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Zoonotic Disease |
A disease that is transferred from animal to human in |
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What organism caused the plague? |
Yersinia Pestis |
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Is Yersinia Pestis gram positive or gram negative? |
Gram negative |
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Signs and symptoms for bubonic version of Yersinia Pestis |
Sudden onset of fever and chills, headache, fatigue, muscle aches and buboes |
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Signs and symptoms for pneumonic version of Yersinia Pestis |
Headache, malaise, extensive coughing |
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Signs and symptoms for septicemic version of Yersinia Pestis |
High fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea |
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Mode of transmission of Yersinia Pestis |
Flea bite, inhaled infectious droplets from person or animal |
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What organism causes Tularemia? |
Francisella Tularensis |
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What disease does Yersinia Pestis cause? |
Plague, Black Plague, bubonic plague |
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What disease does francisella tularensis cause? |
Tularemia |
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What are the signs and symptoms for francisella tularensis? |
Flu-like symptoms, own set of symptoms depending on body site |
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Mode of transmission for tularemia? |
Ticks, dead animals, contaminated food or water |
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What organism causes Lyme disease? |
Borrelia burgdorferi |
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What disease does borrelia burgdorferi cause? |
Lyme disease |
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What are the signs and symptoms for Lyme disease? |
Rash, flu-like symptoms, joint pain |
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Mode of Transmission for Lyme disease |
Bite of infected deer tick |
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What organism causes tick borne/ relapsing fever? |
Borrelia Hermsii |
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Borellia hermsii causes what disease? |
Tickborne/ relapsing fever |
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What are the symptoms of tickborne/ relapsing fever? |
Periods of fever and chills |
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What organism causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever? |
Rickettsia rickettsii |
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What are the symptoms of rickettsia rickettsii? |
High fever, severe headache, skin rash of red spots |
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How is Rocky Mountain spotted fever transmitted? |
Bite of infected hard tick |
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What organism causes epidemic typhus? |
Rickettsia prowazekii |
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What are the symptoms for epidemic typhus? |
Fever and rash |
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What are the symptoms for epidemic typhus? |
Fever and rash |
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How is epidemic typhus transmitted? |
Scratching bites from body lice |
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What organism causes murine typhus? |
Rickettsia typhi |
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What disease does rickettsia typhi cause? |
Murine typhus |
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What are the signs and symptoms for murine typhus? |
Mild fever, persistent headache, rash |
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How is murine typhus transmitted? |
Bite of infected flea |
