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Zoonotic Bacteria
Zoonosis: Infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa
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Microbiology
Graduate
05/13/2013

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Term
Bartonella spp.
Definition
Cat scratch disease
Transmission: Cat scratch
Term
Borrelia burgdorferi
Definition
Lyme disease
Ixodes ticks (live on deer and mice)
Term
Borrelia recurrentis
Definition
Recurrent fever
Louse
Recurrent b/c of variable surface antigens)
Term
Brucella spp.
Definition
Brucellosis/undulant fever
Unpasteurized dairy
Term
Campylobacter
Definition
Bloody diarrhea
Puppies, livestock (also fecal-oral, ingestion, and sexual transmission)
Term
Chlamydophila psittaci
Definition
Psittacosis
Parrots, birds
Term
Coxiella burnetii
Definition
Q fever
Spores from tick feces and cattle placenta
Term
Ehrlichiosis chaffeensis
Definition
Ehrlichiosis
Lone Star tick
Term
Francisella tularensis
Definition
Tularemia
Ticks, rabbits, deer fly
Term
Leptospira spp.
Definition
Leptospirosis
Animal urine
Term
Mycobacterium leprae
Definition
Leprosy
Armadillos
Term
Pasteurella multocida
Definition
Cellulitis, osteomyelitis
Animal bite, cats, dogs
Term
Rickettsia prowazekii
Definition
Epidemic typhus
Louse
Term
Rickettsia rickettsii
Definition
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Dermacentor tick bite
Term
Rickettsia typhus
Definition
Endemic typhus
Fleas
Term
Yersinia pestis
Definition
Plague
Flea bite, rodents, prairie dogs
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