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Peds disease set 1

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Answer all cards: virus/bacteria/parasite/fungus Transmission? When infectious? Vaccine?
5th disease Virus/ Droplet/ No longer infectious by the time rash appears / No vaccine/
Hand,foot,mouth disease Virus/ Contact/ From time of infection until fever resolves; virus is shed/ for several weeks after infection begins No vaccine
Influenza Virus/ Droplet/ 1-2 days prior to symptoms / Yes; influenza vaccine
Mononucleosis Epstein Barr virus/ Contact/ Many months after infection / No vaccine/
Mumps ParamyxoVIRUS/ droplet / 1-7 days after onset of symptoms / Yes; MMR vaccine/
Pertussis (whooping cough) Gram negative bacteria ( bordetella pertussis)/ Droplet/ 7 days after exposure, 3 weeks after cough/ Yes TDAP/
RSV Respiratory syncytial virus/ Droplet/ 3-8 days/ No
Pink eye ( conjunctivitis) Can be both/ Contact/ When macropurulent drainage no longer present/ No
Rubella(German measles) Virus / Airborne/ 7 days before to 7 days after onset of rash/ Yes MMR vaccine
Rubeola (measles) Virus/ Airborne/ 1-2 days before onset of symptoms until 4-5 days after /rash has disappeared
Meningitis Both/ Droplet/ Bacterial-unknown viral-up to 10 days/ No
Scarlet fever Bacteria/ Droplet/ Highest during acute infection, no longer contagious 24 /hours after initiation of anti microbial therapy No
Chicken pox (varicella zoster) Virus -human herpes virus 3 (HHV-3)/ Contact/ 1-2 days before the onset of rash until all vesicles have /crusted over Yes-varicella vaccine
Impetigo Bacteria/ Contact/ Until lesions are treated / No
Scabies Parasite/ Contact/ 48 hours after lesions begin/ No
Ringworm Fungal infection / Direct contact/ As long as lesions are present/ No
Pinworm Roundworm/ Contact/ As long as female is depositing eggs / No
Roseola (6th disease) Human herpes virus (HHV-6)/ Droplet/ Unknown, most likely contagious before symptoms begin/ No
Lice Parasite / Contact/ As long as live lice present/ No
Tuberculosis Bacteria/ Airborne/ Until sputum tests negative for TB/ No
Papules, vesicles, painless pustules with narrow red border, honey colored exudate when rupture, then crust Impetigo
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