Microbio Chap.27 Diseases
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- One of a group of emerging tick‑transmitted diseases caused by rickettsias of the Ehrlichia genus
- ehrlichiosis
- An emerging acute viral disease characterized by respiratory pneumonia and obtained by transmission of hantavirus from rodents
- hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)
- An emerging tick‑transmitted disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi
- Lyme disease
- An insect‑transmitted disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and anemia caused by the protozoan Plasmodium spp., usually transmitted between mammals through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito
- malaria
- An infection caused by a fungus
- mycosis
- An endemic disease in rodents caused by Yersinia pestis that is occasionally transferred to humans through the bite of a flea
- plague
- A usually fatal neurological disease caused by the rabies virus that is usually transmitted by the bite or saliva of an infected animal
- rabies
- Obligate intracellular parasite genus responsible for diseases including typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and ehrlichiosis
- Rickettsia
- A tick‑transmitted disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, causing fever, headache, rash, and gastrointestinal symptoms
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- A genetic trait that confers resistance to malaria but causes a reduction in the efficiency of red blood cells by reducing the oxygen‑binding affinity of hemoglobin
- sickle‑cell anemia
- A genetic trait that confers resistance to malaria but causes a reduction in the efficiency of red blood cells by altering a red blood cell enzyme
- thalasemia
- A disease involving rigid paralysis of the voluntary muscles, caused by an exotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani
- tetanus
- A louse‑transmitted disease caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, causing fever, headache, weakness, rash, and damage to the central nervous system and internal organs
- typhus
- A neurological disease caused by West Nile virus and transmitted by mosquito from birds to humans
- West Nile fever
- An animal disease transmitted to humans
- zoonosis
- Food poisoning due to ingestion of food containing botulinum toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum
- botulism