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Etiologic agent Flashcards

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Diphtheria

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Pertussis

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Bordetella Pertusis

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Chickenpox (Varicella)

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Varicella-zoster virus
Alpha-3-herpes (herpes virus 3)

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Measles (Rubeola; 7-day measles)

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Paramyxovirus of the morbillivirus family

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Tuberculosis (Koch’s infection; Phthisis; Extra Pulmonary Miliary Tuberculosis, White Plague)

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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

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Tetanus (Lockjaw)

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Clostridium tetani

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Hep A (Catarrhal jaundice/ Infectious hepatitis)

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Picornavirus

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Hep B (Serum)

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Hepadnavirus

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Hep C (Post-Transfusion Hepatitis)

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Flavivirus

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Hep D (Delta Hepatitis; Fluminant Hepatitis)

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Requires Hep B for replicationHe

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Hep E (Enteric Hepatitis)

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Calicivirus

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Encephalitis (Brain fever)

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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)

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Meningitis (Cerebrospinal fever)

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Neisseria meningitidis & other pulmonary pathogens

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Rabies (Lyssa; La Rage)

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Rhabdovirus

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Poliomyelitis (Heine-Medin Disease, Infantile Paralysis)

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Legio debilitans (Polio virus I, II, III)

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Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease; Hansenosis)

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Dengue (Hemorrhagic Fever; Breakbone/ Chikungunya; Dandy Fever; Infectious Thrombocytopenic Purpura)

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Flavivirus (1, 2, 3, 4), Chikungunya, Onyong nyong

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Malaria (Ague, Marsh Fever)

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Plasmodium falciparum

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Ebola

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Ebola virus

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Zika

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Zika virus (flavivirus family)

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Schistosomiasis (Snail Fever, Bilharziasis, Katayama Fever)

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Schistosoma japonicum, Schistosoma mansoni [Southeast Asia], Schistosoma haemotibium (Middle East)

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Paragonimiasis

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Paragonimus westermani

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Filariasis

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Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Brugia timori

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COVID-19

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Influenza (The Grippe; Flu)
Myxovirus A, B, C
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Anthrax (Malignant Disease; Malignant Edema, Ragpicker's Disease, Woolsorter's Disease)
Bacillus anthracis
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Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
Herpes virus 3 (Alpha 3- Herpes)
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German measles (Rubella; 3-Day measles)
Rubivirus
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Roseola infantum (Sixth Disease)
Herpes singlex 6
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Pediculosis
Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse), Pediculus humanus corporis (body louse), phthirus pubis (crab louse)
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Scabies (Galies-Aso)
Sarcoptes scabiel
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Cholera (El Tor)
Vibrio coma, vibrio cholerae
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Mumps (Parotitis)
Paromyxovirus of the myxovirus family
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Pneumonia
CAP: Streptococcus Pneumoniae Mycoplasma Legionella pneumophilia Hemophilus influenza Klebsiella pneumonia HAP: Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Enterobacter species
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Typhoid fever
Salmonella typhi
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Dysentery
Shigella flexheri; shigella boydii; shigella sonne; shigella dysenteriae
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Botulinum food poisoning
Clostridium Botolinum
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Infectious food poisoning
Salmonella dysenteriae, Campylobacter jejunum, Clostridium perfringens, Escherichia coli
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Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (Red Tide)
Pyrodinium bahamense Genyaulax atanella Genyaulax tamaremis Phthyediscus breve
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Leptospirosis (Weil's Disease; Swineherd Disease; Spirochaetal Jaundice; Mud fever; Flood fever; Canicola Disease; 7- Day Japanese fever)
Leptospira interogans
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Ascariasis
Ascaris lumbricoides
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Enterobiasis
Enterobius vernicularis
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Trichiuriasis
Trichiuris Trichura
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Capillariasis
Capillaria philippinesis
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Food tapeworms
Taenia Saginata (beef) Taenia Solium (pork) Diphyllobothrium Latum (fish) Hymenolepis nana (dwarf)
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Egyptian chlorosis
Ancyclostoma duodenale (Ancyclostomiasis); Necator Americanus
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Gonorrhea (Flores blancas; Gleet; Clap; Drip; Morning drip; Tulo)
Neisseria gonorrhea
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Chlamydia
Chlamydia trachomatis
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Trichomonasis
Trichomonas vaginalis
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Syphilis (Lues Veneria; The Pox; Bad Blood Disease)
Treponema pallidum
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AIDS
Retrovirus (Lentivirus) (HTLV-III)

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