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Airborne Diseases
Airborne Diseases
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Nursing
Not Applicable
01/02/2012

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Term
Influenza
Definition
Aerosols

Fever, chills, headache, muscle aches
Term
Tuberculosis
Definition
Aerosols

Range from asymptomatic to fever, cough, fatigue, lack of appetite, weight loss, pulmonary hemorrhage
Term
Legionellosis
Definition
Aerosols from humidifiers, air conditioning equiptment

Atypical pneumonia, fever, cough difficult in breathing, chest pain, diarrhea, confusion and loss of memory
Term
Psittacosis
Definition
Bird to Human aerosol

Headache, fever, nonproductive cough, occasional septicemia
Term
Common Cold-Rhinovirus
Definition
Aerosols

Slight fever, headache, sore throat, coughing, sneezing, nasal discharge
Term
Mumps
Definition
Airborne droplets or contact with infected saliva

Parotid gland swelling, fever, headache, generalized muscle aches
Term
Dengue Fever
Definition
Viral-Vector mosquitoes

dengue triad=fever, rash, and headache. Also flu-like symptoms and lymphadenopathy.
Term
Pneumonic plague
Definition
Flea Vector, infected animal tissues or fluids, Respiratory droplets from cats and humans with pneumonic plague

fever, chills, cough and difficulty breathing; rapid shock and death if not treated early
Term
Septicemic plague
Definition
Flea Vector, infected animal tissues or fluids, Respiratory droplets from cats and humans with pneumonic plague

fever, chills, prostration, abdominal pain, shock and bleeding into skin and other organs
Term
Bubonic plague: enlarged, tender lymph nodes, fever, chills and prostration
Definition
Flea Vector, infected animal tissues or fluids, Respiratory droplets from cats and humans with pneumonic plague
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