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bubonic plague
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Yersinia pestis
description: gram- bipolar staining rod organs: lymph nodes blood lungs signs: buboes, pneumonia, septicemia vector: rat flea toxin: yes treatment: tetracycline streptomycin immunization: killed bacteria for high risk comment: historical significance, septicemic and pneumonic forms, rodent infected |
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tularemia
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Francisella tularensis
description: gram- bipolar staining rod organs: eyes, skin blood signs: eye lesion, skin ulcer, pneummonia vector: flea tick toxin: yes treatment: tetracycline streptomycin immunization: none comment: resembles many other diseases, many transmission nodes, no epidemics |
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lyme disease
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Borrelia burgdorferi
description: spirochette organs: skin, joints, heart signs: erythema chronicum migrans, arthritis vector: tick toxin: not established treatment: penicillin doxycycline immunization: genetically lipoprotein comment: recognized 1975, most prevalent tickborne disease, three possible stages |
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relapsing fever
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Borrelia recurrentis
description: spirochete organs: blood, liver signs: fever, jaundice vector: louse, tick toxin: not established treatment: doxycycline immunization: none comment: relapses common, rose spots develop on skin |
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rocky mountain spotted fever
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Rickettsia rickettsii
description: rickettsia organs: blood, skin signs: fever, rash vector: tick toxin: not established treatment: doxycycline immunization: killed bacteria for high risk comment:most common reckettsial disease, rash first on extremities |
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epidemic typhus
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Rickettsia prowazekii
description: rickettsia organs: blood, skin signs: fever vector: louse toxin: not established treatment: doxycycline chloramphenicol immunization: none comment: high mortality rate, rash first on body trunk |
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endemic typhus
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Rickettsia typhi
description: rickettsia organs: blood, skin signs: fever, rash vector: flea toxin: not established treatment: doxycycline chloramphenicol immunization: none comment: mild typhus-like disease, prevalent in rodents |
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scrub typhus
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
description: rickettsia organs: blood, skin signs: fever, rash vector: mite toxin: not established treatment: doxycycline chloramphenicol immunization: none comment: occurs in scrubland, prevalent in Asia |
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rickettsialpox
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Rickettsia akari
description: rickettsia organs: blood, skin signs: fever, rash vector: mite toxin: not established treatment: doxycycline chloramphenicol immunization: none comment: rare disease, resembles chickenpox |
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trench fever
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Bartonella quintana
description: rickettsia organs: blood, skin signs: fever, rash vector: louse toxin: not established treatment: doxycycline chloramphenicol immunization: none comment: common in WWI, cultivation in artificial medium |
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tickborne fevers
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Rickettsia conorii
description: rickettsia organs: blood, skin signs: fever, rash vector: tick toxin: not established treatment: doxycycline chloramphenicol immunization: none comment: different forms |
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ehrlichiosis (HME)(HGE)
agent description organs signs vector toxin treatment immunization comment |
agent: Ehrlichia chaffeensis (E. equi(?))
description: rickettsia organs: blood signs: fever vector: tick toxin: not established treatment: doxycycline chloramphenicol immunization: none comment: recognized since 1986 |
