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African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)

tsetse fly vector
AIDS*

extended latency period
Chickenpox*

Can cause shingles later in life
Chlamydia*

Also causes trachoma; ; 50% co-infection with Gonorrhea
Cholera

caused by contaminated drinking water and unsanitary conditions; high infective dose
Cryptosporidosis*

spread through fecally contaminated water
Dengue

Aedes aegypti mosquito vector
Giardiasis*

Often misdiagnosed; transmitted via fecal-oral route
Gonorrhea*

commonly known as "the clap"; 50% co-infection with Chlamydia
Hepatitis A

Spread by fecal-oral route or ingestion of contaminated water or food
Hepatitis B

Most common infectious disease
Hepatitis C

Patients advised to avoid alcohol
Influenza*

Can lead to Pneumonia; Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918 led to 500K US dead
Lyme Disease*

deer tick vector
Malaria

Anopheles mosquito vector
Measles

Spread through respiration; highly contagious; MMR vaccine
Pneumonia (bacterial)

Also fungal and parasitic causative agents for immunocompromised
Pneumonia (viral)

Also fungal and parasitic causative agents for immunocompromised
Salmonellosis*

4 inch law for pet turtles
Shigellosis*

600K deaths each year; spread through poor sanitation
Spinal Meningitis (bacterial)

Bacterial meningitis is always fatal if untreated, while viral is self-mitigating
Spinal Meningitis (viral)

Bacterial meningitis is always fatal if untreated, while viral is self-mitigating
Streptococcal pharyngitis*

Will typically clear up in 3-5 days irrespective of treatment
Syphillis*

STD or transmitted mother to fetus
Tuberculosis

Causes 2M deaths each year
Typhoid

600K deaths each year; spread through infected food or water
Yellow Fever

50% of patients that enter toxic phase die; 30K each year

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