LEPTOSPIROSIS
LEPTOSPIROSIS Leptospirosis is considered one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world. In humans, it is also known as Weil’s disease, swineherd’s disease, rice-field disease, swamp fever, and…
PSITTACOSIS
PSITTACOSIS Psittacosis is a bacterial disease transmitted from bird to bird and from birds to humans. It is also known as ornithosis, parrot fever, chlamydophilosis, and chlamydiosis (not the sexually…
LA CROSSE ENCEPHALITIS
LA CROSSE ENCEPHALITIS La Crosse encephalitis is a mosquito-borne, viral disease with the potential of infecting the central nervous system in humans, usually children under 15. The disease is named…
GIARDIASIS (GIARDIA)
GIARDIASIS (GIARDIA) Giardiasis is the second most common cause of parasitic human diarrhea in America. The most common cause is pinworms, which are not zoonotic. Giardia is the most common…
HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME
HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) was first identified in the United States in 1993, though it has probably been around a lot longer. It is characterized by a…
BABESIOSIS
BABESIOSIS Babesiosis is a parasitic infection of red blood cells that is spread by a tick bite. The disease is also known as piroplasmosis (pirum means pear in Greek) because…
PASTEURELLOSIS
PASTEURELLOSIS Animal-bite pasteurellosis is an acute wound infection resulting from exposure to Pasteurella multocida. There have been more than 130 disease-causing organisms identified from infected animal bites in people. Pasteurellosis…
EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS
EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS MORBIDITY: + MORTALITY: +++ ETIOLOGY: VIRAL Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is an arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus) that causes eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). Other important encephalitis arboviruses include…
MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS (TUBERCULOSIS)
MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS (TUBERCULOSIS) Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common bacterial cause of death in the world. Worldwide, it is the leading cause of death in HIV/AIDS patients. In the United…
