Human Disease Handout - New Jersey
AAnthrax
Bacillus anthracisInfected animal
Inhalation
Contaminated food((((1-7NOFlu-like signs, pustules, scabs
Respiratory distress; wide mediastinum on x-ray
Bloody vomit and diarrhea, abdominal distress
Sepsis, shock
DeathABotulism
Clostridium botulinum toxinContaminated food
Inhalation(((((1-5NOWeakness, dizzy, dry mouth, nausea, vomiting
Cranial nerve deficits: double vision, drooping eyes, slurred speech
Symmetrical paralysis; respiratory paralysis
DeathAPlague
Yersinia pestisFleas
Infected animal
Inhalation((1-6YESFlu-like signs
Enlarged tender lymph nodes – ‘buboes’
Rapid pneumonia, respiratory failure
Toxemia, shock
DeathASmallpox
Variola majorInfected human(12-14YESFlu-like signs, vomiting
Rash to pustules (skin, throat, mouth)
DeathATularemia
Francisella tularensisArthropods: tick, deer fly, mosquito
Inhalation
Infected animal tissue
Contaminated food
Contaminated water(((((1-14NOFlu-like signs, exhaustion
Ulcerative lesion, enlarged painful lymph nodes
Painful purulent conjunctivitis,
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting
Chest pain, respiratory distress, pneumonia
Sepsis
DeathAViral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, Machupo,Varies with virus
Mosquito, ticks
Infected human
Rodents(((2-21YESFlu-like signs, fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea
Petechiae, maculopapular to hemorrhagic rash
Hepatic damage, renal failure
Seizures, shock, coma
DeathBBrucellosis
Brucella speciesContact with infected animal tissue
Inhalation
Contaminated food((1-21NOFlu-like signs, cyclic fever, arthritis
Orchitis, epididymitis
Hepatomegaly
Chronic: Neurological, endocarditisBGlanders
Burkholderia malleiInfected animal
Inhalation
Wound contamination((((((1-14YESFlu-like signs, diarrhea
Chest pain, pulmonary signs
Pustules, ulcerations, swollen lymph nodes
PhotophobiaBMelioidosis
Burkholderia psuedomalleiInhalation
Infected body fluids
Wound contamination(((2 days to yearsYESFlu-like signs
Pustules, chronic and prostatic abcesses
Chest pain, pneumonia, bronchitis
Acute sepsis, deathBPsittacosis
Chlamydia psittaciInhalation of dust from infected bird dander, droppings or secretions (((7-28NOFlu-like signs, rash
Extensive pneumonia; endocarditis, myocarditis
Encephalitis, arthritis, splenomegaly, jaundice; placentitis, fetal death; comaBQ Fever
Coxiella burnettiiArthropod: ticks
Inhalation
Infected animal body fluids (urine, milk, blood)
(((10-40NOFlu-like signs, severe sweats, weakness
Retrobulbar headache
Pneumonitis but no cough or chest pain
Granulomatous hepatitis; osteomyelitis, arteritis; endocarditis; neurologic signs; thrombocytopenia
In-utero death, placentitisBTyphus Fever
Rickettsia prowazekiiHuman body louse
Fleas from flying
squirrels((((7-14YESFlu-like signs, macular eruptions on upper trunk then body, not face, palms or soles of feet
Cough, chest pain, pneumonia
Abdominal pain
ToxemiaBViral encephalitis
VEE, EEE, WEEArthropod
mosquito, tick((2-6NOFlu-like signs, nausea, vomiting
Conjunctival congestion
Encephalitis, disorientation, seizures
Coma, deathBToxins
Clostridium perfringens
Ricinus communis
Staph. aureusContaminated food
Inhalation
(((< 1NOFlu-like signs
Vomiting, bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps
Kidney failure, shock, deathCNipah
Nipah virusInfected animal
Inhalation((3-14NOFlu-like signs
Drowsy, disoriented, neurological signs, seizures
Respiratory distress
DeathCHantavirus
HantavirusInhalation of aerosolized rodent urine, feces or saliva
(((((4-42NOHPS: Flu-like signs, back pain, myalgia; cough, shortness of breath, dyspnea, tachypnea, tachycardia; death
HFRS: Febrile, hypotension with petechiae, conjunctival injection, oliguria followed by polyuria; shock; convalescentWest Nile Fever
West Nile virusMosquito((((3-12YESFlu-like signs, vomiting, lymphadenopathy
Periocular pain, conjunctivitis
Encephalitis
DeathHendra virusInfected animal
Inhalation((3-14NOFlu-like signs
Severe acute respiratory signs
Neurological signs
DeathRift Valley Fever
Rift Valley Fever virusMosquito
Infected animal tissue(((3-12NOFlu-like signs
Petechiae, hemorrhagic fever
Retinopathy
Encephalitis
DeathTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy
BSE, CWD, Scrapie, OthersConsumption of infected animal tissue(Many yearsNODepression, schizophrenia
Neurological signs, ataxia, dementia
Involuntary muscle spasms
Death
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