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Micro Summary: Reservoir/Transmission Flashcards

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Histotoxic Clostridia: C. perfringens, C. septicum

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GI, soil

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C. tetani

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Soil

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C. botulism

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Soil, home-prepared foods, Alaska

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Campylobacter jejuni

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Animal 
Contaminated food (esp poultry) & water
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Haemophilus influenzae

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Humans

Respiratory

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Humans

Respiratory

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Escherichia coli

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Humans, GI

Contaminated food/water

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Salmonella

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GI, sewage, feces

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Shigella

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GI, sewage, feces

Fecal-oral

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Klebsiella

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GI, skin

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Yersinia pestis

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Rodents, fleas

Fecal-oral

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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Dermacentor Ticks

Ticks

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Rodents

Ticks

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Bacillus anthracis

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Livestock

Livestock exposure, injection drugs

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Francisella tularensis

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Rabbits, ticks, flies

Ticks

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Helicobacter pylori

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Humans

Fecal-oral

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Enterococcus faecium

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Skin

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Humans, warm/moist sites

Fomites

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Skin

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Acinetobacter baumanii

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ICUs & wounded soldiers in Afghanistan

Hands

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Humans, nasopharynx

Respiratory, Genital, Oral/GI

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Human

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Humans, mucosal surfaces, skin & soft tissue

Aerosols, direct contact

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Humans, respiratory tract

Respiratory

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Listeria monocytogenes
Food (soft cheese), soil, zoonotic | Fecal-oral, mother to fetus
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Legionella pneumophila
Contaminated water
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Through wounds, surgical incisions, burns, etc.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Respiratory
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Mycobacterium leprae
Africa, Asia, Latin America, humans, armadillos | Respiratory
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Corynebacterium diphtheria
Humans | Nasopharyngeal, cutaneous
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Vibrio cholera
Estuary water | Contaminated food/water
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Bordetella pertussis
Humans
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Candida albicans
Mouth, skin, GI, vagina
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Cryptococcus neoformans & gattii
World (N), tropical (G)
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Sporothrix schenckii
Soil, infected plants | Rose gardeners
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Penicillum marneffei
SE Asia
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Histoplasma capsulatum
OH/MS river valleys | Birds, bats, caves
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Coccidiodes immitis
SW US
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Blastomyces dermatidis
OH/MS river valleys
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Entamoeba histolytica
World, rare in US | Cysts
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Giardia lamblia
World, US | IgA deficiency, cysts, fecal-oral
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Cryptosporidium
World, US | Cysts, fecal-oral
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Microsporidium
World, US
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Trichomonas vaginalis
World, US
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Plasmodium falciparum
Most deadly, tropical regions, mosquitoes year round, infect RBCs, no dormant liver stage (hyponozoites, no relapse)
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Plasmodium vivax & ovale
Less severe, more temperate zones, mosquitoes during warmer months, hypnozoites (latent liver form), late relapse, only infects reticulocytes
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Babesia
Northeastern US | Tick vectors
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Leishmania
Central & South America, Middle East, & Africa
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Trypanosoma
Central and South America / Africa | Kissing bugs / Tsetse fly
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Toxoplasma gondii
Cat feces, uncooked meat, rodents
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Ascaris lumbricoides
US, impoverished rural areas | Eggs ingested
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Hookworm (Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale)
Impoverished rural areas | Eggs penetrate skin
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Pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
US | Eggs ingested
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Strongyloides stercoralis
US, impoverished rural areas | Eggs penetrate skin
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Whipworm (trichuris trichiura)
US, impoverished rural areas | Eggs ingested
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Trichinella
Contaminated meat
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Schistosoma hepatobium, japonicum, & mansoni
Slowly moving fresh water | Cercariae, snail
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Taenia solium
Latin America, Asia | Pork
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Taenia saginata
Beef
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Echinococcus granulosus
Dogs, cysts, oncospheres
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Poliovirus
Humans | Fecal-oral
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HIV
Humans | Sex, drugs
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HAV
Humans | Fecal-oral
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HBV
Parenteral
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HCV
Parenteral
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HDV
Parenteral
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HEV
Fecal-oral
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HSV
Humans | STD
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HPV
Humans | STD
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VZV
Respiratory
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West Nile Virus
Birds Mosquitoes Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, US
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Norovirus
Humans | Fecal-oral
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Rotavirus
Humans | Fecal-oral
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Adenovirus
Humans | Respiratory, GI, water
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Hantavirus
Rodents | Respiratory
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Rabies
Animals
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Smallpox
Humans | Droplet nuclei, direct contact, fomites
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VHFs
Rodent (arena) Animals, humans Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, US
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EBV
Oral secretions, Bloodstream spread
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Influenza
Respiratory
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Measles
Respiratory
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Rubella
Respiratory

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