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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anthrax | Bacillus anthracis: hemorrhage, blackened infection site |
| Arboviral diseases | Any of several viruses: rash, headache, fever |
| Botulism | Clostridium botulinum: facial paralysis |
| Brucellosis | Brucella spp: undulating fever, joint pain |
| Chancroid | Haemophilus ducreyi: STD w/bleeding ulcers |
| Chlamydia trachomatis infection | Chlamydia trachomatis: STD w/fever |
| Cholera | Vibrio cholera: no fever, GI distress, profuse watery diarhea |
| Cryptosporidiosis | Cryptosporidium: no fever, GI distress, profuse watery diarhea w/mucosal discharge |
| Cyclosporiasis | Cyclospora cayetanensis: bloating, cramps, watery diarrhea |
| Dengue | Flavivirus: mosquito, "bone" pain and fever |
| Diphtheria | Corynebacterium diphtheria: swollen neck |
| Ehrlichiosis or Anaplasmosis | Ehrlichia and Anaplasma: tick-transmitted |
| Giardiasis | Giardia lamblia: fever w/cramps, explosive diarhea |
| Gonorrhea | Neisseria gonorrhoeae: STD w/painful urination/discharge |
| Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease | Haemophilus influenza: meningitis, repiratory infection |
| Hansen disease (leprosy) | Mycobacterium leprae;M. lepromatosis: skin lesions |
| Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome | Hantavirus: flu-like, dry cough, tachycardia |
| Hemolytic uremic syndrome, post-diarrheal | Escherichia coli O157:H7: haemolytic anemia |
| Hepatitis | Hepatitis viruses: jaundice |
| HIV infection* | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| Influenza-associated pediatric mortality Influenza virus | flu-like |
| Legionellosis | Legionella pneumophila: cough, pneumonia, fever |
| Listeriosis | Listeria monocytogenes: meningitis, muscle ache |
| Lyme disease | Borrelia burgdorferi: tick-transmitted, bulls-eye rash, flu-like |
| Malaria | Plasmodium falciparum: convulsions, high fever, sweats |
| Measles | Morbillivirus: rash, red eyes, white spots in mouth |
| Meningococcal disease | Neisseria meningitides: hemorrhaging, meningitis |
| Mumps | Mumps virus: swelling of jaw |
| Novel influenza A virus infections | Influenzavirus A: flu-like |
| Pertussis | Bordetella pertussis: whooping cough |
| Plague | Yersinia pestis: hemorrhage, flu-like, swollen and blackening glands |
| Poliovirus infection, nonparalytic | Poliovirus: paralysis, flu-like |
| Psittacosis | Chlamydophila psittaci: birds, prostrating fever, pneumonia, bloody sputum |
| Q Fever | Coxiella burnetii: livestock, joint pain, clay-colored stool |
| Rabies | Rabies virus: mammal bite, spasms, drooling |
| Rubella | Rubella virus: rash spreading downwards |
| Rubella, congenital syndrome | Rubella virus: baby born to mother with rubella in early pregnancy |
| Salmonellosis | Salmonella: food borne, GI distress, diarrhea, vomiting |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus | (SARS-CoV) disease: flu-like, fever over 100.4 |
| Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) | Escherichia coli: food borne, sudden cramping, vomiting, GI distress, diarhea, bloody stool |
| Shigellosis | Shigella: food borne, sudden cramping, vomiting, GI distress, diarhea, bloody stool |
| Smallpox | Variola virus: flu-like, rash develops into blisters |
| Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis | Rickettsia rickettsii: tick-transmitted, rash spreads inward |
| Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome | Streptococcus pyogenes: high fever, pain at infection site |
| Syphilis | Treponema pallidum: STD, chancroid that disappears |
| Tetanus | Clostridium tetani: puncture wound, spasms, paralysis |
| Toxic-shock syndrome (other than Streptococcal) | Staphylococcus aureus: sunburn rash, rapid high fever, pain at infection site |
| Trichinellosis (Trichinosis) | Trichinella spiralis: pork, splinter hemorrhages, muscle pain, swelling of eyes |
| Tuberculosis | Mycobacterium tuberculosis: chronic cough, bloody sputum |
| Tularemia | Francisella tularensis: insects or rabbits/rodents, pneumonia, bloody sputum |
| Typhoid fever | Salmonella typhi: food, fever progressively higher, GI distress progressively worsens |
| Varicella (morbidity) | Varicella-zoster virus: rash progressing to the body, forming pustules and crust |
| Vibriosis | Vibrio vulnificus: shellfish, blisters, copious watery diarrhea |
| Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers | Wide array of viruses : fever and hemorrhaging |
| Yellow fever | Yellow fever virus: mosquito, fever/chills, jaundice later |
| pertussis(whooping cough) | Bordetella pertussis Spasms of intense coughing to clear mucus |
| tuberculosis | Mycobacterium Cough, blood in mucus |
| pneumococcal pneumonia, | Streptococcus pneumomae: Infected alveoli of lung fill with fluids; interferes with oxygen uptake |
| Haemophilus pneumonia, | Haemophilus influenza: Symptoms resemble pneumococcal pneumonia |
| mycoplasmal pneumonia, | Mycoplasma pneumonia: Mild but persistent respiratory symptoms; low fever, cough, headache |
| Legionellosis, | Legionella pneumophila: Potentially fatal pneumonia |
| Psittacosis | Chlamydophila psittaci Symptoms, if any, are fever, headache. chills |
| Q fever, | Coxiella burnetii Mild respiratory disease lasting 1- 2 weeks: occasional complications such as endocarditis |
| RSV, | Respiratory syncytial virus Pneumonia in infants |