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Jersey College

Micro Chapt 14 Final

TermDefinition
Endocarditis symptoms Fever,chills, wt loss, muscle aches
Septicemia Bacteria in the blood
Microbemia Microorganisms enter the circulatory system through the lymphatic drainage
Rheumatic fever Strep throat
Zoonotic Diseases Brucellosis,Salmonellosis,Undulant fever.. NOT THE PLAGUE
Rabbit Fever/Tularemia Francisella Tularensis
Rocky mountain spotted fever Rickettsia Rickettsii
Cytomegalovirus Herpesvirus 5
Malaria caused by a protozoan. genus Plasmodium. Female mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus
Toxoplasmosis a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan
Vectors animals that are capable of transmitting infectious diseases
Plague caused by "Yersinia pestis"
Pericarditis an inflammation of the pericardium (the fibrous sac surrounding the heart)
Rheumatic Fever Occurs following a Group A streptococcal infection, (such as strep throat or scarlet fever)
Sepsis Toxic condition caused by the spread of bacteria toxins from the site of infection. A lay term for sepsis is blood poisoning
Chagas Disease Trypanosoma cruzi.commonly transmitted to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking bugs of the subfamily
Leishmaniasis transmitted by the bite of certain species of female sand fly.
Lyme Disease Borrelia Burgdorferi. Most common tick-borne disease
Rat-Bite Fever Streptobacillus moniliformis, transmitted either by rat bite or ingestion of contaminated products
Viral hemorrhagic fever-VHF Filoviruses cause viral hemorrhagic fevers, characterised by often fatal bleeding and coagulation abnormalities.
Systemic Mycoses A condition in which FUNGUS pass the resistance barriers of the human or animal body and establish infections
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