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ARTHROPODBORNE DISEASES
Bubonic Plague
Lyme Disease
Relapsing Fever
(Rickettsial Diseases)
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Epidemic Typhus
Endemic Typhus
Bubonic Plague
Yersinia pestis
Orgs multiply in bloodstream and localizein lymph nodes (“Buboes”)
Becomes septicemic, leading to pneumonic plague
Lyme Disease
Most common tick-borne disease in U.S.
Erythema chronicum migrans =“bulls-eye” rash that expands from point of origin
Borrelia burgdorferi
Relapsing Fever
Borrelia recurrentis
Transmitted by lice or ticks
Rickettsial Diseases
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Epidemic Typhus
Endemic Typhus
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rickettsia rickettsii
Macules– pink spots
Papules – pink-red pimples
Maculopapular rash – fusion of spots Dark red, thenfade
Epidemic Typhus
Rickettsia prowazekii
Transmitted by body lice
Characteristic fever and maculopapular rash
Endemic Typhus
Rickettsia typhi
Transmitted by fleas
Author
brogdert
ID
51382
Card Set
pathogens
Description
4 types. also 3 in 1
Updated
2010-11-23T20:43:32Z
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