Zoonotic Disease Flashcards
(42 cards)
Marburg
Transmission: Aerosol, droplet, percutaneous
Recommended precaution- BSL-4
Ebola
Transmission: Aerosol, droplet, percutaneous
Recommended precaution- BSL-4
Yellow Fever
Transmission: Arthropod vector (Aedes spp. mosquitos), percutaneous
Recommended precaution- BSL-3
Dengue
Transmission: Arthropod vector (Aedes spp. mosquitos), percutaneous
Recommended precaution- BSL-2
West Nile Virus
Transmission: Arthropod vector (Culex spp. mosquitos), percutaneous
Recommended precaution- BSL-2
Eastern, Venezuelan, and Western equine encephalitis virus (EEE, VEE, WEE)
Transmission: Arthropod vector (multiple mosquito sp.), percutaneous
Recommended precaution- BSL-3
McHV-1 (Herpervirus simiae, herpes B)
Transmission: Aerosol, droplet, percutaneous
Recommended precaution- BSL-2
BSL-4 when used in experimental infections of Rheses macaques
Hepatitis A
Transmission: ingestion
Recommended precaution: BSL-2; immunization
Hepatitis B
Transmission: Droplet, percutaneous
Recommended precaution: BSL-2; immunization
Hepatitis C
Transmission: Droplet, percutaneous
Recommended precaution: BSL-2
Hepatitis D
Transmission: Droplet, percutaneous
Recommended precaution: BSL-2
Hepatitis E
Transmission: ingestion
Recommended precaution: BSL-2
Primate T-lymphotrophic virus 1
Transmission: droplet, percutaneous
Recommended precaution: BSL-2
HIV-1, HIV-2, SIV
Transmission: droplet, percutaneous
Recommended precaution: BSL-2
Monkeypox
Transmission: percutaneous
Recommended precaution: BSL-2 facilities w/ BSL-3 practices
Measles
Transmission: aerosol
Recommended precaution: BSL-2; immunization
Influenza
Transmission: aerosol
Recommended precaution: BSL-2; immunization
High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
Transmission: aerosol
Recommended precaution: BSL-3
Poliovirus
Transmission: percutaneous, ingestion
Recommended precaution: BSL-2; immunization
Rabies
Transmission: percutaneous, droplet
Recommended precaution: BSL-2; immunization
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE)
Transmission: percutaneous, aerosol
Recommended precaution: BSL-2
Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
Transmission: percutaneous, aerosol
Recommended precaution: BSL-3 if known
BSL-2 during quarantine
Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter spp.)
Transmission: Ingestion
Recommended precaution: BSL-2
Helicobacter (Helicobacter spp.)
Transmission: Ingestion
Recommended precaution: BSL-2