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| Infection with this worldwide distribution virus causes uniformly fatal encephalitis if not neutralized at the right time |
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| average incubation period of rabies? |
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| 1-3 months or more depending on wound site, severity & inoculation dose |
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| Untreated human infection with this microbe can lead to liver and kidney damage (Weil’s disease), |
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| Leptospira interrogans (Leptospirosis) |
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| Dogs shed these spirochetes in their urine even after vaccination and rodents are the only major animal species that can shed it throughout their life-span without clinical manifestations |
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| Rocky Mountain spotted fever is transmitted by what vector? |
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| Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a bacterial, virus, fungal, or protozoal disease? |
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| What is the best way to remove a tick from the skin? |
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| Is trichinosis is bacterial, helminthes, virus, fungal, or protozoal disease? |
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Definition
| Helminth (muscles-pain, inflammation, fever) |
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| Eating under cooked infected bear meat might get you infected with what disease |
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| Trichinellosis (helminth) |
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| Pigs that feed on garbage containing infected meat scraps with this microbe might become a source of infection to humans consuming undercooked meat of such pigs, what is this microbe? |
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| Tinea pedis is another name for what kind of infection |
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| Jock itch is another name for infection with what microbe |
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| Is Ring worm infection a zoonotic disease? |
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| What are the three outcomes of infection with the plague? |
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1. Bubonic – bacillus from flea bite, enters lymph nodes swelling in groin – bubo.
2. Septicemia – massive bacteria growth.
3. Pneumonic – infection localized to lungs. |
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| What are the major reservoirs for Francisella tularensis |
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| What are the major reservoirs for Lyme disease |
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| What is the vector for Lyme disease? |
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| What is the most common tick-transmitted disease in the USA? |
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| Most common -Lyme disease. |
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| What is the most severe tick-transmitted disease in the USA? |
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| tick-borne Rocky Mt. Spotted Fever |
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| A strong indication of the Lyme disease tick bite |
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Definition
| Bullseye appearance (erythema migrans), stiff neck & headache |
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| Most common outcome of infection with the Lyme disease bacterium that appear later on in the course of infection |
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| Cardiac involvement, neurologic/facial nerve palsy. If untreated, arthritis |
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| What is the definitive host for Toxoplasmosis? |
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| Flea bites, handling infected animals, inhaling droplets (wild & domestic animal contact) |
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Cutaneous – spores enter thru cuts, abrasions causing black sore; Least dangerous
Pulmonary (woolsorter's disease) Septicemia and toxemia Lead to Death
GI – poorly cooked infected meat Sores can make swallowing and breathing difficult |
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| Transmission ways of toxoplamsmosis |
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| Ingested meat & unpasteurized milk |
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| Rabies Diagnosis and treatment |
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Diagnosis – Known bite
Treatment –
1. Wash & disinfect site with peroxide or alcohol.
2. Infuse site with Immune Globulin and Serial Vaccination |
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| Definitions of zoonotic diseases |
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Definition
| Primarily of animal transmitted to humans with direct or indirect contact with infected animal |
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| Causative agent for Undulant fever |
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| Causative agent for Black Death |
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Definition
| – Yersinia pestis (plague) facultative gr neg bacteria |
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| Causative agent for Woolsorter’s disease |
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Definition
| – Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) |
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| Causative agent for Rabbit fever |
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Definition
| – Francisella tularensis (Tularemia) |
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| Causative agent for Deer-fly fever |
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| Causative agent for Bacillary dysentery |
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| What kind of occupational contact can predispose for infection with brucellosis |
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Definition
| slaughterhouses, livestock handler, dairy workers, veterinarians |
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| Symptoms of undulant fever |
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| Fluctuating fever, chills, profuse sweating, muscle pain, weakness & weight loss |
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| Why treatment with antibiotics for brucellosis disease has to be long |
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Definition
| Because symptoms can last few weeks to up to a year |
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| How humans develop plague |
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Definition
| handling infected wild and domestic animals, inhaling droplets |
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| What is the vector for transmitting the plague? |
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| What is the bubo in the bubonic plague? |
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| Painful swelling in groin or axilla |
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| Is plague a contagious disease |
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| What is the disease of livestock and humans, caused by an endospore former? |
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