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3 genera of spirochetes that cause human disease
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1. treponema
2. borrelia 3. leptospira |
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Leptospirosis?
-bacteria -infections -where do bacteria go |
leptospira interrogens
-infected through direct contact with urine of infected animals -bacteria goes to kidney |
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Borerelia cause what two disease
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1. lyme disease
2. relapsing fever |
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Three stages of lyme disease
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-bull's eye
-neruological symptoms/cardiac dysfunction -severe arthritis (result of body's immune system) |
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Two types of relapsing fever
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1. epidemic (borrelia recurrentis)-body lice
2. endemic-soft ticks |
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bacteria that cause syphilis
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treponema pallidum
chancre- boils |
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Nonvenereal treponemal disease
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bejel-formation of lesions around lips and inside mouth (treponema pallidum endemicum)
pinta-treponema carateum; skin gets disfigured yaws- treponema pallidum pertenue- skin lesions |
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Vibrio share characteristics with what type of bateria?
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with enteric bacteria
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Besides vibrio cholera, what other dieases are caused by vibrio?
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1. vibrio parahaemolyticus (Shellfish)
2. vibrio vulnificus |
