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| What are the two types of bacteria that exist for Tularemia? |
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Definition
Type A: North America
Type B: Europe and a little USA |
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| Which type of tularemia is more pathogenic? |
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Definition
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| What are some characteristics of tularemia bacteria? |
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Definition
Gram negative
pleomorphic rod |
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| What countries contain type A and what countries contain B strain of tularemia? |
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Definition
US and Canda (mostly A and little B)
USSR (B)
Europe(B)
Asia(B) |
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| How did the name Tularemia come to be? |
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Definition
| It was first detected in Tulare County, Califronia |
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| Who proved that the disease seen in Europe and America was caused by the same agent? |
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Definition
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| What is the scientific name for Tularemia? |
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Definition
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| What is the host range for tularemia? |
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Definition
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| How is tularemia transmitted? |
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Definition
contact with undercooked meats
wounds or lesions
aerosol
anthropods |
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| What animal does tularemia usually affect? |
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Definition
| Lagomorphs(european rabbits) and rodents |
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| What animal does tularemia affect in north america and canada? |
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Definition
NA: lagomorphs like cottontail rabbits, black-tailed jack rabbits and snowshoe hares
CANADA: Beavers and muskrats |
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| What are some signs and symptoms of tularemia? |
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Definition
Dead rodents
lymph nodes are necrotic
spleen enlarged
granulomas, loss of body weight |
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| How can humans get tularemia? |
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Definition
Exposure to contaminated carcasses
arthropod bites |
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Term
| What people get ulceroglandular tularemia? |
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Definition
| Hunters, trappers, campers and this is 70 - 85% of USA cases |
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| How is oropharyngeal tularemia acquired? |
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Definition
Eating contaminated food
drinking contaminated water |
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| What are the vectors for tularemia? |
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Definition
Hard ticks
fleas
tabanidae flies
mosquitoes |
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Term
| How will a tick pass F. tularensis? |
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Definition
| Horizontally and vertically |
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| How is tularemia diagnosed? |
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Definition
direct smear of infected tissue (liver, spleen)
organism culture (caution)
PCR
Serology in humans |
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| What is used to treat tularemia? |
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Definition
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| How does wildlife manage tularemia? |
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Definition
| they translocated lagomorphs to pennsylvania |
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Term
| What occured in massachussettes? |
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Definition
| Took a bunch of cotton tails of southweat to massachussettes which omved tularemia over there. |
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| How can tularemia be controlled? |
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Definition
In most ecosystems, tularemia cant be controlled.
Protective clothing
Tick repellant
pre-exposure vaccines
reservoir and vector reductions |
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| How often wil tularemia affect domestic and zoo species in AZ? |
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