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Diseases
Agent, Vector, Peculiarity, Treatment
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
12/04/2006

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Term
Strep Throat
Definition
-Strep Pyogenes
-AB
-Penicillin
Term
Scarlet Fever
Definition
-Strep Pyogenes
-AB
-Exotoxin A superanitgen-use t-cells for destruction
Term
Rheumatic Fever
Definition
-Strep Pyogenes
-AB
-Autoimmune, Self-Antigens
-Penicillin
Term
acute glomerulonephritis
Definition
-Strep Pyogenes
-AB
-Painful Kidney Disease
-Penicillin
Term
Streptococcus Pneumonia
Definition
-Streptococcus pneumoniae
-AB
-Penicillin
Term
Diptheria
Definition
-Corynebacterium
-AB
-Club shaped, Pseudomembrane, Exotoxin
-DTaP
Term
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Definition
-Bordetella Pertussis
-AB
-Enodotoxin, about 8 deaths/year
-DTaP
Term
Tuberculosis
Definition
-Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
-AB
-Waxy, Robert Koch
-isoniazid
Term
Tuberculosis
Definition
-Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
-AB
-Waxy, Robert Koch
-isoniazid
Term
Hensen's Disease (leprosy)
Definition
-mycobacterium leprae
-?
Term
Meningitis
Definition
-Neissiera Meningiditis
-AB
-Obligately aerobic
-Penicillin G, cholarmphenicol
Term
Measles
Definition
-Paramyxovirus
-AB
-Rash - reubola or 7 day measles
-MMR
Term
Mumps
Definition
-Paramyxovirus
-AB
-Swelling
-MMR
Term
Rubella
Definition
-ss(+) RNA
-German measles, 3 day measles, milder, placenta
-MMR
Term
Influenza
Definition
-ss(-) RNA
-antigenic shift/drift. 1918-230mil killed
Term
Staphylococcus
Definition
-Staphylococcus
-Direct contact
-Pyogenic, puss formation
Term
TSS
Definition
-Staphylococcus
-Direct Contact
-Tampon, Superantigen
Term
Gastric ulcers
Definition
-Helicobacter Pyori
-Cats
Term
Gonorrhea
Definition
-Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
-PID, eye infection in newborns
-Penicillin
Term
Syphilis
Definition
-Treponema
-STI
-spirochete. placenta. chancre. Gumma 3
-Penicillin
Term
Chlamydia
Definition
-Chlamydia
-STI
-Bacterium, Most popular bacterium STI, NGU
Term
Herpes
Definition
-dsDNA virus
-STI
-virus. HSV1 (cold sore) HSV2 (genital) can be transmitted at birth
Term
Trichomoniasis
Definition
-Trichomoniasis Vaginalis
-STI
-Protozoan, Asymptomatic in males
Term
HPV
Definition
-STI
-Genital warts, #1 viral disease
Term
HIV and AIDS
Definition
-RNA Virus
-STI
-Vertical/Horizontal Fig 26.35
Term
Rabies
Definition
-rhabdovirus ss(-)RNA
-bite (zoonotic)
-untreated 100% fatal
-passive immunization
Term
RMSF
Definition
-Rickettsia
-tick
-Intracellular parasitic bacterium
Term
Typhus
Definition
-Rickettsia
-Body Louse
-Rash except on face, palms, soles
-tetracycline/chloramphenicol
Term
Lyme
Definition
-Borellia
-Deer Tick
-Spirochete, Erythma migrans (EM), rash
-antibiotics
Term
Malaria
Definition
-plasmodium (non free living protozoan)
-mosquito
-has killed more people in history than any other disease. Swollen RBC -> fever. Fig. 27.10. sickle cell anemia resistance
Term
West Nile
Definition
-mosquito
Term
Plague
Definition
-Yersinia
-Rat flea, penumonic form >95% fatal
Term
Tetanus
Definition
-Clostridium
-Soilborne
-endospores, lock jaw
-passive antibody
Term
Cholera
Definition
-vibrio cholera
-Waterborne
-Enterotoxin, 5 gal H20/day
Term
Giardiasis
Definition
-Protozoan
-Waterborne
-Beaver fever, flagellated protozoan, explosive diarrhea, cyst-chlorine tolerant
Term
Cryptosporodiosis
Definition
-Protozoan (parasitic)
=Waterborne
-Milwaukee outbreak, chlorine tolerant cyst
Term
Legionnaire's
Definition
-Legionella Pneumophila
-waterborne
-intracellular parasite bacterium, penumonia
Term
Typhoid fever
Definition
-salmonella
-waterborne
-typhoid mary
Term
Amebic dysentery
Definition
-entamoeba histolytica
-waterborne
-"tearing your guys out"
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