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STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE
KINGDOM: MONERA
COMMON NAME: STREP
ETIOLOGY: BACTERIAL MENINGITIS, ALSO PNEUMONIA SPREADS VIA RESPIRATORY DROPLETS
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CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI
KINGDOM: MONERA
COMMON NAME: TETANUS
ETIOLOGY: ENTERS THROUGH WOUND IN THE SKIN.
TREATMENT: TETANUS VACCINE
NOTES:DEATH THROUGH PERMANENT CONTRACTIONOF MUSCLES. |
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BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
KINGDOM: MONERA
COMMON NAME: ANTHRAX
ETIOLOGY: DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENDOSPORES OR LIVE BACTERIA.
TREATMENT: B-LACTAMASE ANTIBIOTICS LIKE PENICILLIN.
NOTES: 3 TYPES-CUTANEOUS,PULMONARY AND GASTROINTESTINAL. |
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BACTERIUM MODEL
NUCLEOID-CRANBERRY RED TANGLED MASS IN CENTER.
FLAGELLUM-PIPE CLEANER ON ONE END
FIMBRIAE-SHORT PLASTIC PROJECTIONS OF MODEL.
CELL MEMBRANE-EGG YOLK YELLOW INNER LINE.
CELL WALL-WIDE GREEN SPACE
GLYCOCALYX-OUTSIDE LAYER
RIBOSOMES-BLUE DOTS |
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ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
COMMON NAME: DOG HOOKWORM
ETIOLOGY: PENETRATE SKIN, MOVES FROM CIRCULATORY TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
TREATMENT: ALBENDAZOLE
NOTES: DIAGNOSIS IS HOOKWORM EGGS IN STOOL. |
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SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
KINGDOM: FUNGI
COMMON NAME: BAKERS YEAST
ETIOLOGY: N/A
TREATMENT:N/A
NOTES: BREAD, BEER AND CRACKERS ARE PRODUCTS. |
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CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPTHERIAE
KINGDOM: MONERA
COMMON NAME: DIPTHERIA
ETIOLOGY: SPREAD BY DIRECT CONTACT OR DROPLET TRANSMISSION
TREATMENT: DPT VACCINE, DIPHTHERIA TOXAOID VACCINE.
NOTES: STREPTOBACILLI |
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ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
COMMON NAME: HUMAN PIN WORM
ETIOLOGY: DIRECT HUMAN TRANSMISSION, FECAL-ORAL ROUTE.
TREATMENT:ALBENDAZOLE
NOTES: SYMPTOMS-PERIANAL ITCHING |
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PLASMODIUM VIVAX
KINGDOM: PROTISTA
COMMON NAME: N/A
ETIOLOGY: CAUSES MALARIA
TREATEMENT: CHLOROQUINE
NOTES: CARRIED BY FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO. APICOMPLEXAN. |
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NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE
KINGDOM: MONERA
COMMON NAME: GONORRHOEAE, THE CLAPP-FRENCH DERIVATIVE OF "CLAPOIR" MEANING BROTHEL.
ETIOLOGY: STD, DIRECT CONTACT
TREATMENT: PENNICILLIN OR CEFTRIAXONE
NOTES: FOUL SMELLING PURULENT DISCHARGE. |
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SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
COMMON NAME: HUMAN BLOOD FLUKE: ORIGIN-CHINA.
DISEASE IT CAUSES: SCHISTOSOMIASIS
TREATMENT: PRAZIQUANTEL (A QUINALENE DERIVATIVE)
MORPHOLOGY/NOTES/DIAGNOSIS
*EGGS ARE RELEASEDIN FECES, THEY FORM MIRICIDIA WHICH THEN INFECTS A SNAIL WHERE SPOROCYSIS FORMS DURING ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION.
*THEN CIRCARIA ARE SHED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS PENETRATES THE HOST.
*THESE MIGRATE TO THE MESENTARIC VEINS WHERE THEY MATE AND LAY EGGS.
*THEN THE PROCESS STARTS OVER. |
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BACTERIAL FLAGELLA
KINGDOM: MONERA
COMMON NAME: FLAGELLA(THIS ARRANGEMENT IS AMPHITRICHOUS)
ETIOLOGY: N/A
TREATMENT: N/A
NOTES: LEARN ALL FOUR TYPES. |
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TAENIA SOLIUM
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
COMMON NAME: PORK TAPEWORM
ETIOLOGY: CONSUMING UNCOOKED PORK, INGESTING GRAVID PROGLOTTIDS.
TREATMENT: PRAZIQUANTEL (PZQ)
NOTES: SIZE, 2M-30M |
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RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
COMMON NAME: BROWN DOWN TICK
ETIOLOGY: PARASITE, FEED ON BLOOD FROM ANIMALS.
TREATMENT: GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE AND PREVENTION WITH CLOTHES AND INSECT REPELLANT.
NOTES: CAN TRANSMIT RMSF IN HUMANS.
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PEDICULUS HUMANUS
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
COMMON NAME: HUMAN BODY LOUSE
ETIOLOGY: DIRECT CONTACT WITH HAIR, CLOTHING, OR BEDDING.
TREATMENT: GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE, PERMETHRIN.
NOTES: COMMON HUMAN PARASITE. |
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TRYPANASOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE
KINGDOM: PROTISTA
COMMON NAME: TRYPANASOMA
ETIOLOGY: AFRICA SLEEPING SICKNESS
TREATMENT: NO CURE, ONLY PREVENTION
NOTES: X2 HOSTS-TSETSE FLY & HUMANS |
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
KINGDOM: MONERA
COMMON NAME: STAPH
ETIOLOGY: DIRECT CONTACT THROUGH HUMANS AND PETS.
TREATMENT: VANCOMYCIN OR CLINDAMYCIN
NOTES: MRSA AND VRSA, RESISTANT STRAINS. |
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DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
COMMON NAME: BROAD FISH TAPE WORM
ETIOLOGY: COMPLICATED LIFE-CYCLE WITH OR MORE INTERMEDIATE HOSTS.
TREATMENT: PRAZIQUANTEL (PZQ)
NOTES: SCOLEX. |
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RHIZOPUS SPORANGIUM
KINGDOM: FUNGI
COMMON NAME: BLACK BREAD MOLD
ETIOLOGY: N/A
TREATMENT: N/A
NOTES: FOUND ON BREAD OF FRUIT. |
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PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM
KINGDOM: PROTISTA
COMMON NAME: PARAMECIUM
ETIOLOGY: N/A
TREATMENT: N/A
NOTES: PARAMECIUM EAT BACTERIA |
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ANOPHELLES MOSQUITO
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
COMMON NAME: MOSQUITO
ETIOLOGY: CARRIES PLASMODIUM VIVAX-THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF MALARIA.
TREATMENT: INSECTICIDES, PREVENTION
NOTES: HEARTGUARD FOR DOGS (IVERMECTIN) |
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ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
COMMON NAME: HYDATID WORM (DOG TAPE WORM)
ETIOLOGY: FECAL-ORAL ROUTE BETWEEN SHEEP'S AND DOGS.
TREATMENT: SURGERY TO REMOVE CYSTS.
NOTES: HYDATID CYSTS FORM FROM THIS TAPEWORM. |
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SUPRA FAMILY-PULICOIDEA
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
COMMON NAME: FLEA
ETIOLOGY: DIRECT CONTACT (BITE), TRANSMITS BUBONIC PLAGUE, RICKETTSIA TYPHI.
TREATMENT: PERMETHRIN LUFENURON
NOTES: CAN BECOME SETTLED IN HAIR IN 10 MINUTES. |
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ANABEANA
KINGDOM: MONERA
COMMON NAME: CYANOBACTERIA
ETIOLOGY: N/A
TREATMENT: N/A
NOTES: RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMATION OF THE EARLY EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE; MAKES O2 |
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Generation period of E.Coli
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