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26 Cards in this Set
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What are the three types of anthrax?
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Inhalation, cutaneous, gastrointestinal
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What type accounts for 95% of all anthrax infections?
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Cutaneous
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What organsim has been dubbed the "poor man's atomic bomb"?
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bacillia
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Explain the mechanism of tetanus
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Tetnus: toxin unites with amino acid glycine and other neurotransmitters in inhibit muscle relaxation by blocking the release of the relaxation neurotransmitter
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what toxin is produced from Tetnus
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tetanospasm
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Since 1998, all military personal have been immunied against which soilborne disease?
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anthrax
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What type of plague is endemic in the rodent population of the Southwestern United States?
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sylvatic
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What are the two common tick vectors that transmit Lyme disease?
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Ixodies
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What is the more common name of erythema chronicum migrans?
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Bulls eyes rash
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Why was the Lyme disease vaccine removed from the commerical market?
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Lymerrix people came down with the disease
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When and where was the largest outbreak of leptospirosis in the US?
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Lake springfield, Illonis
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Rocky mountain spotted fever; transmitted by ticks; Weil-Felix test
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Rickettsia rickettsii
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Anthrax; "woolsorters' disease'; organs fill with bloody black fluid; bioterrorism
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Bacillus
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Tularemia; "rabbit fever";bipolar staining
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Francisella typhi
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Tetanus; lockjaw; trusmus; second most powerful toxin
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Clostridium
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Gas gangrene
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clostridium
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Bubonic plague; bipolar staining; rat flear vector; Black death
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yersinia pestis
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Epideic typhus; typhus fever; human body louse vector
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Rickettsia provectia
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Firest descibed in humans in 1986; affects neutrophils in the body; HME;HGE; transmitted by ticks
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ehrilichia
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Endemic typhus; rat flea vector; tabardillo; murine typhus
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Recetisa typi
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Most commonly reported tickborne disease in the US
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borrelia burgdoferi
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Opisthotonus
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clostridium
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Maculopapular rash that beings on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
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Rickettsia rekesi
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What organism is the most common cause of urinary tract infectionsin females?
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E.coli
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What organism is the most common cause of urinary tract infections in males?
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Proteus mirabilis
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What symptoms characterize each of the three stages of syphilis?
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primary: chancre, ulcer
secondary: fever & flu like illness, swollen lymph nodes, skin rash, |