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…
CAT SCRATCH DISEASE
CAT SCRATCH DISEASE Cat scratch disease (CSD) is also called cat scratch fever. It is also known as regional lymphadenopathy, or lymphadenitis. Even though the disease has been described since…
LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS
LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) is a viral disease spread from rodents to other rodents and humans. LCM can have serious effects on human fetuses during the first two trimesters…
CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS (CRYPTO)
CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS (CRYPTO) Cryptosporidiosis is one of the most common forms of waterborne diarrhea in the United States. Although it has been a veterinary problem for quite a while, it was…
COLIBACILLOSIS
COLIBACILLOSIS Colibacillosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli. Colibacillosis is also known as hemorrhagic colitis. Other names associated with colibacillosis are colibacteriosis, colitoxemia, and enteropathogenic diarrhea. We…
MODES OF TRANSMISSION
MODES OF TRANSMISSION There are a number of methods used to transmit diseases from animals to people. The two major categories of transmission are direct transmission and indirect transmission (Table…
