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Rickettsia rickettsii |
Vector: Hard Ticks (Dermacentor) Rocky Mountain Fever Rash is located on hands, feet, can later spread to the trunk and cause petechial hemorages Appalachian Mountains |
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Rickettsia prowazekii |
epidemic typhus (louse-borne typhus) vector: lice Brill-Zinsser disease pink macules on upper trunk and then spread to the entire exam |
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Pickettsia typhi |
endemic/ murine typhus spread though fleas on rats rash is only on chest and abdomen southern US florida to California |
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orienta |
Vector: Mites Chiggers rash on trunk and appendages Japanese people O. tsutsugamushi |
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Enrlichia + Anaplasma |
causes human monocytic ehrlichosis anaplasmosis Ticks no rash leukopenia |
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Chylamidia |
do not have cell walls; no arthropod hosts; energy parasites |
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Chlamydia trachomatis |
infects cells with receptors for elementary bodies-conjunctiva and various mucous membranes lymphomagranuloma venerum - lesions on genitals Trachoma ocular |
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Chlamydophila psittaci |
Psittacosis/ parrot fever flu-like symptoms |
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Spirochetes |
axial filaments, made of endoflagella |
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Treponema |
pallidum syphilis, must be grown in cell rich media hyluronidase and glycocalyx spread solely through sexual contact congentital syphilis (mental retardation and death) |
