Diseases and their agent, vector, reservoir, & smptoms

Lyme Disease

Agent: bacteria

Vector: white-footed mice & white-tailed deer

Reservoir: black legged tick or deer tick

Symptoms: bull’s eye-rash, fatigue, headache, fever, chills, etc

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Agent: bacteria-like microbe called rickettsia

Vector: American dog tick

Reservoir: wild & domestic animals (raccoons, foxes)

Symptoms: measles-like rash from limbs to trunk, fever, chills, headache, etc.

Ehrlichiosis (new to N.C.)

Agent: bacteria

Vector: prob. lone star tick

Reservoir: prob. white-tailed deer

Symptoms: fever, headache, muscle ache, nausea, no rash!

Malaria

Agent: plasmodium protozoans (4-5 diff. types)

Vector: Anopheles mosquitoes or blood transfusion from infected individ.

Reservoir: humans

Symptoms: fever, chills, weakness, etc.

Plague - black death

Agent: bacteria

Vector: rat flea

Reservoir: rodents & humans

Symptoms: high fever, rapid pulse & respiration, appearance of “bubo” = swollen lymph nodes

Epidemic Typhus - Wartime Disease

Agent: bacteria-like microbe called rickettsia

Vector: human body louse

Reservoir: humans & lice

Symptoms: high fever, chills, severe headaches, confusion, rash trunk to limbs

Heartworm

Agent: roundworm

Vector: mosquito