Foodborne Zoonoses — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: How is Yersinia enterocolitica transmitted (3)? _____

Answer: Pet feces (puppies), contaminated milk, and pork products

Extra: Yersinia enterocolitica transmission occurs via: 1. Pet feces (puppies) 2. Contaminated milk 3. Pork products (e.g., chitterlings) It is a common cause of pseudoappendicitis due to mesenteric adenitis.

Flashcard 2: _____ is a zoonotic bacteria that grows on 5% sheep blood agar

Answer: Pasteurella multocida

Flashcard 3: _____ is a zoonotic bacteria that forms caseating granulomas with regional lymphadenopathy

Answer: Francisella tularensis

Flashcard 4: Can sporothrix be transmitted by infected animals?_____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 5: Brucella spp. is a facultative intracellular zoonotic bacteria found within _____ of the reticuloendothelial system

Answer: macrophages

Flashcard 6: The image shows the _____ which is responsible for the transmission of Orientia tsutsugamushi.

Answer: trombiculid mite

Flashcard 7: Hard ticks (Ixodidae) can transmit which 6 major conditions? _____

Answer: Tick paralysis, Lyme disease, Rickettsial fevers (e.g., RMSF), Tularemia, Babesiosis, and Viral hemorrhagic fevers (KFD, CCHF)

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Answer: rickettsial disease and vectors

Extra: typhus

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Answer: rickettsial disease and vectors

Extra: typhus

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Answer: rickettsial disease and vectors

Extra: typhus