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It is a person, animal, arthropod, Plant, soil, substance or combination of; in which an infectious agent lives, multiplies, or which depends on primarily for survival, and where it reproduces itself, in a way that allows transmission to a susceptible host
Reservoir
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An animal or plant that harbors or nourishes another organism
Host
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What is the most common Hepatitis in the US
Hepatitis A
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What are the two type of rashes in Rubella
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Described as palatal Macules rash seen in Rubella
Enanthema
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Blotchy eruption beginning on the face and neck, then spreading to trunk and limbs, type rash in Rubella
Exanthema
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What falls under infectious disease
- Key Judgements
- Supplement to risk assesments
- Disease of potential risk
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What insect transmitts the west nile virus
Culex Mosquito
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How many phases are there of yellow fever, and what are they
- 1. VIremic Phase (early mild)
- 2. Brief recovery period (moderate to severe)
- 3. Toxic (severe)
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What phase of yellow fever has Jaundice
Toxic(severe) Phase
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Defined as a viral flavivirus transmitted by an arthropod bite, and is usually nonspecific, self limiting, febrile illness
Dengue fever
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This illness predominantly affects children ages 5-10
Chicken pox
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What is the treatment for a GI bleed in Viral Hemmorhagic fever
- Zantac
- Ice water lavage or gavage
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Incubation period for yellow fever
3-6 days
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What is the vector for Dengue fever
Most prominant Aedes Aegypti
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Incubation of 14 days
Constitutional symptoms
Non-productive cough
Sore throat
Rhinorrhea
Occasional Nausea
Influenza
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What is the incubation period for the plague
1-7 days
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Yersenia pestis is the infectious agent of what disease
Plague
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It has the potential to be used as a bio weapon, inducing pneumonia, which can be easily transfered secondairly and has a high mortailty rate
Plague
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An acute generalized paramyxoviral disease causing inflamation of the salivary glands
Mumps
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Dengue fever includes these initial signs and symptoms
- Constitutional symptoms
- Severe Myalgia to back, head, and extremitites(break bone fever)
- Sore throat
- Prostration
- Conjunctival flushing
- Readness, flushing and blotching of the skin
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Incubation period for rabies
10-90 days
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Is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterial spirochete leptospira Interrogans
Leptospirosis
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Which is an inflamation disease of the bowell caused by Shigella
Shigellosis(bacillary dysentery)
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Transmitted by consumption of contaminated shellfish, water and food
Cholera
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Described the mechanism by which an infectious agent is spread to humans
Mode of transmission
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Drinking citrus or acidic foods exacerbates symptoms of what disease
Mumps
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An acute systemic paramyxoviral infection caused by RNA morvillivirus
Rubeolla(measles)
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Mild systematic disease caused by the togavirus
Rubella(german measles)
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Phases of rabies
- Prodrome
- Acute neurological period
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What S/S is in the prodrome phase of rabies
Constitutional symptoms, sore throat, pain or anestesia at exposure site, gastrointestional symptoms, Psychiatric symptoms
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What is included in the acute neurological phase of rabies
Extreme hyperactivity, bizzare behavior, period of relative calm, hallucinations, disorientation, siezures, paralysis, thick tenacious saliva, larynx and phyranx spasm, severe pain accompanied with drinking(hydrophobic)
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Diahrrea or constipation, physical findings of stool will be fatty, floating, clay stools
Hepatitis
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Stages of leptospirosis
- Septicemic stage (about 1 week)
- Immune stage(6-12 days after septicemic stage) (aseptic menengitis)
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What disease is transmitted by fecal oral route and a enterovirus present the throat washings and stools
Poliomyelitis
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Incubation period of yellow fever
3-6 days
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Physical findings of this disease that has lower abdominal pain and enlarged ovaries(Oophoritis)
Mumps
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An accute diahrreal infection
Cholera
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Types of ticks you can find in the western and eastern US
- Wood tick (west)
- Dog tick(east)
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Incubation period for typhus
1-3 weeks for all types
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Disease that is transmitted by the infected droplets via the upper respiratory tract, viral replication then occurs and dissemintates into other organs and congenital infections -80%
Rubella(german measles)
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Physical findings of this disease has lymphadenitis, to the lymph nodes where the bite site drains, 90 % inguinal nodes (bubos)
Plague
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THis is the number 1 intestional protozoa pathogen and is the most common in the US and europe
Giardiasis
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Causitive agent is entamobea histolytica
Amebiasis
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mode of transmission for amebiasis
Oral fecal route, ingesting conrtaminated water or food
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What are the four human types of malaria
- P. Falciparium
- P. Vivax
- P. Malariae
- P. Ovale
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Casused by a gram positive spore forming aerobic rod
Anthrax
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White 1-2 mm papules appearing on the buccal mucosa
Koplik spots
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Secition of the medic CD rom that contains civilian and military disaster and emergency response, social factors and medical treatment and evacuation facilities
Medical Capabilities
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Initial symptoms are non-specific and include a sudden onset of constitutional symptoms, sore throat, intense headache, delirum, tachycardia
Plague
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Treatment for Coccidiomycosis
Fluconizole 200 to 400mg
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A systemic illness caused by a generalized bacterial infection
Bacterial sepsis (septicemia)
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What are the five main genus of Viral Hemmorhagic fever
- Arenavirdae(lassa fever)
- Bunyavirdae(hanta virus)(rift valley)
- Filoviridae (ebola 90%) marburg
- Flavivirdae(tick borne encephalitis)
- Paramyxoviridae (hendra virus)
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What stage of lyme diesease that has flat raised red lesions appears at the bite site
Stage 1 (early localized)
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Dengue fever has a rash that first is on the dorsum of the hands and feet then to the arms and legs, what may they look like
- Scarlatiniform
- Morbilliform
- Maculopapular
- petechial
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