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Reservoir? V.f? Symptoms?
Meningococcal meningitis |
Humans
(10% carriers) -encapsulated -capsule, pili, IgA curring enzyme -endotoxin produces rash *-fever, stiff neck and headache -Sore throat -rash (mostly in adults) |
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Reservoir? V.f? Symptoms?
Hemophilus meningitdis |
Human w/ carrier
-encapsulated -carbohydrate capsule *-fever, stiff neck and headache (mostly in adults) |
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Reservoir? V.f? Symptoms?
Streptococcal meningitdis |
Human w/ carrier
-encapsulated *-fever, stiff neck and headache (mostly in children) |
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Reservoir? V.f? Symptoms?
Listeriosis |
Prime:Soil & water
-intestines of animal -not phagocytized multiplied in cell -move directly from 1 phagocyte to another -fever, - diarrhea, - sore throat |
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Reservoir? V.f? Symptoms?
Leprosy (Hansan’s disease) |
Human (grow in PNS & skin cells)
Grow in cooler parts of body 30 degrees Loss of sensation in skin nodules |
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Reservoir? V.f? Symptoms?
Tetanus |
Soil & GI of animals
-produces neurotoxin tetanospasmin goes to and interferes with spinal nerve f(x) -muscles contract -inhibited of relaxation -endospore forming - muscle spasms, contraction of muscles controlling the jaw (lockjaw) -endospores are embedded into injured tissue |
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Botulism |
-home canning
-exotoxin -toxemia Endospores forming -blurred vision -respiratory muscles=paralyzed -interferes w/ relapse of aceltylcholine |
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Reservoir? V.f? Symptoms?
Rabies |
Animals*skunks, bats, raccoons
-glycoprotein coat- spread of the disease to the CNS -hypersensitivity -irritation -spasms -excess saliva |
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Reservoir? V.f? Symptoms?
West Nile Encephalitis |
Vector-mosquito
(anthropod borne viral diseases) -strains of encephalitis -chills, headache, fever, coma |
