ch8: disease causing bacteria disease-transmission Flashcards
(31 cards)
1
Q
anthrax
A
vector, contact with or eating undercooked meat from infected animals, spore inhalation
2
Q
whooping cough
A
airborne
3
Q
lyme disease
A
vector (tick)
4
Q
food poisoning
A
contaminated food and fluids
5
Q
chlamydia
A
sexual
6
Q
botulism
A
foodborne
7
Q
colitis
A
fecal - oral
8
Q
gas gangrene
A
contact (wounds)
9
Q
tetanus
A
contact through a deep cut
10
Q
diphtheria
A
droplet
11
Q
diarrhea
A
foodborne
12
Q
meningitis
A
droplet
13
Q
pneumonia, epiglottis meningitis
A
droplet
14
Q
peptic ulcer disease
A
fecal oral, oral anal, possibly others
15
Q
legionnaires disease
A
water aerosol
16
Q
meningitis
A
droplet
17
Q
leprosy
A
airborne, droplet
18
Q
tuberculosis
A
airborne, droplet
19
Q
pneumonia
A
droplet
20
Q
gonorrhea
A
sexual
21
Q
meningitis
A
droplet
22
Q
hot tub rash
A
contaminated water
23
Q
typhus
A
vector (tick)
24
Q
rocky mountain spotted fever
A
vector (tick)
25
shigellosis
fecal-oral
26
boils, septicemia, pneumonia
contact
27
pneumonia
airborne, droplet, contact
28
strep throat
droplet
29
syphillis
sexual
30
cholera
fecal oral, contaminated water
31
plague
vector (fleas, rodents)
