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Rubeola complications
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pneumonia, encephalitis, sclerosing panencephalitis
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Rubella complications
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mild arthritis in females, birth defects in fetuses
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Chicken pox symptoms
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Skin rash in "crops"
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Streptococcus infections
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Cause of over 50% of all pneumonia, 500,000 cases/yr (10% fatality)
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Whooping cough (pertussis)symptoms
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severe coughing, mucous plugs air passages, leads to oxygen deficiency, vomiting, convulsions, bleeding in brain
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Influenza drifts
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Antigenic drift: minor change in an antegen, occurs every 2-3 years
Antigenic shift: major change in antigen, occurs every 10-12 years |
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Influenza complications
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Reye Syndrome
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Reye syndrome symptoms
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Prolonged vomiting, irritability, fluid and pressure on brain, coma
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Common cold microorganisms
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Virus, 120 different types
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Meningitis comoplication
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daycare centers
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Shigellosis treatment
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replace fluids, symptomatic
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Giardiasis symptoms
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"backpacker's diarrhea", explosive diarrhea
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Hepatitis A source
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Infectious - fecal, food, shellfish, no carriers
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Polio symptoms
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about 90% - cold/flu
about 5-7% - CNS stiff neck/back about 3-5% varying paralysis |
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Trichinosis source
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pork, wild game, ground beef
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Syphilis symptoms
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Primary - invade lymphatic system, exudate is highly infectious
Secondary - 2-10 weeks after primary infection, gray-white "mucous" lesions |
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Congenital syphilis symptoms of infant
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Born blind, heart and brain damage, anatomical deformities
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Gonorrhea symptoms
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Males:
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Gonorrhea symptoms
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Males: 2-6 days, thick yellow discharge from penis, painful urination
Females: 85% no symptoms |
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Ophthlama neonatorum
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Blindness to baby because of gonorrhea infection as passing through birth canal, second leading cause of blindness
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Genital Herpes symptoms
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Fever, aches, swollen lymph glands, latent in nerves at base of spine, induced by stress, onset menstruation, sexual activity
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Genital Herpes complications
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Increased incident of cervical cancer (5-7X)
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Chlamydia MO
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similar to trachoma
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Chlamydia symptoms
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Male - discharge from penis - not purulent (pus-filled)
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) symptoms
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Found in 1% of live born infants
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Genital warts
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1 million cases per year in U.S.
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Genital warts complication
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cervical cancer
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AIDS MO
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Virus infects T-cells (control cell-mediated immunity, and regulate Ab production)
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AIDS risk groups
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Male homosexuals 57%
IV drug users 23% |
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AIDS - advanced stage
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memory and cognitive impairment, severe malnutrition, numbess of extremities, difficulty walking, neurological and brain degeneration
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Rabies source
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dogs, skunks, bats
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Rabies symptoms
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100% mortality rate once symptoms appear
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Tetanus symptoms
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Lockjaw (trismus), facial contractions
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Tetany
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continuous contractions, death
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Hepatitis B symptoms
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Liver cancer, cirrhosis, flu-like, jaundice
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Staphylococcus symptoms
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tubercles (carbuncles), pneumonia, bone and heart infections
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Toxoplasmosis prevention
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cook meat properly, pregnant women avoid cats
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Plague (black death) reservoir
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Sylvatic-wild rodents, ground squirrels, chipmunks, prairie dogs
Urban - rats |
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Plague symptoms
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Bubonic- hemorrhagic infection, necrosis, swollen lymph nodes, hemmorhaging, no person to person
Pneumonic-symptoms like pneumonia, person to person transmission |
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Tularemia vector
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fleas, ticks, direct contact
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Tularemia reservoir
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rabbits, cats, dogs, rodents
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Staphylococcal food poisoning bacteria
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nose, skin
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Clostribium poisoning bacteria
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soil
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Clostribium poisoning source
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Crock pots, gravy steam tables, cooked meats
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Botulism source
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commercial and home canned foods
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Botulism symptoms
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nausea, vomiting, dizziness
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Botulism prevention
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proper cooking, can w/pressure cooker
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Salmonella source
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poultry and dairy products, turkey dressing, food handlers
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campylobacter poisoning source
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raw milk, poultry, fecal-oral
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campylobacter poisoning symptoms
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diarrhea (bloody)
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