Zoonotic Diseases Flashcards
Anaplasma
Anaplasmosis; Ixodes ticks (live on deer & mice)
Bartonella
Cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis; from a cat scratch
Borrelia burgdoferi
Lyme disease; Ixodes ticks (live on deer & mice)
Borrelia recurrentis
Relapsing fever; from a louse (recurrent due to variable surface antigens)
Brucella
Brucellosis/undulant fever; unpasteurized dairy
Campylobacter
Bloody diarrhea; puppies, livestock (fecal-oral, ingestion of undercooked meat)
Chlamydophila psittaci
Psittacosis; parrots, other birds
Coxiella burnetii
Q fever; aerosols of cattle/sheep amniotic fluid
Erlichia chaffeensis
Ehrlichiosis; lone star ticks
Francisella tularensis
Tularemia; ticks, rabbits, deer fly
Leptospira
Leptospirosis; animal urine
Mycobacterium leprae
Leprosy; humans w/ lepromatous leprosy, armadillo (rare)
Pasteurella multocida
Cellulitis, osteomyelitis; animal bite, cats, dogs
Rickettsia prowazekii
Epidemic typhus; louse
Rickettsia rickettsii
Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Dermacentor ticks