Other Information, or relevance to chapter Disease Infectious Agent Reservoirs T

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Other Information, or relevance to chapter Disease Infectious Agent Reservoirs TransmissionSigns & Therapy Prevention Botulism: Clostridium botulinum Food intoxication Wound Infant Toxin competes with acetylcholine at neuromuscular junction Anaerobic sporeforming Gram+ rod Poliovirus The virus likes motor neurons Polio (poliomyelitis) (a Rabies Rabies virus FUNGAL Cryptococcosis (meningitis) Seen in AIDS ID with negative stain (A yeast) Has a huge capsule Chapter 7 Shigellosis Shigella Flexneri Does not ferment sugars; metabolism High fatality Bacterial meningitis examples Meningococcal Neisseria meningititdis (Gram- coccus) Permanent neurological damage Haemophilus influenzae strain b (Hib) Gram - rod Haemophilus Growth on Simmons citrate Others

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Botulism reservoir transmission symptoms

soil, improperly canned food, food consumption drooling ,vomiting diarrhea

Rabies all mammals infected saliva of the host acute encephalitis , fever, vomiting

Polio Lab stock after eradication environment paralysis

cryptococcosis saprophytic growth of old pigeon nest, pegion droppings soil weakened hepatitis, lung infection

Shigelle Humans fecal oral route , sexual contact frequent bouts , watery diarrhea, mucus in stool

Neissirea through droplets of throat, secretions of persons kissing pain in back neck and red rashes

Haemophilea Humans through respiratory droplets cold

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