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1. Lyme disease Pathogen: Borrelia burgdorferi (bacterial)
Primary vector: Deer/blacklegged Tick Ixodes scapularis
Symptoms: Erythema migrants (70% of people), fever, headache, fatigue.
2. Tularemia Pathogen: Francis Ella tolerances (bacterial)
Primary vector: Dog tick Dermacentor
variabilis Common carriers: rabbits
Symptoms: mild to life-threatening
3. Rocky Pathogen: Rickettsia rickettsii (bacterial)
Mountain Primary vector: American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis
Spotted Fever Symptoms: fever, headache
4. Hantavirus Pathogen:
hantavirus Primary
vector: deer mice
Symptoms: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Attects the lungs!
5. Rabies Pathogen: rabies virus
Primary vector: raccoons, skunks, bats (in the
US) transmission: through saliva
Symptoms: hydrophobia, fever, aches,
Incubation: days to years, avg 1-3 months
6. Bubonic Plague Pathogen: Yersinius pestis (bacterial)
Primary vector: fleas (Oriental rat
flea) Primary carrier: rodents,
prarie dogs, transmission: flea
bites
Symptoms: swollen, tender lymph glands (called buboes) and fever,
headache, chills, and weakness.
,rehs exam study 2 questions & answers graded
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7. Brucellosis Pathogen: Brucella spp. (bacterial)
Carriers: cows, goats, sheep
,rehs exam study 2 questions & answers graded
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transmission: body fluids (e.g.
milk), Symptoms: flu-like
8. Psittacosis Pathogen: Chlamydophilla psitacis
Primary vectors: birds (usually parrot family)
transmission: droppings, secretion
9. Rat bite fever Pathogen: Streptobacillus (bacterial)
Vector: rats
Transmission: rat scratches
Symptoms: fever, chills vomiting,
10. Leptospirosis Pathogen: Leptospira
Vectors: cattle, pigs, horses, rodents and dogs
Transmission: water, soil, infected urine,
Symptoms: aches, headache, vomiting, diarhea, and jaundice
11. Salmenolosis Pathogen: salmonella spp. including: typhi
Vectors: cockroaches (carry salmonella in gut), rodents, and reptiles
transmission: feces
Symptoms: typhoid fever, non-typhoid sickness
12. Hepatitis
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Hepatitis
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Hepatitis 13. Legionaires Dis- ease
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Hepatitis
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Hepatitis
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Hepatitis A - fecal or water r bodily fluid Hepatitis C - infected
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e Hepatitis D - occurs in individuals previously infected with
p Hep B. All types above cause liver damage (cirrhosis)
a Hepatitis E - food or water in areas of poor sanitation. Particularily bad
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A+ latest update
1. Lyme disease Pathogen: Borrelia burgdorferi (bacterial)
Primary vector: Deer/blacklegged Tick Ixodes scapularis
Symptoms: Erythema migrants (70% of people), fever, headache, fatigue.
2. Tularemia Pathogen: Francis Ella tolerances (bacterial)
Primary vector: Dog tick Dermacentor
variabilis Common carriers: rabbits
Symptoms: mild to life-threatening
3. Rocky Pathogen: Rickettsia rickettsii (bacterial)
Mountain Primary vector: American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis
Spotted Fever Symptoms: fever, headache
4. Hantavirus Pathogen:
hantavirus Primary
vector: deer mice
Symptoms: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Attects the lungs!
5. Rabies Pathogen: rabies virus
Primary vector: raccoons, skunks, bats (in the
US) transmission: through saliva
Symptoms: hydrophobia, fever, aches,
Incubation: days to years, avg 1-3 months
6. Bubonic Plague Pathogen: Yersinius pestis (bacterial)
Primary vector: fleas (Oriental rat
flea) Primary carrier: rodents,
prarie dogs, transmission: flea
bites
Symptoms: swollen, tender lymph glands (called buboes) and fever,
headache, chills, and weakness.
,rehs exam study 2 questions & answers graded
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7. Brucellosis Pathogen: Brucella spp. (bacterial)
Carriers: cows, goats, sheep
,rehs exam study 2 questions & answers graded
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transmission: body fluids (e.g.
milk), Symptoms: flu-like
8. Psittacosis Pathogen: Chlamydophilla psitacis
Primary vectors: birds (usually parrot family)
transmission: droppings, secretion
9. Rat bite fever Pathogen: Streptobacillus (bacterial)
Vector: rats
Transmission: rat scratches
Symptoms: fever, chills vomiting,
10. Leptospirosis Pathogen: Leptospira
Vectors: cattle, pigs, horses, rodents and dogs
Transmission: water, soil, infected urine,
Symptoms: aches, headache, vomiting, diarhea, and jaundice
11. Salmenolosis Pathogen: salmonella spp. including: typhi
Vectors: cockroaches (carry salmonella in gut), rodents, and reptiles
transmission: feces
Symptoms: typhoid fever, non-typhoid sickness
12. Hepatitis
A
Hepatitis
B
Hepatitis 13. Legionaires Dis- ease
C
Hepatitis
D
Hepatitis
E
, rehs exam study 2 questions & answers graded
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Hepatitis A - fecal or water r bodily fluid Hepatitis C - infected
H blood
e Hepatitis D - occurs in individuals previously infected with
p Hep B. All types above cause liver damage (cirrhosis)
a Hepatitis E - food or water in areas of poor sanitation. Particularily bad
t symptoms in pregnant women
i Less common: Hepatitus F, G, T.
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