?

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Human Louse

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How is Borrelia hermsii spread?

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Soft bodied ticks with a rodent reservoir

– Transovarian and through bite

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10
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How is Borrelia burgdorferi spread?

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Deer tick nymph with deer, mouse, or bird reservoir

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Pathogenesis of Borrelia recurrentis and hermsii

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Uses VMP (variable major protein) antigen
Mostly the same, with a few mutants
Abs select for the mutants
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12
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What leads to Borrelia recurrentis latency? relapse?

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Latency – Most of the population killed

Relapse – Mutant variety grows to repopulate

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13
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Pathogenesis of Borrelia burgdorferi

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Multiple rounds of symptoms probably means multiple infections with difference burgdorferi strains

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14
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How is Borrelia controlled?

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  • Avoid Vectors

- No effective vaccine

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15
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How is Borrelia treated?

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Doxycycline or synthetic penicillins

can use 3rd gen cephalosporins

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16
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Describe the structure of Rickettsiae

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Small G- Rods

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17
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Growth conditions required for Rickettsiae?

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Obligate intracellular parasite

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18
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How is Rickettsiae cultured?

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Yolk sac of embryonated egg

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19
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Four groups of Rickettsiae?

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Typhus group
Spotted Fever Group
Enlichia, Anaplasma
Coxiella burnetti

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20
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Which of the four Rickettsiae groups isn’t really a Rickettsiae, but is likely classified that way according to our shelf materials

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Coxiella burnetti

21
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Who is in the Rickettsiae Typhus group?

Where do they grow?

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prowazekii, typhi, akari

Cytoplasm of Host Cell

22
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Who is in the Rickettsiae Spotted Fever group?

Where do they grow?

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rickettsii

Cytoplasm of host cell

23
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Describe the lifecycle of Rickettsiae ehrlichia, anaplasma.

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Chlamydia-like (RB-EB alternation) in monocytes (Ehr) or granulocytes (Ana)

24
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What is structurally unique about Rickettsiae ehrlichia, anaplasma

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NO PG or LPS

25
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Where do Coxiella burnetti grow?

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Host cell phagolysosome

26
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What should you never treat coxiella burnetti with?

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Sulfonamides – they enhance the growth

27
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Clinical presentation of Rickettsiae Typhus group?

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Parasite of BV endothelium
Vasculitis, Rash (Chest–>Extremities)
Weakness, Fever

28
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Clinical presentation of Rickettsiae Spotted Fever group?

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Rash from extremities (Palms and Soles) –> Trunk

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

29
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What does Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever entail?

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Abrupt fever, headache, nausea, vomiting
Muscle, Joint, Ab pains from vasculitis of organs
50% fatal untreated

30
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Clinical presentation of Rickettsiae Ehrlichia chaffeensis (monocytic erlyichiosis, HME)

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Headache, Myalgia, Thrombocytopenia, lymphopenia, Marrow Granuloma

Like RMSF< but no vasculitis

31
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What cells does Rickettsiae ehrlichia chaffeensis infect?

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Monocytes/Macrophages

32
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What tends to cause the primary pathology of Rickettsiae ehrlichia chaffeensis?

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Immune Response

Decrease in TNF-a early, Increase late

33
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Clinical presentation of Rickettsiae anaplasma phagocytophilum?

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Rarely rash, but otherwise like ehrlichosis

34
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What cells does Rickettsiae anaplasma phagocytophilum infect?

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Neutrophils and Granulocytes

35
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Other name for Coxiella burnetti

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Q-Fever

36
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Clinical presentation of Coxiella burnetti?

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Typically: Fever w/ Pneumonia/Hepatitis 2-3 week post exposure

Can be:

  • Chronic infections leading to endocarditis in pts w/ defective heart valves
  • Granulomas in liver, spleen, BM
37
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How is Rickettsiae Typhus Group spread?

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Human Louse or Rat Flea
Transmit Human-Louse-Human
Rats are also reservoir

38
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Where is Rickettsiae Typhus Group typically seen?

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People together with low hygiene.

POWs, refugees

39
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How is Rickettsiae-Spotted Fever Group spread?

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Bite of Dog-tick or Wood-tick

40
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How is Rickettsiae-Spotted Fever group maintained in reservoir?

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Transovarian cycle

41
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What part of the country is most prone to dvelop Rickettsiae-Spotted Fever group? What time of year?

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Southeast US

Summer, Fall

42
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How is Rickettsiae-Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spread?

Where is it commonly found?

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Ticks.

WI, MN

43
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How is Coxiella burnetti spread to humans?

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Via dust or aerosols from infected animals

Especially in placental aerosols

44
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Common carriers of Coxiella burnetti include…

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Goats
Cattle
Sheep
Cats

45
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Pathogenesis of Rickettsial diseases?

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Arthropod bite site –> Endothelium
Multiply Intracellularly and Spread to other tissues
Phospholipase A targets Cell Membranes

46
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What does Rickettsiae phospholipase A do?

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Lyses blood vessels (rash) and other epithelial cells

47
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How does R. Rickettsii one up the norman Rickettsiae vessel lysis?

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It lyses smooth muscle cells

48
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How are Rickettsial diseases controlled?

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Remove Vector Contact

Vaccine for Q-fever (only in Australia)

49
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How are Ricketsial diseases treated?

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Tetracycline/Doxycycline

Micro Exam #2 (15 decks)

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