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1
Q

What are the major symptoms of Septicemia

A

Fever
Chills
Petechiae
Osteomyelitis

2
Q

What causes septicemia

A

Direct inoculation of an opportunistic pathogen into the blood

3
Q

What bacteria causes Endocarditis

A

Strep. spp (Gram +)

E. Coli (Gram -)

4
Q

What bacteria that causes Endocarditis is associated with Colon cancer

A

Strep. Bovis

5
Q

What Bacteria causes Rheumatic Fever/Heart Disease

A

Strep Pyogens

6
Q

Who is most at risk of getting Rheumatic Fever

A

Children 5-15 years old

7
Q

What do most children that have Rheumatic Fever experience first

A

Strep throat or scarlet fever

8
Q

What is the common name for Brucellosis

A

Undulant Fever

9
Q

What bacteria causes Brucellosis

A

Brucella melitensis

10
Q

How does one get Brucellosis

A

Contact with contaminated/infected Dairy products or animal parts

11
Q

What animals is Brucellosis found

A

Sheep and goats

12
Q

What bacteria causes Tularemia

A

Francisella tularensis

13
Q

What is the vector of Tularemia

A

Infected Tick

14
Q

What category of bioterrorism is Tularemia

A

Cat A

15
Q

What is Tularemia also known as

A

Rabbit fever

16
Q

What is a tell all symptom of the Plague

A

Buboes

17
Q

What bacteria causes Plague (bubonic)

A

Yersinia pestis

18
Q

What is the vector of the plague

A

Flea bite

19
Q

What are Buboes

A

Swollen painful lymph nodes

20
Q

What is the difference between Pneumonic and bubonic plague

A

pneumonic = pulmonary distress, no vector, no buboes

21
Q

How is Pneumonic plague transmitted

A

Person to person via aerosols and sputum

22
Q

What is a tell all symptom of lyme disease

A

Bulls eye rash

23
Q

What causes lyme disease

A

Borrelia burgdorferi

24
Q

What is the vector of Lyme disease

A

Tick

25
Q

What bacteria causes Relapsing fever

A

Borrelia recurrentis

Various Borrelia

26
Q

What is the vector that causes recurrent fever via Borrelia recurrentis

A

Human body louse

27
Q

What is the vector that causes recurrent fever via Various Borrelia

A

Soft ticks

28
Q

What bacteria causes Endemic Relapsing fever

A

Various borrelia

29
Q

What causes Louse-born relapsing fever

A

Human body louse

30
Q

What are the symptoms of Mono

A

Sore throat
Swollen lymph nodes
Fatigue
Enlarged spleen

31
Q

What causes Mono

A

HHV-4 (epstein-barr virus)

32
Q

What is the mode of transmission for Mono

A

Saliva

33
Q

What causes Cytomegalovirus infection

A

HHV-5 (cytomegalovirus)

34
Q

What are symptoms of Cytomegalovirus infection

A

Birth defects
Mono like symptoms
eye infection

35
Q

What is one of the most common opportunistic infections of AIDS patients that was discussed in class

A

Cytomegalovirus (HHV-5)

36
Q

What causes Yellow fever

A

Yellow fever virus

37
Q

What are tell all symptoms of Yellow fever

A

Stage 2 - Jaundice, black vomit

38
Q

What is the vector of Yellow fever

A

Mosquito

39
Q

What causes Dengue Fever

A

Dengue Virus

40
Q

What is another name for Dengue fever

A

Break-bone fever

41
Q

What is the vector of Dengue fever

A

Mosquito

42
Q

What percent of people with Dengue fever are asymptomatic

A

80%

43
Q

What causes Dengue Hemorrhagic fever

A

Dengue virus

44
Q

What form of dengue fever can kill people

A

Dengue hemorrhagic fever

45
Q

What can cause Ebola Hemorrhagic fever

A

Ebola virus

46
Q

What causes Marburg Hemorrhagic fever

A

Marburg virus

47
Q

How is Ebola and Marbug hemorrhagic fever transmitted

A

Person to Person

48
Q

What percent of people in africa die that have either Ebola or Marburg Hemorrhagic fever

A

90%