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| Answer |
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| AIDS |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| AIDS |
Unprotected sex; Infected blood; Contaminated needle; Mother to child |
| AIDS |
Avoid risky behavior that |
| AIDS |
Combinations of three classes drugs |
| AIDS |
Lack of energy, weight loss fevers, & sweats, skin rash, short term memory |
| "African Sleeping Sickness |
Trypanosoma (Protozoa) |
| "African Sleeping Sickness |
Tsete Fly (Vector) |
| "African Sleeping Sickness |
Avoiding insect bites |
| "African Sleeping Sickness |
2 stages: Pentamidine & Suramin; Melarsoprol & Eflornithine |
| "African Sleeping Sickness |
Personality change, Weight loss, Irritability, Loss of concentration, Progressive confusion, Slurred speech, Seizures, Difficulty walking and talking,Sleeping for long periods of the day, Insomnia |
| Amoebiasis |
Entamoeba histolytica |
| Amoebiasis |
"Vehicle transmission (contaminated food or |
| Amoebiasis |
Personal hygiene, protective, Clothing. |
| Amoebiasis |
"Replace fluids and electrolytes; Metronidazole; Iodoquinol |
| Amoebiasis |
"Appendicitis like pain; Blood in |
| Anaphylaxis |
Histamine, Leukotrienes, |
| Anaphylaxis |
Food, Wasps, & Bee stings |
| Anaphylaxis |
Avoid know allergen, Pretreatment with Corticosteroids & Antihistamines |
| Anaphylaxis |
CPR if needed, Carry |
| Anaphylaxis |
Severe itching of eyes or face |
| Anthrax |
Bacillus anthracis |
| Anthrax |
Air-borne spores; skin contact ;contaminated meat consumption; contact with animal products |
| Anthrax |
Vaccinate livestock; Vaccinate humans with a series of 6 shot over 18 months |
| Anthrax |
Ciprofloxacin;doxyxyxline; |
| Anthrax |
Papule, bloody diarrea |
| Ascariasis |
Ingestion of food contaminated with fecal matter containing Ascaris eggs |
| Ascariasis |
Don't use toilet facilites; Wash hands; Protection of food from dirt and soil |
| Ascariasis |
Mebendazole, Piperazine; Albendazole; Pyrantel; Thiabendazole; Corticosteroids |
| Ascariasis |
Peritoniis; Inflammation enlargement of the liver or spleen; Toxcity; Pneumonia |
| Ascariasis |
Round Worm |
| Bacterial Meningitis |
Niesseria meningiditis |
| Bacterial Meningitis |
Airborne droplets |
| Bacterial Meningitis |
Aggressive therapy with pencicillin; cephalosporins |
| Bacterial Meningitis |
Fever; Headache; Stiff Neck; Nausea; Vomiting; Rash that does not fade away when pressed |
| Blastomycosis |
North American blastomycosis |
| Blastomycosis |
Blastomyces dermatitidis |
| Blastomycosis |
Amphotericin B |
| Blastomycosis |
Cutaneous ulcers; Extensive abscess formation and tissue destruction |
| Blastomycosis |
Soil in Mississippi Valley |
| Blastomycosis |
Stay away from Mississippi Valley |
| Botulism |
Clostridium botulinum |
| Botulism |
Foodborne intoxication |
| Botulism |
Antitoxin |
| Botulism |
Proper can foods; Infants should not have honey |
| Bacterial Meningitis |
Respiratory tract |
| Bacterial Meningitis |
Capsular vaccine against A, C, Y, W-135 |
| Chickenpox |
Varicella-zoster (Herpesvirus |
| Chickenpox |
Repiratory droplets; Fomites; Contact |
| Chickenpox |
Vaccinations |
| Chickenpox |
Symptomatic treatment only: Acyclovir for immunocompromised patients; preexposure vaccine |
| Chickenpox |
Vesicles/lesions in most cases confined to face, throat, and lower back; Complication: Reye's Sydrome |
| Cholera |
Vibrio cholerae |
| Cholera |
Fecally-contaminated food and drink |
| Cholera |
High standards in sanitation; Oral vaccines |
| Cholera |
Doxycyclin; Rehydration. |
| Cholera |
"Rice Water Stools" 12 or 20 liters (3 to 5 gal.) of fluids daily; secrete water and electolytes, especially potassium; Violent vomiting; Low blood pressure; shock; Kidney failure; Death |
| Cryptococcosis |
Cryptococcus neoformans |
| Cryptococcosis |
Inhaling soil contaminated with spores; Contamination is done by pigeons or chickens droppings |
| Cryptococcosis |
No Prevention |
| Cryptococcosis |
AmphotericinB; flucytosine |
| Cryptococcosis |
Respiratory distress, with primary lesion; meningitis, with intense frontal headache, seizures |
| Diphtheria |
Corynebacterium diptheriae |
| Diphtheria |
Respiratory droplets; Contact |
| Diphtheria |
Immunization (DTaP vaccine) |
| Diphtheria |
Antitoxin with penicilin and erythromycin |
| Diphtheria |
Sore throat; Fever; Respiratory obstruction leads to suffocation; Swollen "bull" neck; Temporary facial and neck paralysis |