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What is a zoonotic infection?
infections that Can naturally jump from animals to humans
Infections that Can naturally jump from animals to humans are called?
zoonotic infections
Increasing important zoonotic infections is occurring for many reasons such as (3)
a) More humans on the planet than ever before
b).Move into previously unpopulated area
c) Increased exposure of people to animals and their infections
True/False
Some Zoonotic
occur normally in animal populations, and rarely jump to humans?
True
Name four zoonotic pathogens that can transmit human to humans
HIC,
influenza,
ebola, and
SARS
Name some zoonotic pathogens that can be transmited from animals to humans.
West Nile virus,
rabies,
ehrlichisis,
bubonic plague,
tularemia, brucellosis, leptospirosis, and
Lyme borreliosis
What is the natural Host for Yersenia Pestis?
Fleas develop yersiniosis when they take a blood meal from an infected animal host
How do Fleas develop yersiniosis?
Fleas develop yersiniosis when they take a blood meal from an infected animal host.
Yersiniae______ in the gut of the flea, eventually reaching such a high concentration that they ___________
Multiply
Block the flees gut
Lyme disease:
In about two thirds of infected patients, the early stage is characterized by a red papule at the site of the bite within the first 30 days of infection
The papules, referred to as ______________?
erythema migrans ( EM )
2. The papules, referred to as erythema migrans ( EM ), can expand to form ___________? Em is associated with which disease
erythematous concentric rings w/ central clearing.

b) Lyme disease
________can cause flulike symptoms, lymphadenopathy, oligoarthritis, carditis, and neurologic manifestations
Spirochetemia
What time of symptoms can Spirochetemia casue.
(5)
flulike symptoms, lymphadenopathy, oligoarthritis,
carditis, neurologic manifestations
What type of lesions may appear weeks after the initial lesion in Lyme disease.
Secondary lesions
Why is it possible that many of the effects seen in Lyme borreliosis result from the host immune response, including attraction of macrophages to synovial fluid and production of interleukin-1 by host monocytes?
Because the concentration of bacteria in the host remains low
Because the concentration of bacteria in the host remains low it is possible that many of the effects seen in Lyme borreliosis result from the _________, including attraction of ________ to synovial fluid and production of ______by host monocytes
it is possible that many of the effects seen in Lyme borreliosis result from the host immune response, including attraction of macrophages to synovial fluid and production of interleukin-1 by host monocytes.
A normal inhabitant of canine and feline oral flora, infections occur as the result of dog bites
Capnocytophaga canimorsus
In Dog bite and Infectious agents.
________ and ______ occur more often than the __________
Dissemination and septicemia occur more often than the self-limiting lesions
In Dog bite and Infectious agents.
____% 0f infections in patients who are splenectomized, have _____, or ________
90% infections in patients who are splenectomized, have cancer, or abuse drug
Dog bites and infectious agents:
The most severe infection is seen in splenectomized patients, who develop an __________-like phenomenon with______, __________, and_____.
The most severe infection is seen in splenectomized patients, who develop an endotoxin- mediated shwartzman-like phenomenon with purpura, septic shock, and DIC
In Dog bite and Infectious agentsInfection of healthy people is rare, because of ?
susceptibility of the normal serum killing
Causative agent of swine erysipelas
(4)
rosenbach erysipeloid, erysipelotrichosis,
rose disease, and
fish-handler’s disease
Thin, anaerobic gram (+) bacillus, 0.2 – 0.4 um by 0.8 – 2.5 um
Erysipelothix rhusiopathiae
Zoonotic bacteria Often isolated from contaminated water and soil
Erysipelothix rhusiopathiae
4. Important in veterinary medicine, causing infections in swine, poultry, small mammals, fish, and crustaceans
Erysipelothix rhusiopathiae
Erysipelothix rhusiopathiae causes infection in? (5)
swine,
poultry,
small mammals,
fish, and
crustaceans
An important economic disease in North America, South America, and Europe
Swine erysipelas
The most common clinical symptom results from handling infected animals or animal products
Swine erysipelas
Swine erysipelas infection In humans:
The site of infection is usually an ____ or wound of____or ____.
In humans, the site of infection is usually an abrasion or wound of finger or hand.
The lesion usually heals without treatment within______
The lesion usually heals without treatment within 1 month
Erysipelothix rhusiopathiae:
Patient with structural valvular disease, alcoholism, or other predisposing conditions may develop?
sepsis and endocarditis
Erysipelothix rhusiopathiae:
sepsis and endocarditis maybe develop in patients with?______,______or other predisposing conditions.
structural valvular disease, alcoholism,
Organisms causing cat scratch disease is?
Currently____(#) species within the genus __________.
18 Species..within the genus
bartonella
What animals are B. henseleae and,B. clarridgeiae associated with ?(2)
(flea, cat)
flea, cats are associated with what organisms?(2)
B. henseleae and,
B. clarridgeiae
What animals is B. vinsonii sub. Vinsoni associated with?
(vole ear mites)
vole ear mites are associated with what organism?
B. vinsonii sub. Vinsoni
B. vinsonii subsp and Berkhoffii are associated with?
(3)
ticks
dogs
coyotes
ticks
dogs
coyotes are all associated with these 2 organisms?
vinsonii subsp.
Berkhoffii
B. vinsonii subsp and Arupensis are associated with?
Ticks
What two organisms are associated with ticks?
B. vinsonii subsp and Arupensis
The genus Afipia contains several species, including ______
A. felis
Organism such as A. felis are in the genus_____?
Afipia
Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae can cause icteric_________, also known as Weil’s syndrome.
icteric leptospirosis
Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae can cause?
Weil’s syndrome (icteric leptospirosis)
What causes Weil’s syndrome.
Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae
This form of leptospirosis is more life-threatening _________ .
icteric leptospirosis
This form is less life-threatening than the icteric leptospirosis form of weil's syndrome?
anicteric
Starts in the same ways as does anicteric leptospirosis
inicteric leptospirosis
In icteric leptospirosis the third day of the illness presents the following symptoms_______,______,__________
(Hint: all associated with liver)
hemolysis,
jaundice, and
renal failure
In icteric leptospirosis the third day of the illness presents the following symptoms hemolysis, jaundice, and renal failure.
These symptoms occur as _________ multiply in the liver and the kidney
leptospires
Mortality in icteric leptospirosis ranges from 1_____– _____%
15-40%
In fatal cases of icteric leptospirosis ,________ is the usual cause of death.
Renal failure
In nonfatal cases,_______ clear from the patient’s ______, _______, and eyes as _________ appear.
In nonfatal cases, leptospires clear from the patient’s kidneys, brain, and eyes as antibodies appear
Primary reservoirs for leptospires
Rodents and domestic animals
Other animals that can harbor the leptospires, include?______,______,_____and__________.
cows,
horses,
mongoose,
and frogs
Humans may be directly infected from __________ or indirectly by comtact with________or_____ that is contaminated with urine from infected animals.
animal urine
contact with soil or water.
Infected humans can shed leptospires in urine for up to______ months, cows for______ and half months, dog for_______ years, and infected rodents for their full lifetime
Humans 11 months,
cows for 3 and 1/2 months, And dogs for 4 years.
infected rodents for their full lifetime
Who are at the most of risk with leptospirosis?
Veterinarians,
abattoir workers, fish and poultry processors,
and dairy workers
leptospirosis more prevalent in areas with _______ climates, especially in late ________ and early _______.
warm climates, especially in late autumn and early winter
Anthrax, also known as ________ disease and ________.
woolsorter’s disease and malignant pustule
________, also known as woolsorter’s disease and malignant pustule
Anthrax
A large (2.5 by 10 um), gram (+), spore-forming bacillus
Anthrax
This organism occurs naturally in the soil and is a pathogen of herbivores, such as cattle, sheep, and goats.
Anthrax
Occurs in every state in the United states, as well as in central and south America, Africa, and middle east
Anthrax
Recurrence of anthrax are prevented by
Containing the spores and eliminating their spread through the environment.
What disease does R.typhi cause?
Endemic Typhus
The arthropod vector that causes Endemic Typhus is? the______?
the oriental rat flea xenopsylla cheopis.
In Endemic Typhus
the rat (rattus exulans) is___________? while the the oriental rat flea xenopsylla cheopis is the vector.
reservoir
What other organism can also harbor R. typhi?
cat flea, ctenocephalides felis
The cat flea, ctenocephalides felis can also habor, what organism?
R. typhi
Because this flea infests a large number of domestic animals, it may be an important factor in the persistence of infection in urban areas
cat flea, ctenocephalides felis
cat flea, ctenocephalides felis may be an important factor in the _____________.
persistence of infection in urban areas.
Epidemic louse-borne typhus is caused by
R. prowazekii
The vectors for Epidemic louse-borne typhus include
________and_________.
human louse (pediculus humanus),.
the squirrel flea (orchopeas
The reservoirs of Epidemic louse-borne typhus are primarily humans and flying squirrels located in the eastern united states often dies of is
________, unlike vectors of other ____________.
rickettsemia
rickettsiae
First noted in france in the 1930s when dogs infected w/ brown dog ticks became ill and died
Human ehrlichiosis
Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus is still found commonly in areas of________ and _______and _________ america
Africa and central and south america
2. Human ehrlichioisis cases are similar clinically
3. Many patients may experience asymptomatic infection Incubation period is_____ – _____days.
5-10 days
What are the Clinical symptoms of human ehrlichioisis ?
Often (4)
But may have (3)
Often fever, headache, malaise,
myalgia,
But May have

nausea,
vomiting,
diarrhea,
cough,
joint pain,
confusion, and
occasionally rash
patients often have fever, headache, malaise,
myalgia in?
human ehrlichioisis
As many as 60% of pediatric patients infected with E. chaffeensis may have rash, although adults with the same infection ______ experience rash, and patients with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) also rarely have rash as a symptom.
rarely
What two type of patients rarely have rush as a symptom in association when in comes to Human ehrlichiosis infections.
E. chaffeensis , although adults with the same infection rarely experience rash, and patients with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) also rarely have rash as a symptom
As many as________ of pediatric patients infected with E. chaffeensis may have rash
60%
what are the laboratory findings for Human ehrlichiosis?
Hint: (2Hem+1 chem )
=3.
Leucopenia, thrombocytopenia,
and elevated liver enzyme
What are the Severe complications associted with Human ehrlichiosis infection?(3)
Severe complications, including toxic shock-like syndrome,
central nervous system involvement, and
adult respiratory distress syndrome.
The mortality rates for Human ehrlichiosis are about?
2 – 3 %
Erysipelothix rhusiopathiae:
Edematous lesion forms __- –___days after infection
1-7days after infection
Two physical manisfestations in swine erysipelas are?
(2)
Erythema and itching
Erythema and itching are Two physical manisfestations seen in
swine erysipelas